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Fire and Fire-Fighting - Quickquiz

 You have 60 seconds to answer true or false to the questions below:

1. The risk of fire was great in Stuart England'.
2. If fire destroyed a property it could be re-claimed on house insurance.
3. Puritans believed fire was a punishment from God.
4. In 1620 a new law said buildings should be made from wood.
5. It was the night watchman's job to watch for fire at night.
6. Householders had to leave buckets of dirt outside their doors.
7. Fire hooks were used to pull down tiles to prevent fire spreading.
8. Hand-held water squirts were used to direct water at a fire.
9. Early fire engines had tanks that had to be filled with water.
10. Fires could only be controlled if they were reached quickly.

 

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