Take Me To Your Leader
This is what the acronym NIMS stands for
What is the National Incident Management System
1 3/4"
What is the diameter hose used on TFD's Minutemen load attack lines
This is the traditional rate at which fire doubles in size
What is One Minute
This is the practice of always working with a partner in an IDLH setting
What is the Buddy System
This is the year that Trumansburg Fire Company was incorporated
What is 1929
This is the total number of officers, including both Company and Line officers.
What is Seventeen Officers
This is the total number of ladders on 1831
What is Nine Ladders
This additive helps to extinguish liquid fuel fires by suppressing vapors, separating the fuel from the fire, cooling the fuel, and smothering flaming combustion
What is Class B Foam
PASS is an acronym for Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep, a mnemonic for operating a fire extinguisher. It also stands for this, when referring to our SCBA
What is Personal Alert Safety System
This agency regulates compressed gas cylinders, including SCBA cylinders, in the U.S.
What is the DOT
This is the number of living past chiefs
What is Four Chiefs
(500 bonus for naming)
This is the tendency of gases to layer according to temperature
What is Thermal Stratification
Burn, Baby, Burn! If this simple but important task is not coordinated with fire suppression your house may do just that
What is Tactical Ventilation
The number of air bottles an SCBA certified firefighter is allowed to consume before he/she must report to rehab for evaluation, unless otherwise ordered by the IC
What is Two Air Bottles
If you treat yourself to cup of TFD's rocket fuel coffee, your mug was likely chosen off of the mug board in the kitchen. That board is dedicated to this past member
Who is Jeff Donovan
According to the new Bylaws members must serve for this period of time before being eligible as an officer
What is Two Years
This is the transfer of heat through direct contact
What is Conduction
This type of supply hose has a plastic or wire helix to provide additional support and prevent collapse under vacuum
What is Hard Suction
This is the standard for firefighter health and safety
What is NFPA 1500
This is the number of overhead doors in the apparatus bay
What is Seven Doors
This officer became a member of TFD in 2004, the same year that Jason Fulton became chief
Who is Matt Taylor
This is the extension of a wall beyond a roof line
What is a Parapet
Cold weather, like what we are experiencing today, makes this type of hydrant crucial to the success of fire ground operations. Without it water would freeze inside the hydrant, rendering it unusable
What is a Dry Barrel Hydrant
This is the title of the person tasked with keeping track of who is entering and exiting an IDLH setting at an incident
Who is the Accountability Officer
This New York state fire department was the first in the nation to adopt and make standard use of TFT automatic nozzles
(Hint- it's not FDNY)
What is Syracuse FD