Where There’s Smoke Fire Safety Quiz

DateMarch 14 1981

Can DescriptionsMixed Master X1202 Fire Quiz Rec. 3/14/81

AbstractSlate: ‘Where There’s Smoke Fire Safety Quiz with Jack Hynes and Janet Langhart’; stock footage of various fire tragedies; Title: “Where There’s Smoke” Fire Safety Quiz; with Jack Hynes and Janet Langhart; 18 question quiz, also located in an ad; 5 points for each correct answer; Sample Question: most common location of fires, residential; cut to black; Question #1: Where do most fatal fires start?; Question #2: Which object starts the most fatal fires?; Question #3: When do most fatal fires occur?; Richard Land at Harvard University testing the capabilities of cigarettes starting fires; Question #4: How do most people die in fires?; Question #5: Which is your best ally in escaping a fire?; cut to black; Question #6: What can you do to alert yourself of a fire?; clip of Dick Van Dyke from a “Learn Not To Burn” PSA, on smoke detectors; Question #7: What can you do to prepare yourself to escape?; Langhart explains what an EDITH plan is; Question #8: What is your first response?; another clip of Van Dyke with examples of fire escape; Question #9: How do you know you can exit?; Question #10: How do you know everyone has escaped?; clip of Van Dyke on escape plans; cut to black; Land on fire spreading; Question #11: What do you do if your clothes catch on fire?; clip of Van Dyke on stopping, dropping and rolling; Question #12: What do you do if smoke has filled your high-rise hallway?; Question #13: What should be your first course of action in a high-rise?; cut to black; Question #14: Can you find five hazards? [in the image they provide]; Land demonstrating overloaded appliances; clip of Van Dyke on fire hazards; Question #15: What should you teach your children about matches?; Cheryl Vince, of the Education Development Center, on teaching fire safety to children; Question #16: Which action should a watcher perform?; clip of Van Dyke on checking for loose cigarettes; Question #1;: Where is the most dangerous place to smoke?; clip of Van Dyke on smoking in bed; Question #18: How can you prevent becoming a victim of fire?; Capt. William Tehan of Ladder 15 in Boston on the benefit of fire security; test smoke detectors; quiz scoring and reviewing; interview with burn a victim of fire, George Pesotti; interview with his friends Joanne Nardo, Frank Quinn, and Richard Pratt; trauma support for burn victims; end credits.