Q 01/05

If your clothing catches fire, what three-step technique are children taught?

A) Run, jump and shout

B) Duck, cover and hold

C) Stop, drop and roll

D) Kneel, breathe and wait

Answer · why

C) Stop, drop and roll

It is taught to kids, emergency crews and industrial workers, mainly in North America.

Q 02/05

The fire triangle shows a fire needs heat, fuel and what third element?

A) Oxygen

B) Smoke

C) Wind

D) Light

Answer · why

A) Oxygen

Throwing a fire blanket over a blaze works by cutting off that third side of the triangle.

Q 03/05

Fires involving ordinary solids such as paper and wood fall into which category?

A) Class B

B) Class C

C) Class K

D) Class A

Answer · why

D) Class A

Class B is flammable liquids and, under the European scheme, Class C is flammable gases.

Q 04/05

The first record of a fire extinguisher is a 1723 patent by which English chemist?

A) George Manby

B) Ambrose Godfrey

C) Humphry Davy

D) Joseph Priestley

Answer · why

B) Ambrose Godfrey

Captain George Manby's portable pressurised 'Extincteur' followed in 1816, using pearl ash solution and compressed air.

Q 05/05

Household smoke detectors sense smoke either optically or by which other process?

A) Ultrasound

B) Ionization

C) Infrared imaging

D) Chemical sniffing

Answer · why

B) Ionization

The first single-station smoke detector was invented in 1970 and went on sale the following year.