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26 Cards in this Set
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What city purchased is first fire engine in 1653? |
Boston |
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In what year did Boston form the first-ever paid for company? |
1678 |
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The Iroquois Theater Fire in 1903 caused laws to be enacted that required_____?_____ to be installed on exit doors. |
Panic Hardware |
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Panic Hardware |
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Fireproof |
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What incident led to stricter fire and life safety requirements for assembly-type occupancies? |
Coconut Grove Nightclub Fire, Boston, 1942 |
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Interoperability |
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What is the purpose NCFPC? |
The purpose of the commission was to determine how to reduce fire loss in America. |
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Jargon |
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Line Functions |
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Culture |
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Name some cultural strengths. |
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All-Hazard Concept |
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Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) |
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What is pride? |
A feeling of self-respect and self-worth |
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Line Functions/Personnel |
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Staff/Support Functions/Personnel |
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External Customers |
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Internal Customers |
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Multiple companies within a response area are grouped into_____?_____. |
Battalion or district |
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Who/what oversees the day to day functions of the battalion? |
The operations division. |
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When and where was the first recorded major fire in the New World? |
Jamestown, 1608 |
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What was formed in 1658? |
The New Amsterdam Fire Company |
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What organization performed fire prevention work and imposed fines on violators after being appointed by Governor Peter Stuyvesant in 1647? |
Surveyors of Buildings |
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The citizens of Philadelphia, encouraged by the success of Boston's fire company, formed a fire society in 1735. Guided by_____?____, they formed the_____?_____. |
Benjamin Franklin / Union Fire Company |
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New York formed it's own volunteer fire company in what year? |
1737 |
