Fire Behaviour
A material that will maintain combustion under specified environmental conditions.
What is Fuel.
The organization formed in 1896 to develop concensus-based codes intended to ensure fire and life safety.
What is the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
A principal pipe in a system of pipes for conveying water, especially one installed underground.
What is a Water Main.
The main structural member of a ladder supporting the rungs or rung blocks.
What is the Beam.
The number of firefighters currently on the Lantz Volunteer Fire Department roster.
What is 33 (27 Senior and 6 Junior).
The transfer of heat through or between solids that are in direct contact.
What is Conduction.
The standardized approach to incident management that facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies.
What is Incident Command System (ICS).
The material used to make most internal workings of fire hydrants.
What is Bronze.
The position in which an extension ladder has the fly section(s) fully retracted.
What is the Bedded Position.
The years of service required to hold the position of Training Coordinator.
What is 5 years.
The energy possessed by a body because of its motion.
What is Kinetic Energy.
A fire service cultural strength requiring the ability to follow a strict ethical code and doing the right thing simply because it is right, and not because it is required.
What is Integrity.
A fire hydrant that is located on a secondary feeder or distributor main that receives water from two directions.
What is a Circulating Hydrant.
A safety feature required on metal and fiberglass ladders to assess thermal exposure.
What are Heat Sensor Labels.
The number of gallons of water carried by 411 and 421
What is 1,900 gallons
(411 = 800, 421 = 1,100)
The physical process that changes a liquid into a gaseous state at a temperature above the liquids boiling point.
What is Vapourization.
The principle that means each employee reports directly to just one supervisor.
What is Unity of Command.
The location of the apparatus with the greatest pumping capacity when relay pumping.
What is at the Water Source.
The task being performed when a ladder is positioned in alignment with a window, with the tip of the ladder just below the windowsill.
What is Rescue Operations
The mass of a substance compared to the mass of an equal volume of water at a given temperature.
What is Specific Gravity.
The historic fire that resulted in NFPA changes to fire sprinkler and crowd management requirements in assembly occupancies.
What is the Station Nightclub Fire, Rhode Island (2003).
The distance from nearest water source above which a water shuttle is recommended.
What is 1/2 mile (0.8 km).
The carry being performed when two firefighters hold a ladder at their side, approximately knee height, with their hand gripping a beam.
What is a Two-Firefighter Arm’s Length On-Edge Carry.
The number of individuals who have held the position of Chief at the Lantz Volunteer Fire Department.
What is 10.
(John Stanhope, Walter Tingley, Ron Hanrahan, Shaun Nieforth, Howard Poole, Joe Young, Keith Miller, Tim MacNeil, Glen Paul, Kory Orchard)