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Mother Nature
Who are They?
Fire Safety
Are You OK?
Myth or Fact
100
This category Hurricane may have sustained winds of 74-95 mph (119-152 kph) and cause minimal damage.
What is a Category 1 Hurricane.
100
Most people know this government agency by the acronym EMO
What is Emergency Management Organization?
100
Heat, fuel & oxygen
What are the three elements required for a fire to burn?
100
This plan includes every area of your home or workplace and considers the needs of children & individuals with disabilities.
What is an escape or evacuation plan?
100
Roughly 5,000 earthquakes are recorded in Canada each every year.
What is Fact ? Although the most powerful earthquakes occur near the Pacific Rim, there are a number of Canadian cities that are vulnerable to earthquakes, particularly Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, Victoria and Quebec City. Most of the injuries resulting from an earthquake are caused by falling objects. Use screw eyes and iron wire to hang frames and mirrors on walls.).
200
The sudden slipping or movement of a portion of the Earth's crust or plates, caused by a sudden release of stresses.
What is an Earthquake?
200
The acronym for this group is P.S.C.
What is Public Safety Canada?
200
Water, Dry Chemical, Carbon Dioxide, Specialized
What are 4 types of fire extinguishers?
200
You can use plastic soft drink bottles for this.
What is storing water
200
Beer and alcoholic beverages are best to satisfy thirst in extreme heat.
What is a myth? They actually cause additional dehydration.
300
These are usually associated with hurricanes and are most common in the right-front quadrant of the storm.
What is a tornado?
300
The acronym for this group is C.R.C.
What is the Canadian Red Cross?
300
the term P.A.S.S. is short for this procedure
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep?
300
You should check the items in your disaster kit biannually for this.
What is expiration dates?
300
Do not seek shelter under highway overpasses or under bridges if caught in the open during a tornado.
What is Fact. If possible, take shelter in a sturdy building or lie flat on the ground in the lowest area found.
400
This weather event produces hail at least three-quarters of an inch in diameter and has winds of 93 kilometers per hour (58 miles per hour) or greater.
What is a severe thunderstorm?
400
The acronym for this group is E.C
What is Environment Canada? (Canada's National Weather Forecasting Service).
400
You should you do this with the back of your hand?
What is feel closed doors to see if they are hot?
400
It would be good to have these if there was broken glass & debris in the area.
What is a pair of sturdy boots?
400
A sunstroke is not life-threatening.
What is myth? The body temperature can rise so high that brain damage & death may result if the body is not cooled quickly
500
You are in danger of this if you hear thunder.
What is lightning?
500
The acronym for this group is R.C.M.P.
What is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?
500
You should do this to help confine a fire.
What is keep doors closed?
500
This is what you do during an earthquake
What is drop, cover, hold?
500
Once the eye of a hurricane passes the danger has also passed.
What is myth? During the "eye" there are very few clouds but it is important to remember the storm is not over.