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questions and answers graded A+
bucket brigade - correct answer ✔✔ An early effort at fire protection that used leather buckets
filled with water to combat fires. In many communities, residents were required to place a
bucket filled with water, typically on their front steps, at night in case of a fire in the community.
Fire hook - correct answer ✔✔ a short pole with a hooked metal head used in fire fighting for
tearing down walls or ceilings
Rattle Watch - correct answer ✔✔ A group of citizens patrolling at night armed with rattles to
call for help. Used in New Amsterdam in the 1650s.
Hand Pump - correct answer ✔✔ method to apply a continuous flow of embalming solution via
manual manipulation of a handheld mechanism. Was the first equipment to replace the bucket
brigade
Fire plugs - correct answer ✔✔ City water systems were constructed of hollowed-out logs that
had a wooden plug in a hole every block or so. What were these wooden plugs called?
The great Baltimore fire of 1904 - correct answer ✔✔ Resulted in the development of
standardized coupling threads
steamer - correct answer ✔✔ Steam powered pump invented in the mid 1800s. Generally
fueled by coal.
teamster - correct answer ✔✔ Drivers of horses tasked with staying at the firehouse and
transporting the steamer to the fireground.
, Engineer - correct answer ✔✔ The fire fighter tasked with operating the steam engine.
Tillerman - correct answer ✔✔ The person who operates the rear steering mechanism of a
tractor-trailer aerial ladder.
Chemical wagon - correct answer ✔✔ The first gasoline powered fire apparatus to discharge
water was a a unit called a ______
Articulated boom - correct answer ✔✔ Elevating device consisting of a boom that is hinged in
the middle.
Ladder tower - correct answer ✔✔ Provided a solid platform at the end of a boom
NFPA 1500 - correct answer ✔✔ Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
Nfpa 1901 - correct answer ✔✔ Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus
Engine Brake - correct answer ✔✔ Open valves in the cylinders of diesel engines to divert
compression from the cylinders, creating drag that slows the vehicle
Transmission retarders - correct answer ✔✔ Diverts transmission fluid through a retarder
chamber, causing resistance to be applied to the driveline
antilock braking system (ABS) - correct answer ✔✔ computer-controlled braking system that
keeps the wheels from locking if the driver brakes hard
questions and answers graded A+
bucket brigade - correct answer ✔✔ An early effort at fire protection that used leather buckets
filled with water to combat fires. In many communities, residents were required to place a
bucket filled with water, typically on their front steps, at night in case of a fire in the community.
Fire hook - correct answer ✔✔ a short pole with a hooked metal head used in fire fighting for
tearing down walls or ceilings
Rattle Watch - correct answer ✔✔ A group of citizens patrolling at night armed with rattles to
call for help. Used in New Amsterdam in the 1650s.
Hand Pump - correct answer ✔✔ method to apply a continuous flow of embalming solution via
manual manipulation of a handheld mechanism. Was the first equipment to replace the bucket
brigade
Fire plugs - correct answer ✔✔ City water systems were constructed of hollowed-out logs that
had a wooden plug in a hole every block or so. What were these wooden plugs called?
The great Baltimore fire of 1904 - correct answer ✔✔ Resulted in the development of
standardized coupling threads
steamer - correct answer ✔✔ Steam powered pump invented in the mid 1800s. Generally
fueled by coal.
teamster - correct answer ✔✔ Drivers of horses tasked with staying at the firehouse and
transporting the steamer to the fireground.
, Engineer - correct answer ✔✔ The fire fighter tasked with operating the steam engine.
Tillerman - correct answer ✔✔ The person who operates the rear steering mechanism of a
tractor-trailer aerial ladder.
Chemical wagon - correct answer ✔✔ The first gasoline powered fire apparatus to discharge
water was a a unit called a ______
Articulated boom - correct answer ✔✔ Elevating device consisting of a boom that is hinged in
the middle.
Ladder tower - correct answer ✔✔ Provided a solid platform at the end of a boom
NFPA 1500 - correct answer ✔✔ Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
Nfpa 1901 - correct answer ✔✔ Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus
Engine Brake - correct answer ✔✔ Open valves in the cylinders of diesel engines to divert
compression from the cylinders, creating drag that slows the vehicle
Transmission retarders - correct answer ✔✔ Diverts transmission fluid through a retarder
chamber, causing resistance to be applied to the driveline
antilock braking system (ABS) - correct answer ✔✔ computer-controlled braking system that
keeps the wheels from locking if the driver brakes hard
