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NEW BRITAIN, CT - A 3-alarm fire heavily damaged an old factory building at 27 Columbus Boulevard on May 7th. The five-story building was constructed around 1900 as the National Spring Bed Company. Numerous companies have occupied the building over the years. The building also has an address of 59 High Street, as it spreads along Columbus Boulevard and up a section of High Street.
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Three Fatal Fires Occur in New Hampshire Cities MANCHESTER, NH - New Hampshire fire departments kept very busy in April with three tragic fires. Manchester firefighters battled a fire in large three-story garden style apartment that killed a resi dent and severely burned a second resident at the apartment complex on Village Circle Way on April 25th. Numerous calls came into the Fire Alarm Office reporting a fire at 245 Village Circle Way at 10:50 P.M., and a full response with two RIT Engines and an ALS Ambulance was dispatched on the initial Box. Engine 4, housed about one-mile away from the fire, could see the glow in the sky as they approached the area. Heavy
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fire was showing from the rear porches with occupants trapped on the third-floor balconies. Fire fighters began evacuating and searching for residents trapped. Under extreme conditions, two residents were rescued immedi ately by Truck 6 and Rescue l's firefighters. A second-alarm was ordered by Battalion Chief Fosher as firefighters began evacuating the 28 apartments and knocking down the heavy fire in rear porches which soon collapsed. A third-alarm was transmitted for manpower. The fire was brought
under control at 12:42 A.M., and the NH State Fire Marshal's office was called to the scene to assist the Manchester Fire Investigators due to the serious injuries. A fatal fire killed a resident in Concord on Friday afternoon, April 26th, and a two-alarm fire killed a resident, and severely burn a second resident in the City of Nashua on Cross Street Satur day morning, April 27th. A threealarm fire also destroyed an apartment building Saturday after noon in downtown Fincoln, leav ing numerous residents homeless.
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Fatal three-alarm fire in the city of Manchester Friday evening, April 26th.
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LONDONDERRY, NH - On Wednesday evening, April 24th around 7:00 P.M , 911calls came into the Londonderry Fire Alarm Office reporting a serious car acci dent with entrapment on 93 South bound at Mile Marker 16. Engine 3, Rescue 1, Medic 1 and Battalion 4 were dispatched as additional calls reported that the vehicle was possi bly on fire. Engine 2 and Battalion 2 were added to the call. Companies arrived to find a sin gle-vehicle accident that had left the highway and entered the woods with severe damage and an occu pant significantly entrapped. An ad-
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Texas: Daniel Potts, 74 Rank: Safety Officer Incident Date: November 24, 2023 Death Date: November 24,2023 Fire Department: Whitney Fire Department Initial Summary: On Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, Safety Of ficer Daniel Potts was at the fire station. He was getting in his support vehicle to respond to a residential fire when he was found unconscious. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. The cause of his death has yet to be determined.
Ohio: Ralph Michael Stegbauer, 71 Rank: Chief Incident Date: November 25,2023 Death Date: November 25, 2023 Fire Department: Concord Green Township Fire Department Initial Summary: On Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, Chief Ralph Michael Stegbauer and Captain Jeffery Skaggs were utilizing a mechanical lift to make repairs to the radio tower when the lift tipped over. Both were ejected from the tower basket from several feet in the air. Chief Stegbauer and Captain Skaggs were pro nounced deceased at the scene from the injuries they sustained in the fall. Ohio: Jeffery Skaggs, 62 Rank: Captain Incident Date: November 25,2023 Death Date: November 25, 2023 Fire Department: Concord Green Township Fire Department Initial Summary: On Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, Chief Ralph Michael Stegbauer and Captain Jeffery Skaggs were utilizing a mechanical lift to make repairs to the radio tower when the lift tipped over. Both were ejected from the tower basket from several feet in the air. Chief Stegbauer and Captain Skaggs were pronounced de ceased at the scene from the injuries they sustained in the fall. Tennessee: Richard "Rick” D. Miller, 69 Rank: Firefighter/Driver Incident Date: December 1, 2023 Death Date: December 1,2023 Fire Department: Henderson County Fire Department Initial Summary: On Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, Fire fighter/Driver Richard "Rick” D. Miller responded to an alarm activation at a county school. Shortly after arriv ing home, he suffered a medical emergency. He was found unresponsive by his family. CPR was immediately performed, and he was transported to the hospital but could not be revived. He was pronounced deceased a short time later from an apparent heart attack.
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LOUDON, NH - On April 26th, the Loudon Fire Department along with automatic mutual aid tankers were dispatched to Kenney Road reporting a house fire at 4:13 P.M. As com panies responded, heavy black smoke could be seen from a distance. The house was located down a long driveway, and Kenney Road itself is a narrow dirt road with no water sources nearby. Firefighters arrived to find the two-story home well-involved in fire and a second-alarm was trans mitted. A tanker shuttle was established and it took fire fighters about an hour to extinguish the flames. Firefighters also had extensive overhaul and the house is considered a total loss. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Plymouth Fire Guts Two Buildings on Main Street PLYMOUTH, NH - On April 20th, a three-alarm fire gutted two buildings in downtown Ply mouth on Main Street. Around 9:20 P.M., numerous calls came into the Lakes Region M u tual Aid Communi cations center reporting that the "Flying Monkey Movie house and Performance" building was on fire, and flames could be seen coming from the roof. The theatre had a full house with a crowd of 450 guests, and was evacuated safely after a worker pulled the fire alarm sys tem. The fire was discovered next door in two vacant commercial buildings and not in the theater. First due firefighters arrived with heavy fire in the rear of the build ings as a 2nd and 3rd alarm was transmitted. Both of the buildings were destroyed in the fire, and neigh boring buildings only sustained minor smoke damage, including the theatre. Firefighters battled the fire for hours and no injuries were reported. The fire is under investigation.
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1 st A larm on M a jo r D rive in Nashua NASHUA, NH - Nashua firefighters were dispatched to Major Drive for a building fire on 5/11/24. Engine Co. 4 arrived to find smoke showing from floor 2 of a two-story project style building. Two handlines were stretched and the fire was knocked down quickly. Ladder 1 and Ladder 2 performed ventilation and search. Companies remained on scene overhauling and checking for extension.
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Condo Fire in Windsor Locks WINDSOR LOCKS, CT - On the afternoon of April 13th, a call came into dispatch reporting smoke coming from the base ment at 33 Pheasant Ct. Upon arrival, crews found significant smoke coming from the dwelling. The fire was located and extinguished. Neighboring condos were found to have a smoke condition and ventilated. A cat was removed from the condo and no injuries were reported. Thank you to the Wind sor Locks Police Department, Windsor Locks Lions Ambu lance, Warehouse Point Fire Department, and Bradley Int'l Airport Fire Department for their support.
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Three-Alarm Fire Damages Old Factory Building in New B ritain NEW BRITAIN, CT - A 3-alarm fire heavily damaged an old factory building at 27 Columbus Boulevard on May 7th. The five-story building was constructed around 1900 as the National Spring Bed Company. Numerous companies have occupied the building over the years. The building also has an address of 59 High Street, as it spreads along Columbus Boulevard and up a section of High Street. New Britain firefighters were assisted by a Engine and Ladder Tower from the City of Hartford. Firefighters worked all night and into the next morning chas ing hotspots and flare ups. The cause is under investigation by City and State Fire Marshals. No injuries were reported.
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Orange Firefighters Dash Up 34 Floors as Part of Fund-Raiser; Team from Orange Volunteer Fire Dept, raises more than $3000 fo r American Lung Association ORANGE, CT - A team of Or ange, Conn., volunteer firefighters dashed up 34 floors recently and, although they were wearing full structural firefighting gear, there was no fire at the top of the stairs. Instead, there was hope for curing lung diseases. The eight firefighters took part in the April 6 Fight for Air fund raiser for the American Lung Asso ciation. The event took place at Connecticut’s fifth tallest building, Hartford21, a 36-floor residential tower on Trumbull Street in Hart ford. For Capt. Eric Demeraski, who led the team, the relationship be tween firefighters and lung disease is a natural one. “As firefighters, lung disease is an occupational hazard we face be cause of the nasty smoke we deal with,” he said. Firefighters must use cylinders of compressed air worn on their backs to work in the poi sonous atmosphere of a fire. “Being able to take a deep breath and to conserve your air is incredibly im portant. Your air bottle is your life line in a fire. The better you can control your breathing and conserve
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your air, the better off you are.” Demeraski said he hoped the Fight for Air event would help fire fighters already suffering from can cer and other lung diseases and help future firefighters avoid the ill nesses. In addition to Demeraski, the team was made up of Capt. Dan Abrams, Firefighters Jesse Bartha, Jen Botsko, Noah Clark, Scott Horowitz, Walter Joseph, and Cole Tennant. As active firefighters, the group was already in good physical condition. The team worked out to gether and individually. As the event approached, they donned their protective clothing and their air bottles and used a stair-climbing exercise machine in the firehouse bay. Physical exertion was just one challenge team members had to overcome as they ran up 688 steps in 75 pounds worth of firefighting gear. “A lot of it was mental,” said Demeraski. “You start to get tired.
Your body says you don’t want to do this anymore. You have to work through that. But that’s just like being a firefighter. Your mind says you shouldn’t run into that burning building, but you have to overcome that to perform the job.” All eight firefighters finished. And as a team, they raised $3,241.49 for the American Lung Association. Supporters can in crease that amount by donating to the American Lung Association through the Orange firefighters by clicking on http://action.lung.org/goto/orangevfd. “I’m really proud of the team,” said Demeraski. “We had seasoned firefighters and brand new firefight ers. Everybody made it up the stairs at their own pace.” That cama raderie and teamwork is a hallmark of the fire service, he said. So is working for causes like the American Lung Association, he added. Demeraski, for whom this was the third Climb for Air, says he’s looking forward to assembling a team again next year.
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Let's see how many people can relate. I remember when people in stores would help you. They would take the time and walk you to the aisle, if you could not find some thing in the store, or someone would be willing to help, even if it was not in their job description. Has anyone helped to put packages in a car for someone? I see customer service as lack ing so many times. Many times when I encounter people in stores, they are doing something on the smartphone or they are plugged into something with ear buds. You can not tell that the person is not hallu cinating because it looks like they are either talking to themselves or outright ignoring you. Sometimes we forget that what ever we do is about customer serv ice. I remember a few years ago I was asked to put up yellow tape in front of a driveway. The owner was elderly and came to the door and asked what happened. As I was ex plaining to the owner that a tree came down in the street blocking the road and taking down electrical lines, I was yelled at by the chief. He told me that my job was to just put up the tape and not to talk to anyone. Interesting, the chief never thought about customer service of telling the homeowner what hap pened and about how long it might take. Years before that incident, part of the training and practice was con centrating on salvage and overhaul. We used to cover people's property or carefully move it within the house or carry it carefully outside, to reduce damage and we did not break any windows that were not necessary. When we worked with people, we treated them the way that we wanted to be treated. We treated each citizen like family members because we always saw the people that we served. It was even to the point that the first fire company that I was part of was known as friendly fire company # 4. So today, I see people bark out orders at customers. I see tip jars on so many counters. I do not know if people realize, I as a customer do not have to be yelled at. If you yell at me, I have the option of taking my money and spending it in an other store that shows me respect and value my relationship. If you pour me a cup of coffee, I do not have to tip you for doing your job. We are always in a service pos ture. We need to think about that the entire year through. We may need to do fundraising or need to justify purchasing equipment for our or ganization. Things go so much eas ier when they see how much we go out of our way or treat others with
complete respect, even when they are out of our earshot. Gee, there is something in a book that I read that says to treat others as you want to be treated. If someone is not nice, you may tell the store owner. Think about how people ex press their dissatisfaction with your service. Are you really treating your customer the best that you can? We may never really know or un derstand who our true customer is. We as individuals do our own cus tomer service by the way that we treat others. I'll let you chew on that one for a while.
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Good S am aritans P ull Burn V ic tim from N orw alk Brush Fire NORWALK, CT - The N or walk Fire Department responded to the rear of 607 Main Avenue the evening of Friday, April 26th for a reported brush fire with a burn victim. The first arriving Engine found an approximately 1000square-foot area of brush burning between the Norwalk River and the rear parking area behind 607 Main Avenue. Prior to fire depart ment arrival, staff from the local business D ave’s Planet Pizza pulled the victim from the fire and up an embankment to safety. Firefighters from Rescue 2 began treatment to the burn victim while members from Engine 1 ex tinguished the fire. The victim
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- JONATHAN MAGGIO, DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF
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M ulti-V ehicle Accident on 1-95 Involving Tanker Carrying Gasoline Causes Massive Fire NORWALK, CT - On May 2nd, Norwalk Fire responded to multi-vehicle accident on 1-95 near exit 14 involving two tractor-trailers and one car. One of the trucks was a tanker carrying 8500-gallons of gasoline. The back of the tanker slit open and ignited. The other vehicles were also on fire. The tanker stopped directly under the Fairfield Ave. overpass, causing severe damage to the bridge. The integrity of the bridge was determined to be beyond repair and will be removed. The Fire Department did an incredible job of extinguishing the fire and keeping the fire con tained to the highway. There were no reported injuries, and the initial cause of the accident is still under investigation.
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Windsor Locks Fire Department cadet, Kayleigh Hill, takes the hydrant at a recent fire.
Every 4 years, the Windsor Locks community puts on the "Shattered Dreams" presentation. This is a collaboration between the school, youth services, the fire department, police department, ambu lance, funeral home, and other local medical providers, designed to show the consequences of im paired driving. This presentation has students witness a classmate be pronounced dead, another arrested, and another transported by LifeStar. Additional elements happen during the school day and during an overnight retreat. The program has been run in Windsor Locks for over 20 years.
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Cambridge ran this 1989 Pierce Lance 1250 at the city's busiest company, Engine 2, for 13 years.
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Massport - Logan Airport ran this 1986 Gloster Saro as Engine 2. It carried 2500-gallons of water and 300-gallons of class B foam.
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Stow operated this unusual 1955 Ford F650 Bui Inose as Engine 3. Farrar built the body with a 500-gallon tank and 500-GPM frontmount pump.
NEWTON, MA - Around 11:30 A.M. on April 24th, Newton Fire received a call for a house fire at 8 Center Avenue, up one block for Engine 4. Within minutes, a second-alarm was transmitted, bringing mutual aid from Waltham and surrounding towns. The fire was difficult to extinguish, which prompted a third-alarm. It took more than three hours to contain it.
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M u ltip le Cars Burn in Shirley Junkyard SHIRLEY, MA - During the early morning of April 25th, Shirley firefighters were dispatched to Going Rd. for a reported fire. Companies arrived to find multiple cars burning in the middle of a junkyard. Crews stretched several handlines and had the fire knocked down in a short amount of time. A front-end loader was brought in to move some of the cars so that overhaul could be performed. Mutual aid from Ayer, Devens, and Lunenburg assisted at the scene.
FALL RIVER, MA - On April 18th around 7:30 P.M., firefighters responded to 4980 North Main Street Unit 1 for a Box Alarm. On arrival, Engine 6 reported flames showing from the sec ond-floor of a multi-unit apartment building. Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire and started overhaul. Com mand called for the fire investigation unit, as well as the building department to respond.
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MVA w ith Rollover in Fall River EUGENE WERER JR.
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FALL RIVER, MA - Around 6:30 on Thursday, April 18th, emergency services responded to Grinnell Street for a reported MVA, with the vehicle on its roof. Engine 4, Ladder 2 and Heavy Rescue 1 were dispatched. On arrival, Engine 4 reported no entrapment and cancelled the additional apparatus. Witnesses reported that a person in a pink robe fled the scene.
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A V iew from the Backstep ON THE BOOK SHELF b y John M alecky
A View from the Backstep By J. M. Kearny Available from: FSP Books & Videos 433 Main Street, Suite 2A Hudson, MAO 1749 1-800-522-8528 Email: support@ fire-policeems.com www. fire-police -ems.com Price: $12.99 This is a soft cover book, measuring 6 inches by 9 inches, with 204 pages. The author is a retired FDNY firefighter who worked mostly in the Bronx at some of the busiest firehouses in what we can call the “old days” of with the old fire department when the lives of the people came first and those of the firefighters came
last, not like the “New Fire Depart ment” in which the firefighter’s lives come fist and the public last. There is a full explanation about this in the book. The book covers 49 short stories about fellow fire fighters and firehouse living and routines, incidents, specific fires and neighborhoods, people who lived in these neighborhoods who frequented the firehouses, unions, personalities, particularly officers and men who were strong leaders and followers, some of which worked during the “War Years” of the 1970’s and some of the 1980’s. There is a lot of pats on the back in these stories. Two of the men written about who were excellent firefighters eventually were m ur dered on 9-11-01. The book is a real page turner, which I finished in about three days only because I had other things to do. If not, I would have finished it in less time. At a reasonable price, it is well worth the investment. This hap pens to be the Part II, however I was unaware of Part 1 which I’m sure was equally interesting.
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Candle Possible Cause of Afternoon Fire in Fall River FALL RIVER, MA - In the early afternoon of Thursday, May 2nd, Fall River Emergency Commu nications Dispatch Center began receiving multiple calls reporting flames showing from the second-floor at 159 Danforth Street. Car 2 arrived on scene and reported light smoke from the second-floor and ordered that the leader lines be pulled off of Engine 2, and for Engine 12 to secure a water supply from the corner hydrant. Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire. It was learned that a tenant had attempted to fight the fire with a portable extinguisher.
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Two-Acre Brush Fire in Plympton PLYMPTON, MA - Around 3:30 P.M. on April 23rd, Plympton Fire was dispatched to a brush fire on Rebecca Way. The Regional Old Colony Communications Center placed an all call in, which brought all off duty members back to cover the station and respond with multiple units to the scene. Plympton Fire responded with two brush trucks, a tanker and two engines. Mutual aid requests went out for Carver and Kingston; they both sent a brush truck to assist. The estimated land burned was 1.5-acres.
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FRFD VS. FRPD in Charity Basketball Game FALL RIVER, MA-On Thursday, April 18th, family and friends of the Fall River Police and Fire Departments gathered at Durfee High School to watch a charity basketball game to benefit the Veterans Center. The firefighter team won 39 to 27. These two groups have participated in sporting events yearly to raise money for local charities.
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Westover A ir Force Base has been a fixture in western Massachusetts since World War II. This 2,500-acre facility, located in the communities o f Chicopee and Ludlow, originally served as a bomber training site. During the past nine decades, the field has transformed to accomplish many tasks. It is currently home to the 439th A irlift Wing with a C5 Super Galaxy transport aircraft fleet. Westover holds the distinction o f being the largest A ir Reserve base in the United States. The runway here is the longest in Massachusetts and, as such, it was once designated a backup landing site for the space shuttle. Approximately fifty-five hundred military and civilian personnel are employed on base. A career fire department provides fire protection for the base. They operate an impressive fleet o f ARFF apparatus, two structural engines, a rescue, a hazmat, one tanker, and various support vehicles.
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Adventurous Child Gets Stuck in Chimney in Whitman WHITMAN, MA - Just after 4:00 PM. on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 10th, the Whit man Fire Department received a call reporting a child stuck in a chimney at 143 Harvard Street. Ladder-246, C-3 and Ambulance-249 responded to the scene. Companies arrived to find a child stuck feet first into a chimney on the top of a two-story wood-framed dwelling. A box was struck for manpower due to the complexity of the incident. While the aerial was being put into place, firefighters raised ground and roof ladders to gain access to the child on the opposite side of the
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climb out of a second-floor dormer window and onto the roof. He then scaled the steep pitched room and hoisted himself up and into the chimney. Shortly after arrival at this scene. Whitman firefighters were alerted to a reported motorcycle ac cident at the intersection of Harvard Street and School Street. An addi tional ambulance and engine re sponded to the scene with call-back personnel. No injuries were reported at that scene.
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NATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS: PART II—TEST TAKING TIPS In the Fire Service there are many reasons to take written tests including national certifi cation exams, entrance exams for career positions, and of course promotions. Although the following information was first developed for high school students it has been modified here for adult learning and the fire service specifically. Be cause the fire service is adult education as an instructor make sure you emphasize that to the firefighters in your class i.e. that you are not treating them as adolescents with these tips but merely reminding them of what they already know as adults. If you are preparing for a na tional certification exam don’t shy away from electronic apps but one note is to make sure you use a screen big enough to accommodate because scroll ing back and forth to see all the answers can make exam prep much more tedious. Also, these apps tend to have subjective questions but remember that questions on national certifica tion exams will likely be more general - they have to be in order to be as fair as possible to as many firefighters as possi ble. Is it really fair to ask a New York firefighter a question about an SOP in Wisconsin? Of course not. 1. VOCABULARY, VOCABU LARY, VOCABULARY: You can not possibly answer a question unless you know the meaning of all the words in a sentence. Refer to question #2 on NFPA standards. 2. FIND KEYWORDS: When looking back in your notes or workbook find and use the key words in the question (write them on a separate piece of paper) and then look specifi cally for those words in any de scriptions. 3. ALWAYS USE INFORMATION GIVEN TO YOU ON THE TEST (Including other questions): Often test questions provide in formation in one question that helps you answer another ques tion. Fire service exams are no
torious for asking the same in formation in multiple questions. These questions are generally factual and so can be used to interpret other questions on the test. 4. USE THE PROCESS OF ELIM INATION IN MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: Eliminate the choices that you know for sure aren’t or can’t possibly be true. Usually all you are left with is one or two choices which even if you guess is better than four choices. 5. USE COMMON SENSE AND KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION IS ASKING: Think about your answers. Refer to question #1 below. Obviously, this question is asking about a form of com munication - a way that fire fighters talk to one another. So, PASS devices as an example would obviously not be the an swer. PASS devices are auto matic alarms on you r SCBA and do not involve human commu nication - it doesn’t make any sense at all to put that as an an swer. 6. BREAK DOWN WORDS TO FIND THEIR MEANINGS: Refer to question #3. It contains the word thermal. The word ther mal (or variations of) refers to temperature - as in thermome ter. Any answer that does not refer to temperature can be eliminated. Also look for pre fixes such as photo - which means light (as in photograph) so any answer not referring to light can be eliminated. So even if you didn’t know the answer you would be able to figure it out. 7. THERE IS NO PATTERN TO THE MULTIPLE CHOICE OR TRUE/FALSE 8. READ AND FOLLOW THE DI RECTIONS CAREFULLY: If the directions for the true and false questions say to write out the entire word true and/or the en tire word false. That means don’t just put the letter down because it is going to get marked wrong!! The question may also ask you to provide an example so make sure you an
swer all parts of each question. If your department has photos you would like to see in our “Memories” feature please upload them
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10. EXPLAIN OR DESCRIBE: This direction means to answer the question by telling a story or providing an example. Make sure you answer these types of questions with enough detail as suming the reader or person grading the paper knows noth ing about what you are talking about. 11. WHICH PART FIRST: Start out with the section of ques tions that is worth the most points (usually that will be the short answer). This way if you run out of time you may still have enough points to pass. 12. ALWAYS TAKE A STAB AT THE BONUS QUESTIONS: Stan dardized tests will not have bonus questions but in house exams might. Many times, the questions here are examples from class or from a chapter in any class book or manual. 13. GRAPHS ARE YOUR FRIEND: The answer is in the graph itself. You don’t need to add any knowledge. 14. DON’T ADD INFORMATION: If the question states that all ap paratus are red then for the pur poses of that question all apparatus are red and it doesn’t matter if in real life they are any other color. 15. BEST, MOST and OTHER EX TREMES: These questions tend to be subjective and can be very frustrating because it is almost as if you have to jump into the test makers head and know what they are thinking but there are some of these where be cause the question refers to an extreme the middle answers can be eliminated. Refer to ques tions #4 and #5. 16. SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS SUCK: These questions legiti mately have more than one an swer. Just remember to read all of your choices and don’t con fuse the state curriculum for your local SOPs. See question #6
17. LOOK AROUND THE ROOM FOR ANY ANSWERS: Often
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times there are posters or infor mation on the walls that can jog your memory. Maybe you’ll get lucky and have a question on a fire alarm and have a pull station next to your desk with the an swer written on it. Sample Questions 1) Knowing the limitations of radio communication is part of general knowledge of: a) PASS Devices b) Public Alert Systems c) External Communications d) Internal Communications 2) The minimum requirements for receiving, processing and dispatching emergency respon ders are found in: a) NFPA 1500 b) NFPA 297 c) NFPA 1221 d) NFPA 2002 3) Which of the Following BEST describes the location of gasses that are in thermal layers? a) Cool gasses tend to be re placed by warm gasses b) Hot and cool gasses tend to mix in both layers equally c) Cooler gasses tend to be in the upper layer, hot gasses tend to be in the lower layer d) Hot gasses tend to be in the upper layer, cooler gasses tend to be in the lower layer
4) Which of the following BEST describes the impact of higher oxygen concentration on com bustion? a) Materials burn less forcefully b) Non-Flaming combustion will stop c) Fires may be more difficult to extinguish d) Materials that do not burn at normally still do not burn 5) Which of the following is MOST accurate about forcing gates? a) Gate should be pried or cut to avoid damage b) Most gates require a key pad code for entry c) An apparatus bumper can be used to force a gate open d) Most gates cannot be forced and another means of entry must be used 6) Which of the following is the BEST indicator for a backdraft? a) Optimally dense smoke b) Little or no visible flame c) Turbulent smoke discharge d) Fire confined to a void space *Please note I inserted the term BEST to make this question subjective. The original ques tion had the term SMOKE in stead of BEST. - JOSEPH CEA
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