August 2010 Five Minute Quiz
11th August 2010Take the quiz below and test your firefighting knowledge. These questions are courtesy of the New Zealand Fire Brigades’ Institute. You'll find the answer key below.
1. What type of knot is used to haul a piece of equipment aloft?
2. What knot is often used for tying bandages in NZFS?
3. What knot is often used to secure a line to an object or another line?
4. What two knots are often used to join two lines together (but not in rescue situations)?
5. What knot is used as a stopper?
6. What knot allows the load on the line to be shared between two separate anchor points in a line rescue situation?
7. What knot is used to raise patients in a vertical position when rescue strops are not available?
8. What knot is used to form a loop in the centre of the line so equipment can be hung to it or hook to another line? (It can also be used on anchor points)?
9. What general purpose knot is used to tie off a line that has a load on it?
10. Inspections on line should be done when? (4 points)
ANSWERS: 1. Clove hitch 2. Reef knot 3. Rolling hitch 4. Sheet bend or double sheet bend 5. Figure of eight 6. Double figure of eight 7. Vertical lift knot or ‘sewer knot’ 8. Alpine butterfly 9. Round turn and two half hitches 10. On acceptance, after repair, six monthly and after use (for lowering, rescue and safety lines).