COMMUNICATION
USED TO COMMUNICATE OVER LONGER DISTANCES, RADIO TRANSMISSIONS ARE RECEIVED ON ONE FREQUENCY, AND REBROADCAST ON ANOTHER BY THIS DEVICE
What is a REPEATER?
IN 1925, THE ROUGH AND READY, THE MONTROSE #2's, AND THIS COMPANY CONSOLIDATED TO ONE UNITED FIRE COMPANY
Who is RESCUE HOOK AND LADDER?
HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 1 GALLON PER FOOT, THIS HOSE IS NOT EASILY MOVED ONCE CHARGED
What is 5"?
RIT
What is RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM?
THE CHAINSAW ON ENGINE 6 IS STORED HERE
What is the TOP REAR COMPARTMENT?
USUALLY MOUNTED IN A VEHICLE'S CAB, THIS TYPE OF RADIO USUALLY HAS BETTER PERFORMANCE THAN A HAND HELD VERSION.
What is A MOBILE RADIO?
THIS HISTORICAL FIGURE IS SAID TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE 1736 FOUNDING OF THE UNION FIRE COMPANY, WHICH IS CREDITED AS BEING THE FIRST ORGANIZED FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Who is BENJAMIN FRANKLIN?
USED TO EVACUATE AIR FROM INSIDE A PUMP CREATING A VACUUM, THESE CAN BE ELECTRIC, AIR OR EVEN EXHAUST POWERED
What is a PRIMER PUMP?
EVOC
What is EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATION COURSE?
KNOWN HAZARDS, EVACUATION PERIMETERS AND OTHER INFORMATION ON MATERIALS CAN BE FOUND ORGANIZED BY NUMBER IN THIS COLOR SECTION OF THE ERG
What is ORANGE?
USED TO ORGANIZE CHANNELS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA, THESE CAN BE SWITCHED ON OUR MOBILE, BASE, AND SOME PORTABLE RADIOS
What are CHANNEL BANKS?
PULLED BY HORSES, THIS HEAVY COAL POWERED APPARATUS WAS USED TO PUMP WATER. WE NEVER HAD ONE, BUT NICHOLSON STILL DOES
What is a STEAMER?
USED FOR HANDHELD SMOOTHBORE NOZZLES, THIS PRESSURE SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED
What is 50 PSI?
PPE
BEFORE USING RAMS TO PUSH THE DASH OF A VEHICLE ON ITS WHEELS. ADDITIONAL CRIBBING SHOULD BE PLACED HERE
What is UNDERNEATH THE ROCKER PANEL
THIS PROCESS BROADCASTS FROM MULTIPLE TOWERS AT THE SAME TIME TO ALLOW THE SAME TRANSMISSION TO BE HEARD COUNTY WIDE
What is SIMULCASTING?
SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS FIRE GRENADES, THESE GLASS CONTAINERS WOULD DROP IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE AND BREAK, RELEASING A CHEMICAL THAT WHEN HEATED WOULD EXPAND AND DISPLACE OXYGEN
What are CARBON-TET EXTINGUISHERS?
THIS THREAD SIZE FOUND ON ALL OF OUR HYDRANTS, AND MOST OF OUR DRY HYDRANTS
MCI
THE TIP OF GROUND LADDERS BEING PLACED BY A RIT TEAM FOR RESCUE OR EMERGENCY EGRESS SHOULD BE PLACED IN THIS LOCATION
What is DIRECTLY BENEATH A WINDOW?
COMMONLY USED AT PLANNED EVENTS OR LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS, THIS COUNTY OPERATED UNIT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "P-COM"
What is PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS TRAILER?
BURIED IN MONTROSE CEMETARY, HE WAS THE FIRST FIRE CHIEF IN 1847
Who is E.C. FORDHAM?
INCREASING ENGINE/PUMP SPEED TO A POINT THAT EXCEEDS THE AVAILABLE WATER ENTERING THE SUCTION CAUSES THIS DAMAGING PHENOMENON
What is CAVITATION?
ERG
What is the EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDEBOOK?
THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE CLOSEST HYDRANT TO THE CATHOLIC HOLY NAME OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH, THAT'S ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE STREET
Where is the INTERSECTION OF UNION AND SOUTH MAIN