Orientation
What are the cross streets for the Thomasboro firehouse?
1500 x 2500
Central x RT 45
N Church St?
Flatville Rd?
What are the levels of EMS licensure?
First Responder
Technician
Advanced Technician/Intermediate
Paramedic
What is considered baseline (good) blood pressure?
120/80
Who is Thomasboro named for and when was it founded?
John Thomas, 1864
What was the job of a plug ugly?
Protect fire hydrants (plugs) for their fire company’s use from competitor fire companies.
What cardinal direction from the Thomasboro firehouse is the following address:
2104 Belmont Ln
Champsign, IL 61822
Southwest.
A 30-year old male was stabbed in the abdomen during an assault. The knife is impaled in his right lower abdominal quadrant. It is important to…?
Stabilize the knife in place.
An AED can only treat these forms of heart arrhythmias (shockable rhythms)…?
Ventricular Fibrillation (VF)
Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia (pVT)
What year was the Thomasboro Fire Protection District established?
1957
Where or when was the largest structure fire in US history?
Bonus: How was it put out?
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 1904
1500 buildings involved across 140 acres. Engines were brought by train from as far as Philadelphia and New York.
They finally dynamited entire city blocks to create fire breaks. The last embers extinguished May 1904.
Which quadrant of Fountain Valley is 58 Fountain Valley located?
Northeast
When attending to a patient whose fingers have suffered frostbite, how best should you prepare those fingers for transportation?
Wrap the patient‘s fingers one by one.
An EMT-B’s failure to obtain consent to treat a patient could result in allegations of …?
Battery.
What did Amy Hahn, of Thomasboro, do that made her infamous in the News-Gazette?
Arson. She started at least seven fires.
What is “hose water” or “fireman’s punch”?
During prohibition fire departments were used to smash and wash away illegal moonshine and whiskey, the runoff was collected (and drank) by the firefighters at low points where the runoff collected.
We are dispatched to a call at Hensley Rd and CR 1100 E. In which township is this located?
Hensley.
Damaged small blood vessels beneath the skin following blunt trauma manifests as… ?
Ecchymosis.
Which of the following is NOT a lesion?
chickenpox
measles
acne
They’re all lesions.
Who were Charles Ratramel, JC Maier, Dode Hauersperger, Louis Irle?
Former Thomasboro Fire Chiefs.
The very first volunteer fire fighting company in the United States was founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1736. What firehouse rule did this fire company have that mirrors a rule that still exists today in our own firehouse?
No alcohol allowed.
Where am I, if my “What Three Words“ location is Commissions, Searching, Profiled?
In or near the meeting room of the Thomasboro firehouse.
An individual reaction to a drug that is unusually different from that normally seen is called a/an…?
Idiosyncrasy.
The term that means “difficulty breathing” is…?
Dyspnea
What year was a formal fire department first established in Thomasboro?
1905
What unique trait do Dalmatians have that made them iconic to fire companies of the 1800’s?
They get along well with, and help calm, horses.
They also helped with crowd control.