Fire Service History
This man established the first fire company in United States history
Who is Ben Franklin
This tool goes well with a halligan bar
What is a flat head axe
These kind of hose lines are in charge of putting the fire out
What are attack lines
This fire killed 3 firefighters on Valentine's Day night in 1995 in Pittsburgh, PA
What is the Bricelyn Street Fire
This location is where the fire started
What is the area of origin.
This city established the first fire company in the United States
What is Philadelphia
According to the NFPA, all ladder trucks must have an extension ladder and this kind of ladder.
What is a roof ladder
Where fire engines get there water from
What is a hydrant
This fire killed 343 firefighters and over a thousand civilians in 2001.
What is the 9/11 terror attacks
This type of cut is strictly defensive and should not be confused with an offensive ventilation tactic.
What is a trench cut
What event brought about changes in the fire service largely because of the textile and steel industries
What is the industrial revolution
What does VEIS stand for
What is Vent, Enter, Isolate, Search
This type of hose load is designed to be stretched from either side of the apparatus.
What is a flat load
In February of 2003, this night club killed over a 100 people, caused by pyrotechnics
What is the Station Night Club Fire
This knot is particularly useful for stabilizing long objects that are being hoisted
What is a half-hitch
What year was the first fire company established
What is 1736
This tool goes hand in hand with a set of irons, which job is to remove a cylinder lock.
What is a Leader Line
This nightclub fire, just after prohibition in the 1930's, killing 493 civilians, and injuring over a 100 more in Boston, Mass.
What is the Cocoanut Grove Fire
The term describes when the temperature in a compartment results in the simultaneous ignition of all combustible contents in the space
What is a flashover
In 6 A.D. after a disastrous fire in Rome, Emperor Caesar Augustus established the first organized fire brigade known as the what.
Who are the Vigiles
This mechanism that keeps the fly(s) from retracting once they are properly set on the desired rung.
What are dogs
This is the primary mission of an engine company
What is putting water on the fire
This "Great" fire killed over a 100 people and lasted over 2 days, destroying 3.3 acres of the city back in October of 1871
What is the Great Chicago Fire
A method of ventilating a fire building by directing a fog stream out a window to increase air and smoke movement is known as
What is hydraulic ventilation