Gear that grinds my Gears
Tool Topic
EMS
Fire Department Knowledge
Trucks and Equipment
100

This is required at all Roadside calls

Reflective vest

100

This tool is a long pole with a hooked end what is its name

Pike Pole

100

This is used to find the amount of oxygen saturation on the blood 

Pulse Ox

100
The name of the cross Firefighters made famous

Maltese Cross 

100

This Piece of Equipment is usually first to respond to a Carbon monoxide alarm.  

Ambulance #8

200

This piece of gear is made of composite material or carbon fiber/ plastic. But used to be Leather. 

Helmet 

200

This tool requires to be sharped oiled and gassed up every month to be ready for calls

Chainsaw

200

CPR compression rate for adult 

30 Compressions and 2 breaths

200

How many fire Departments are in our county?

18

200

This piece of equipment has 1250 gallons of water in its tank.

Engine #3

300

This piece of equipment is issued to you for your ear and neck protection?  

Hood - Nomex

300

What is the IRONS

Flat head axe and Hallgan Bar

300

This is used to get a patient down a set of stairs

Stair Chair

300

the 3 sides of the fire triangle 

Heat, Fuel, Oxygen

300

This piece of equipment has the ability to deploy a ladder from the top rear of frame.

Hint Perry / Warsaw

Arial Ladder Truck

400

What do you do if you damage your gear?

Notify your supervisor 

400

This uses light that our eyes cannot see to see through darkness and smoke.

Thermal Imaging Camera ( TIC )

400

What is a sign of head trauma you can see in the eyes 

Dilatated Pupils  

400

How many firefighters lost their lives on September 11, 2001?

343

400

The difference between Engine and Truck

Engines carry water and Trucks carry equipment 

500

How mush air is inside one of our air bottles?


Hint PSI

4500 PSI

500
The common diameter of a attack line on our engines 

1  3/4 inch

500

What is a Mechanism of Injury you can find at a Motor vehicle accident. 


 Hit the safety equipment in a vehilce

Seat belt bruise or facial injury from air bag 

500

This is a America's first volunteer fire chief

Ben Franklyn 

500

What training does a fire need to operate a emergency vehicle? 

EVOC / CDL

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