Conflagration
Very large fire that defies control efforts and causes extensive damage
First publicly funded, paid fire department in America was founded when?
1679
First Union Volunteer Fire Company was started when? And by who?
Ben Franklin 1736
First city with a fully paid fire department?
Cincinnati in 1853
Services generally provided by the fire department
Fire prevention, public safety education, and hazardous materials response.
Traditional shape and necessity of fire helmets
Short brim in front and long brim on the back to keep embers and hot water out.
SCBA
Self contained breathing apparatus
When was the SCBA invented?
1945
Greatest loss-of-life wildfire
Peshtigo, Wisconsin in 1871. 1500 people and 2400 square miles
Weeks act (1911)
Funding provided to forest service
Smokey the bear
Bambi
1944
1942
Siphona
First known fire pump
Percentage of man made wildland fires US
90%
Fire Hook
Used for tearing down buildings to create a firebreak
When was the Aerial ladder apparatus developed?
1870
Maltese Cross
A symbol of protection and a badge of honor
Dalmatians in the fire department
Kept with the horses to keep them calm. Would run ahead and chase off dogs and animals that would bother the horses.
Great Chicago fire
Occurred October 8-10, 1871. Burned for 3 days.
First National Fire Prevention Week
October 4-10, 1925
Combustible construction
The use of unprotected wood and wild by products in building construction
Unprotected vertical shafts
Laundry chutes, elevator shafts. Act as chimneys allowing for rapid fire spread.
Average number of homes burned down from wildland fires
2700
NFIRS
National fire incident reporting system
Wildland fire fighter deaths from 1910-2011
1030
Urban interface
The area where built up areas of homes and businesses have little separation from the natural growing wildland areas
Urban intermix
Buildings interspersed in wild land areas; homes built in the woods.
North America emergencies
Flooding, heat related death, disease and pests, shorter winters, droughts, rising sea levels, tornadoes
Highest fire death rates per capita in the industrialized world
U.S. Canada and hungary
Fire death rate in World
13.1 million of the population
Fire death rate in U.S.
4000 with 22000 injured
Fire fighter deaths us
100 and 8700 are injured
Leading cause of home fires
Cooking
Planning to protect the community
1. Preparation
2. Mitigation
3. Response
4. Recovery
NFPA 1500
Require that a written risk management plan be prepared by fire departments