"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
100
A light used to illuminate a broad area.
What is a floodlight?
100
The percentage of firefighters that are volunteer.
What is 73%
100
The ladder crosspiece, on which a person steps while ascending or descending a ladder. (NFPA 1931)
What is a rung?
100
A construction type that is particularly susceptible to extension of fire upward through the walls because of void space.
What is balloon frame construction?
100
A public safety program designed to teach occupants how to safely exit a house in the event of a fire or other emergency. It stresses the importance of having a pre-established meeting place for all family members.
What is EDITH (Exit Drills In The Home)
200
A piece of wedge shaped wood placed between the deflector and the orifice of a sprinkler head to stop the flow of water.
What is sprinkler wedge?
200
A fire fighter with specialized training for aircraft and airport-related incidents.
What is an aircraft rescue fire fighter?
200
The main structural side of a ground ladder. (NFPA 1931)
What is a beam?
200
The type of truss that has a curved upper member and a straight lower member.
What is a bowstring truss?
200
The safety program designed to instruct people what to do when their clothes catch fire.
What is Stop, Drop and Roll?
300
The efforts to protect property and belongings from damage.
What is salvage?
300
The second rank of promotion in the fire service, between the lieutenant and the battalion chief.
What is a captain?
300
The rope or cable used to extend the fly section.
What is a halyard?
300
Glass constructed of a plastic layer sandwiched between two sheets of glass.
What is laminated glass?
300
The agency that develops fire codes.
What is the NFPA? (National Fire Protection Agency)
400
A device used to convert 12-volt DC Current to 110 volt AC current.
What is power inverter?
400
The city that created the first paid fire department in the US in 1679.
What is Boston?
400
Two methods used to secure a firefighter to a ladder.
What is a leg lock and a ladder belt.
400
The most fire-resistive category of building construction.
What is Type I construction?
400
A set of legally adopted rules and regulations designed to prevent fires and protect lives and property in the event of a fire.
What are fire codes.
500
The term used to describe the process of making sure the fires are completely extinguished.
What is overhaul?
500
He organized the first fire insurance company.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
The term used when a firefighter stands between the ladder and the structure, grasps the beams, and leans to pull the ladder into the structure.
What is heeling the ladder?
500
A category of construction that is also known as heavy timber construction.
What is Type IV construction?
500
The term for the service provided by the Fire Department that helps identify fire and life-safety hazards and provides occupants with recommendations on making their home safe.