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Would you consider a fuse box from 1958 a fire hazard.

Asked by kim about 10 years ago

By modern standards that would be a yes to it being a fire hazard.

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I had a small fire in my gas stove, now there's fire extinguisher powder everywhere. It got down into the cracks where I can't reach. Will my oven be okay to use? Any tips on cleaning it? Thanks!

Asked by Steve about 10 years ago

Vacuum is your best option, do not use until properly cleaned.

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I'm thinking about interviewing a firefighter for my high school chemistry class. How much chemistry (types of fires, flame retardants) do firefighters know and use in their daily lives and jobs?

Asked by lc over 10 years ago

Quite a bit so we know what to use on what type of fires. For instance we do not apply water to flammable metals, or water to flammable gases. Sometimes we use dry chemical extinguishers on materials to remove the chemical reaction. Fires go out due to either removing oxygen(difficult), cooling, burns out of fuel plain and simple or intefferring with the chemical chain reaction such as dry chemical does.

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Daughter has a 100+ year old 3 story home with counter-weight old windows, weights have been cut, but windows open, no locks of any kind. Six kids under 6 yrs have 2nd & 3rd floor bdrm windows. Risky or am I an old fuddy-duddy to worry?

Asked by SharontheGrandmother almost 10 years ago

No, very rightfully to be concerned. Age is a factor but also you are using windows with a specifically designed component that has been altered.

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Is there a technical term you use for alive people trapped in buildings? Or injured people? Say you're radioing back about someone who was trapped by debris - what is the formal term for them?

Asked by Jonbo over 10 years ago

We use "Entrapped patients"

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If I baked some pie would yall actually eat it or would yall perfer store bought?

Asked by Kilah over 9 years ago

Were pretty flexible as long as it is good. I am not going to lie but there has been a time or 2 that we accepted it but later go rid of it.

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hey Im on my way to become a vol. firman within less than a year , I wanted to buy an fdny shirt to wear to support them . Would FDNY firefighters or others get offended if I wore a station t shirt due to me not being a fireman there ?

Asked by ty about 10 years ago

No, believe it or not they sell them at the FDNY store in New York not to far from Time Square.

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Would you consider a fuse box from 1958 a fire hazard.

I had a small fire in my gas stove, now there's fire extinguisher powder everywhere. It got down into the cracks where I can't reach. Will my oven be okay to use? Any tips on cleaning it? Thanks!

So you wanna be a Firefighter?

I'm thinking about interviewing a firefighter for my high school chemistry class. How much chemistry (types of fires, flame retardants) do firefighters know and use in their daily lives and jobs?

Daughter has a 100+ year old 3 story home with counter-weight old windows, weights have been cut, but windows open, no locks of any kind. Six kids under 6 yrs have 2nd & 3rd floor bdrm windows. Risky or am I an old fuddy-duddy to worry?

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Is there a technical term you use for alive people trapped in buildings? Or injured people? Say you're radioing back about someone who was trapped by debris - what is the formal term for them?

If I baked some pie would yall actually eat it or would yall perfer store bought?

hey Im on my way to become a vol. firman within less than a year , I wanted to buy an fdny shirt to wear to support them . Would FDNY firefighters or others get offended if I wore a station t shirt due to me not being a fireman there ?

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Ask me anything!

What do YOU do?

Would you consider a fuse box from 1958 a fire hazard.

I had a small fire in my gas stove, now there's fire extinguisher powder everywhere. It got down into the cracks where I can't reach. Will my oven be okay to use? Any tips on cleaning it? Thanks!

So you wanna be a Firefighter?

I'm thinking about interviewing a firefighter for my high school chemistry class. How much chemistry (types of fires, flame retardants) do firefighters know and use in their daily lives and jobs?

Daughter has a 100+ year old 3 story home with counter-weight old windows, weights have been cut, but windows open, no locks of any kind. Six kids under 6 yrs have 2nd & 3rd floor bdrm windows. Risky or am I an old fuddy-duddy to worry?

Also on Jobstr...

Is there a technical term you use for alive people trapped in buildings? Or injured people? Say you're radioing back about someone who was trapped by debris - what is the formal term for them?

If I baked some pie would yall actually eat it or would yall perfer store bought?

hey Im on my way to become a vol. firman within less than a year , I wanted to buy an fdny shirt to wear to support them . Would FDNY firefighters or others get offended if I wore a station t shirt due to me not being a fireman there ?

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