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20 Cards in this Set
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What year was the Iroquois Theatre Fire |
1903 |
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Where was the first ever major fire in the new world ? And what year |
1608 / Jamestown |
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When was the Philadelphia Fire Society formed ? |
1735 |
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When did Boston purchase its first fire engine ? |
1653 |
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How many people died in Iroquois Theatre Fire ? |
602 |
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When was the great Toronto Fire and howany buildings were affected ? |
1904 / 104 Buildings |
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Triangle Shirt Waist Factory |
1911 146 Employees died Fire resulted in NFPA 101, Life Safety Code |
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Cocoanut Grove Nigjtclub Fire, Boston |
Killed 492 people |
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Oaklahoma Building Bombing |
Killed 168 people Domestic Terrorism Fertilizer and fuel oil |
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NFPA 1031 |
FIRE INSPECTOR AND PLAN EXAMINER |
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Unity of Command |
Employee reports directly to just one supervisor |
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Span of Control |
1 supervisor to 3-7 subordinates |
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Laws Statutes or Ordinances |
Policies may be the result of federal mandates, state/provincial regulations, or local government laws and ordinances that directly affect the fire department |
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Laws Statutes or Ordinances |
Policies may be the result of federal mandates, state/provincial regulations, or local government laws and ordinances that directly affect the fire department |
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Codes and Standards |
Standard: a set of principles, protocols and procedures Code: collection of rules and regulations |
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Orders and Directives |
Orders: Issued from the top Directives: used to implement departmental policies |
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What is the leading cause of Firefighter injuries ? |
- Stress and overexertion - MVCs |
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4 main FF cancers |
Testicular, prostate, hodkins lymphoma, multiple myeloma |
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NFPA 220 |
Standards on types of building construction |
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NFPA 101 |
Minimum construction requirements |
