The Fire Service & Health and Safety
Our primary mission is to...
What is save lives?
Webbing integrated into the back of a protective coat with a handle just below the collar.
What is Drag Rescue Device?
21?
What is the percentage of oxygen in air?
Tools operate using simple mechanical principles and extend or multiply the actions of the body.
What are Hand Tools?
Bonnet.
What is the top of a dry barrel fire hydrant?
First paid fire department in the US?
What is Boston in 1678?
The N in LUNAR stands for...
What is Name?
The range between the lower and upper flammable limits.
What is the Explosive Range?
Changes color on a ladder when it is exposed to excessive heat.
What is a Heat Sensor Label?
Types of portable water tanks...
What are Metal-frame and Self-expanding?
Characterized by the reliving of the event and responding to stimuli the recalls the event.
What is PTSD?
Firefighters should conduct a daily check of _____ at the beginning of each tour of duty.
What is SCBA?
Mount portable fire extinguishers where they are...
What are Readily Visible and Easily Assessable?
Used to apply an impact force to an object.
What is a Striking Tool?
A engine used to pump water to an attack engine using supply lines.
What is a Supply Engine?
Two fires that lead to the introduction of stricter building codes.
What are the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the Peshtigo Fire?
Accountable to the elected leaders of the governing body.
What is the Head of the Department or Fire Chief?
A suitable portable fire extinguisher can usually control a(n) _____ stage fire.
What is Incipient?
Painting tools used for fire fighting and rescue may...
What is Hide Defects or Visible Damage?
Pressure surge caused by suddenly stopping the flow of a stream of water.
What is Water Hammer?
Each person reports to only one direct supervisor...
What is Unity of Command?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Rule 3.
Releasing gaseous fuel vapors due to the heating of solid fuel.
What is Pyrolysis?
The section of an extension ladder raised from the bed section.
What is the Fly?
Two engines laying hose in two directions to establish a water supply.
What is a Split Hose Lay?