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Around Town
Ladders
Trucks & Pumpers
Forcible Entry
Ventilation
100
This highway runs thru the center of down town and extends south to Utica.
What is Highway 431?
100
Fly sections are found in this type of ladder.
What is an extension ladder?
100
I am defined as a heavy rescue. My equipment allows me to perform different rescues.
What is 602?
100
This is the most important rule of forcible entry.
What is Try Before You Pry?
100
This is a channeled pathway for fire ventilations via vertical openings.
What is vertical ventilation?
200
This business, located at 3231 Carter Rd, has a lot of hazardous materials, including Anhydrous Ammonia.
What is Southern States?
200
Extension ladders that exceed heights of forty feet or more are required to be equipped with these stabilizing devices.
What are staypoles?
200
This truck has a pump that flows over 1000 GPM, supply lines, an attic ladder, a 36' extension ladder, as well as other firefighting equipment.
What is 201?
200
This famiily or group includes the flathead axe, maul, and sledgehammer.
What are Striking tools?
200
This process occurs when a firefighter discharges a fog nozzle out of a window or other opening at approximatley 30-60 degrees, in order to remove smoke or heat from a space.
What is hydraulic ventilation?
300
A frequent fire alarm that usually is a false call, due to juveniles pulling the fire alarm pull station.
What is 360 Rudy Road. or What is River Valley. (note: we do not need to get complacent)
300
Daily Double: 201 and 202 are on scene, we will have this amount of ladders.
What 6?
300
I have the ability to "pump and roll".
What is 200?
300
This type of glass is heat treated in order to increase its strength.
What is tempered glass?
300
This cut is made to determine roof covering and depth, sheeting material, rafter direction, and fire conditions.
What is an inspection hole or cut?
400
The color of fire hydrants that flow 1000-1499 GPM around town.
What is a green top hydrant?
400
These are the major safety concerns before raising ground ladders.
What are overhead obstructions?
400
This say's I can only drive 10MPH over the speed limit, while responding emergency traffic in any apparatus.
What is ASFD SOP's?
400
This is the process of removing the key cylindar and operating the locking mechanism by alternative means.
What is the "through the lock" method?
400
The main advantage to this cut is that gases and flame spread are not allowed to proceed past a chosen line.
What is a trench cut?
500
Although actually a city response, we could get called to this area that has around 8000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate on hand at any given time.
What is Owensboro River Port?
500
The length of the ladders on Engine 201.
What is 35', 14', and 10'?
500
The minimum amount of pressure allowed when bringing in water from a hydrant.
What is 10psi?
500
This type of window has small sections of glass that are operated with a crank mechanism and overlap when closed.
What is a jalousie window?
500
These contraindications refer to the use of this style of ventilation: Imminent or confirmed rescue of a firefighter, working fire attack, unknown fire location, inability to provide a proper exhaust point, and a structure that presents signs of overpresurization or indicators of a hostile event.
What is PPV (Positive Pressure Ventilation)?