Nfpa 1981

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NFPA 1981

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Standard on open circuit scbas for emergency services

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NFPA 1982

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Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems

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NFPA 1971

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Standard on protective ensembles for structural fire fighting and proximity fire fighting

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What year did Boston ban thatched roofs?

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1631

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When and where was the first paid fire company

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Boston in 1678

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When/who/where was the first fire organization?

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New Amsterdam (later "new york") in 1647 Governor Peter Stuyvesant appointed the surveyors of buildings

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Iroquois theater fire

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1903 theater designed to be fireproof killed 602 people, suffocated and trampled. In response, laws for panic hardware on exits, and to swing outward. And limit the amount of seats and combustibles.

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ANSI Z87.1

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Occupational and educational personal eye and face protection device

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NFPA 1971

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Standard on protective clothing and equipment for wildland fire fighting

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NFPA 1999

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Standard on protective clothing for emergency medical operations

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NFPA 1951

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Standard on protective ensembles for technical rescue incidents

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NFPA 1994

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Standard on protective ensembles for first responders to CBRN terrorism incidents

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What is an APR?

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Air purifying respirator

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What is a PAPR?

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Powered air purifying respirator

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What is HCN

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Hydrogen Cyanide. Produced from incomplete combustion of substances containing nitrogen and carbon. Such as natural fibers, resins, synthetic polymers, and synthetic rubber. Can be inhaled, ingested or absobed. Prevents the blood cells from using oxygen properly, killing the cells.

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What I'd an ASR?

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Atmosphere supplying respirator. Consist of either SCBA or supplied air respirators (SARs)

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Open vs closed circuit SCBAs

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Open is an air bottle. Closed is a rebreather.

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NFPA 1901

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Standard for automotive fire apparatus

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Energy

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Capacity to perform work

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Oxidation

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Ch3mical proccess that occurs when a substance combines with an oxidizer such as oxygen in the air; a common example is rust

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FIRE

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A rapid oxidation proccess which is a chemical reaction resulting in the evolution of light and heat in varying intensities

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Pyrolysis

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The chemical decomposition of a solid material by heating. It often precedes combustion.

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Conversion F to C

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F=(C x 1.8) + 32

C = (F - 32) / 1.8

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The great fire of 1904

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Toronto ontario. 104 buildings. Unprotected elevator shafts and stairs. Led to new building code for fire doors, sprinklers, lager water mains, & fire alarms.

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Triangle shirtwaist fire

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1911 new york. Fire in 10 story building clothing manufacturing. Killed 146 mostly ladies jumping from the building. Led to NFPA, 101 life safety code which requires means of egress.

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Cocoanut grove nightclub fire

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Boston 1942. Single story nightclub killed 492. Due to overcrowding and cumbustible interior, and lack of lighting. Led to stricter fire and life safety requirements from assembly type occupancies

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Ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus fire

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Hartford Connecticut 1944. 168 killed in tent fire. Let to life safety standards for tents.

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Our Lady of the angles school fire

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Chicago 1958. Killed 92 chideren and three teachers. Due to unprotected stairwells, cumbustible interior, and lack of fire alarm. Led to better fire detection and alarms, enclosed stairwells, and fire drills.

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MGM Grand hotel fire

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Nevada 1980 killed 85, injuries 679. Unspriklered hotel, smike went up stairwells, elevator shafts and ventilaton shafts killing most of the victims. Led to high rise having sprinkers.

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Station night club fire

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Rode island 2003. 150 killed. Pyrotechnics ignited fire. No sprinklers. Main cause of death, was trampled to death or smoke inhalation due to bottle neck ing in main exit instead of other exits. Led to sprinkler changes and crowd management requirement for nightclubs

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Murrah building bombing

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Oklahoma City bombing 1995. Truck bomb exploded killing 168. Led to increased emphasis on structural collapse, confined space training, and search and rescue.