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If conducting a rescue on the second story of a commercial building through a window, what height is it from ground to windowsill?

What determines which units are selected for a particular call type?

According to NFPA 2500, what is the minimum required breakage strength for escape webbing?

You are assigned to the department’s wellness/safety committee. Your chief indicates they would like to put the bulk of the wellness funds into helping to reduce the leading cause of death in the fire service. What are you building your program to help reduce/prevent?

What do incidents involving working fires, fire alarms with smoke, or sprinkler activation have in common with reference to forcible entry?

What should you NOT use a pick-head axe for?

What is the difference between a coping saw and a carpenter’s saw?

A bowstring truss will typically be found under which type roof?

Hay will light quicker and burn faster than a wood log, what principle describes this?

You arrive at a new station and the officer indicates they have changed their preconnected attack line on the engine. He wants you to familiarize yourself with the new load. You go to the attack line location and see that the nozzle is in the middle of the load, and he indicates that you pull the nozzle with the hose on top of it onto your shoulder. What load is on this apparatus?