Safety Bulletins

Question 1

When driving against traffic on a one way street which side of the road do you tell the chauffeur to park on?

Answer 1

right side.
(you want it to be driver to driver)
SB5

Question 2

Who may wave you pass a school bus?

Answer 2

the bus driver or Police officer.

SB6

Question 3

What is the difference between accident and incident with regards to the apparatus?

Answer 3

accident= any vehicle related event that results in injuries or property damage
incident= civilian allegation (tell them to call comptroller)
SB56

Question 4

Who fills out the MV104 and when does it need to be filled out?

Answer 4

Chauffeur and any accident resulting in death, personal injury, damage over $1000 to property of any one person or dollar amount cannot be estimated
SB56

Question 5

When adding water to PVC on fire what would be created?

Answer 5

Hydrochloric acid
hydrogen chloride gas is formed from burning PVC, the addition of water creates hydrochloric acid
SB57

Question 6

With buildings under construction where is lumber usually stored?

Answer 6

two levels below the most recently poured floor

SB66

Question 7

the reshoring of floors with the 4x4 stud placed _____ feet and will usually be found on at least _____ floors below the most recently poured.

Answer 7

8,8

SB66

Question 8

How fast can you drive over a 4” speed hump?a 3” speed hump?

Answer 8

15, 20

SB76

Question 9

Members wearing bunker gear with or without a SCBA will become totally submerged in water how fast?

Answer 9

one minute
SB81
EPwater 4.3

Question 10

Who are exempt from wearing high visibility safety vests?

Answer 10

members directly involved and in the immediate vicinity of firefighting, haz mat mitigation or technical rescue. Also members with donned bunker gear and scba working in close proximity to a heat source of heat during fire suppression
SB88

Question 11

At a stairwell fire how does the roof firefighter get to the roof?

Answer 11

via the clear stairwell

SB82

Question 12

when a member has jury duty, when are they required to work and can they do mutuals?

Answer 12

the member is required to work 
9x- saturday,sunday, and holidays
6x- saturday and before holidays
They are not allowed to do mutuals from 1800 on the sunday prior to the first day of jury duty(monday if monday is holiday) until released from jury duty.
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