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2. The ship Beaver delivered the first two fire engines from London in 1731. What NYC family drove the first fire engine ?
4. The military unfortunately took over firemans duties during the British take over of NYC. The British occupation's (August 3, 1778 ) second major fire was at the wharf now called Old Slip (by Hanover Square). What was the old name of this ex NYC wharf ?
5. The first female firefighter was a slave to Hanover Square's Engine 11 member James Aymar. One snowy day in 1818, all the fireman were sick, so this first female firefighter helped pull the engine through the snow. What was the name of America's first female firefighter ?
7. Engine Company #40 was home to Mose Humphrey a red haired Irish volunteer who was called the King of the Bowery and 5 Points. What element of the firefighting operation was he in charge of ?
8. About 150 leather fire buckets were created by two NYC citizens in August 1658, fifty were kept at City Hall, the others scattered around various citizens houses around the town. What was the occupation of these two citizens that made NYC's first fire buckets ?
10. The fire of Sept. 21, 1776, burnt one third of NYC. From Whitehall Street the blaze spread as far north as the open land before Kings College, what was the name of this street that was the northern boundry of the fire 1776 ?
12. The last volunteer firehouse built in NYC, before July 31, 1865 when the paid Department took over, was the second Firemans Hall. It was a 1854 station, that was visited by Walt Whitman after he wrote Leaves of Grass. What NYC street was this last volunteer firehouse built on ?
13. After the fire of 1776, what was the area west of City Hall called ?
16. On June 15, 1904, over 1000 people (mostly German Immigrants) died in a boat fire near North Brother Island on the East River. What was the name of this steamship ?
17. In 1855 what kind of fire engines stopped the need for hand pumping ?
22. The first paid firefighters in NYC were four watchmen who were each paid $250 per year from 1835 to 1838. As more fire police were hired what kind of patrol did they became called ?
23. The Dutch Rattle Watch used hourglasses and green lanterns during their rounds. At the top of each hour throughout the night the official Rattle Watch announced the time and what other information ?
26. What pre American Revolution Fire Company, was the first New York Fire Patrol created to do salvage operations and protect Manhattan property ?
27. What was the name of the 1819 society of eight fire insurance companies, that coordinated their role in NYC until 1826 ?
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1. What nickname was given to the members of the Dutch Rattle Watch (NYC's first police and fire men) ?
3. A three story 1904 building at 278 Spring Street was the location for the #30 Engine Company until 1954. This building is still being used by the Fire department as a what ?
5. Almost 50 buildings burned in the area around the famous coffee houses which started the American Revolution and the New York Stock Exchange. This 1796 Coffee House Slip Fire, was located at the foot of Wall street by Pearl street, at what old wharf ?
6. How many years was it between the use of steam engines in NYC fire departments and the paid fire department ?
7. The FDNY Fire Academy resource center that opened in 1975, started a new library in 1995. This library was named after Deputy Fire Commissioner George F. Mand. What Island in NYC is the FDNY Fire Academy resource center and the Mand library on ?
9. What replaced the firemans task of pulling the early fire rigs ?
11. What was the Dutch word for Fire ?
14. The worlds first fire pole was used by NYC's Ladder Company #9., it was made of brass. Ladder Company #9 station first came into use iof this pole in 1883. Before the pole was added, this firehouse at 209 Elizabeth Street was created for Engine Company #14, what was their name ?
15. Henry T. Gratacap, a NYC volunteer firefighter from Columbia Engine Company # 14, started a company that became Americas primary source of what kind of fire apparel ?
18. How did the Rattle Watch make the old wooden rattles work, since they were not the kind of rattle that was shaked ?
19. On July 19th, 1845 the Fire of 1845 wiped out 300 NYC buildings, it started at the Crooker and Warren warehouse at 38 Broad street (by Exchange Place). It was the last straw for what kind of families, who after this fire moved out of the old fashionable Bowling Green area of lower Broadway ?
20. In 1966, Stephanie Kwolek invented a wonder fabric used in firefighter suits. This fabric 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 fabric called ?
21. What color does NYC use the most on their firetrucks ?
24. In 1847, Lewis P. Haslett of Louisville Kentucky, put two one-way clapper valves on a mouth piece, and breathed through a bulb-shaped filter and invented the Lung Protector, an early forerunner of what kind of mask.
25. A 1948 first deputy fire chief named Hugh Halligan created the most widely used object in fire fighting today, which improved the firefighting Kelley tool. He created something that prys, twists, punches, and strikes, it became call the Halligan what ?
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