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NYC FIREFIGHTERS
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3. The Federal Signal Corporation got the idea of the mechanical Q siren from the noise what kind of cleaners made ?
5. Leonard Street between Centre, Elm, and Franklin was a yard that held Engine #8 (1824 -1831), Engine #16 (1832-1841), Engine #17, Hose #1 and the Supply Engine. What was the name of this Firefighter's Yard ? It was the __________ Yard.
9. Chuck Kuderna drew the 1965 Smokey campaign that we are farmilar with today. Forest Service artist Rudy Wendelin, was best known for his drawings of Smokey. A fireman nicknamed Smoky Joe grew up on East 13th street close to Engine #5, and became the Assistant Chief of the NYC Fire Department (1919-1930). What was thie last name of the NYC fireman named Joseph (nicknamed Smokey Joe) who Smokey the Bear was named after ?
11. The Hook and Ladder #8 fire station at 14 North Moore Street, exteriors were used in what film ? The interiors for the film were shot at an abandoned fire station at 225 E Fifth Street, in downtown LA.
14. Hotfoot Teddy was a tiny five-pound black bear cub who was rescued from a 1950 fire at New Mexico. Albert Staehle was the animal illustrator who drew Smokey in 1945, right after the 2nd fire danger campaign featuring Bambi. What historic villian was featured in the 1st fire danger campaign ?
17. The first female firefighter Molly Williams worked at NYC's Hanover Squares Engine #11. When all the fireman were sick in 1818 this bucket brigader named Molly helped pull the old engine through the snow. Molly was a what to member James Aymar ?
19. In 1743, cooper and boatbuilder Thomas Lote built Old Brass Backs, the 1st fire engine in New York City. What multipurpose firefighter tool is a bar that prys, twists, punches, and strikes ?
20. 130 Leather buckets were created by two of these old NYC citizens, John Harpending, Jacob Abrahamse, Coenraet ten Eijck and Hendrick Gillesse. What profession were these men who made NYC first fire buckets ?
21. Four primitive engines were housed in the 1824 building that became the first Firemans Hall. Firemans Hall housed Engine #13 (1817-1820), Engine #21, 24, 28 and 47. The first Firemans Hall was just east of Gold on the north side of what Street ?
23. An 1820's resident of Shinebone Alley in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was a Pittsburgh bucket brigader. This French-Indian firefighter was named Marina Betts. In 1859, Lillie Hitchcock Coit, a NYC heiress ran with Knickerbocker Engine Company Number 5. In 1875, Adelheid von Buckow helped put out a fire in Atlantic City NJ. Carrie Rockefeller pulled the engine in 1895, working with Engine Company #1 in West Haven, Connecticut. What were all these firefighters ?
25. The Cruger's Wharf area is now called Old Slip (by Hanover Square). On August 3, 1778, it had 54 to 64 homes destroyed in the second major fire during the British occupation. Who unfortunately took over firemans duties ?
27. From 1879 to 1894, Napoleon LeBrun and Sons built all the FDNY buildings. Napoleon LeBrun and Sons built 42 firehouses in Manhattan and the Bronx The Romanesque Revival Style house of Engine Company #36 (which originated as Fire Hook & Ladder Company #14) at 120 East 125th street by Lexington Avenue was built by Napoleon LeBrun. Engine #6 at 269 Henry street near Gouverneur and St. Cecilias Church at 120 E 106th st were also LeBrun's. The 1880 structure of Engine Company No. 5 at 340 East 14th Street is the only LeBrun building still used as a firehouse. In 1887 Napoleon LeBrun also built the Science Building at what School in Brooklyn Heights ?
29. In 1853 the last volunteer firehouse to be built in NYC was erected at 155 and 157 Mercer, on the west side north of Prince Street just below Houston street. It was the second building built for the administrative headquarters of the Volunteer Fire Department. This station was visited by Walt Whitman right after he wrote Leaves of Grass. This firehouse was called Firemans what ?
30. Peter Stuyvesant cared alot for the protection of New Amsterdam against fire. In 1653, he hired four fire wardens to inspect all the buildings in town, also organizing a paid police force of 8 men. Walter Bowne (1829–1833), Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1834–1837), Stephen Allen (1821–1824), Isaac L Varian (1839–1841), Daniel F Tiemann (1858–1860), C Godfrey Gunther (1864–1866) and William H Wickman (1875–1876) were all volunteer firemen, what other NYC position did they all hold?
31. The former station for the #36 Engine who were called the Equitable squad from 1810-1842 was at 278 Spring Street between Varick and Hudson Streets. This is the address for what New York City Museum ?
32. Peter was one of the main overseers of the fire department in 1731. Hopefully Peter was sober when he was the first in the drivers seat on NYC's first 2 fire engines from London. (The alderman John Roosevelt was the second citizen to drive them). What was this brewer named Peter last name ?
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1. In 1847, Lewis P. Haslett of Louisville Kentucky, put two one-way clapper valves on mouth piece, and breathed through a bulb-shaped filter and invented the Lung Protector. The Lung Protector was an early forerunner of what mask ?
2. Some NYC firemen wear red suspenders. To keep their what up ?
4. Built in 1898, 42-44 Great Jones Street still is an active station for Engine #33 and Ladder #9. The fire department built this station for whose headquarters ?
6. In 1850, the Association of Fire Insurance Companies became the Board of Fire Insurance Companies. The Fire Insurance Patrol had several men who started in 1838 due to the great fire of 1835. Fire police created in 1835 by the Association of Fire Insurance Companies had four watchmen who were the first firefighters in NYC to be what ?
7. The firehouse at 209 Elizabeth Street was created for Hibernian Company #14. In 1883, Ladder #9 took over this Elizabeth Street fire station and added the worlds first fire what ?
8. The paid Fire Department took over on the 31st of what month in 1865 ?
10. The Randalls Island Fire Academy opened in 1975. The FDNY Fire Academy resource center library was named after Deputy Fire Commissioner George F. Mand, this new library opened in 1995. What Island in NYC is the FDNY Fire Academy resource center located on ?
12. In 1791 representatives of the Fire Department met at the Nassau street home of Jacob Brown to start a fund for sick, indigent and disabled firemen, and their widows and orphans. What 1819 society of eight fire insurance companies coordinated the role of fire insurance in NYC until 1826 ?
13. Barclay street was the northward boundary of the fire of 1776, which burnt one third of NYC. The fire started at Whitehall Street and ended at Barclay street just before the open land of what College ?
14. The 1781 company called Heart in Hand, was the second New York Fire Patrol. The 1800 company called Friendly Union Fire Company, was the third New York Fire Patrol. The 1803 company called Mutual Assistance Bag Company, was the fourth New York Fire Patrol. What pre American Revolution Company, was the first New York Fire Patrol ? This Fire Company called _____ in Hand was created to do salvage operations and protect Manhattan property.
15. What part of the Fire Department was broken up into ten Battalions and was run by Charles De F. Burns ? Burns was the head of the Lyceum located in large hall above the Metropolitan Fire Department Headquarters. Russell Sage was the force behind creating a new firefighters one on the Upper East side. FDNY Honorary Chief Clarence Meek created one for the Fire College in 1938, at Queens Blvd. and Van Dam Street. What part of the fire department have I been describing ?
16. Fire trucks use bright colors to stand out. What color does NYC use the most on their firetrucks ?
18. What fireman named Henry from Columbia Engine Company No. 14, invented a leather fire helmet that had a long rear brim and an ornamental facade for identification in 1836 ? Henry's company became Americas primary source of fire hats.
21. How many years did the Metropolitan Fire Department last before the city took over the state controlled unit, forming the FDNY ?
22. A citizens watch and militia guard, which they called The Burgher Watch. The Burgher Watch would protect the town all night long acting as police and firefighters. What was another name for the Burgher Watch ?
24. In 1966, Stephanie Kwolek invented a fabric which helped build boat hulls, bullet-resistant vests and cut-resistant gloves. It is five times stronger than the same weight of steel. What is this wonder fabric used in firefighter suits called ?
26. Lower Broadway was home to the Burns Coffee House where the Sons of Liberty met on Halloween in 1765 to plan their resistance to the Stamp Act. Lower Broadway was destroyed by the fires of how many major fires ?
28. Robert Murray's wharf at Pearl and Wall Streets and almost 50 buildings burned in the area around the famous houses that started the American Revolution and the New York Stock Exchange. What was those houses and the NYC fire on December 9, 1796 called ? The _____ House Fire .
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