Active Vocabulary. applicant n – кандидат

accept v – принимать

applicant n – кандидат

appoint v – назначать

behavior n – поведение

community n – населенный пункт, община

elect v – выбирать

investigate v – расследовать

probationary a – испытательный

n - испытуемый

provide v – обеспечивать

rely v – полагаться, надеяться

rescue n – спасение

v – спасать

staff n – личный состав, сотрудник

v – укомплектовывать личным составом

vary v – отличаться

Exercises

I. Practise the following for pronunciation:

volunteer, community, staff, behavior, probationary, lieutenant, battalion, fighter, explosive, explosion, manufacture, rescue.

II. Read the international words:

volunteer, agency, industry, protection, station, routine, chief, department, captain, lieutenant, battalion, mayor, base, airport, strategy, communication, program, manager, period, administration, industrial, physical, medical, military, separate.

III. Match the synonyms:

a) break out, chiefly, rush battle, vary, receive

b) get, light, start, run, differ, mainly.

IV. Read and translate the words of the same root:

protect – protector – protection – protecting

organize – organizer – organization – organizing

inspect – inspector – inspection – inspecting

discover – discoverer – discovering

operate – operator – operation – operating

elect – elector – election

prevent – prevention – preventive

build – builder – building

educate – educator – education

manage – manager – management

investigate – investigator – investigation

require – requirement

equip – equipment.

V. Read and translate the noun groups:

fire department, volunteer department, fire chief, district level, full - time firefighters, neighborhood fire station, fire prevention, arson investigation, forest fires, aircraft fires, training program, fire behavior, firefighting strategy, rescue techniques, emergency medical skills, rescue work, fire protection.

VI. Choose the correct word and translate the sentences:

1. protect, protection, protector, protecting, protective

a. Fire departments … communities from fire.

b. Firefighters require … clothing.

c. Volunteer departments provide … in small cities.

2. prevent, prevention, preventing

a. Many fire departments teach people how … fires.

b. The Fire Prevention Canada Association provides fire … and training programs.

c. Special staffs work in such areas as fire ….

3. manage, manager, management

a. Fire department … often have bachelor’s degree.

b. They may have degrees in such fields as … and public administration.

4. train, training, trained

a. A probationary firefighter takes a … program.

b. The future firefighters are … in the National Fire Academy.

5. equip, equipment, equipped

a. Some volunteer departments are very well ….

b. Paid departments have excellent ….

c. The city administration should … the fire departments.

VII. Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the translation of the underlined words:

1. Fire departments battle fires that break out in homes, factories, and other places. They battled with fire and wind. He was wounded in battle. 2. An arsonist set fire to the store. The soldiers fired at the enemies. 3. Rescue companies may go to major fires. Some fire departments have specialized teams to rescue people who are in water or in high places. 4. A spark may cause a fire. Most of the deaths caused by fires take place in private homes. It was difficult to find out the cause of the fire.

VIII. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the translation of «to be + V III, modal verb + be + V III»

1. Most volunteer departments are headed by a fire chief.

2. The fire chief is appointed by the mayor.

3. Paid departments are organized on a county, district or regional level.

4. Paid departments are staffed by full – time firefighters.

5. Each fire company is commanded by a captain or a lieutenant.

6. People may be trapped in the buildings.

7. The buildings were not ventilated.

8. Many fire departments provide medical care before the patient is taken to the hospital.

9. Pipes are installed throughout the building.

10. Arson investigations are conducted by local fire departments in most cases.

11. Fire departments gather evidence in cases where arson is suspected.

12. Battalions may be grouped into divisions.

13. People may be trapped in cars or trains after an accident.

14. Rescue workers may be called to free people.

15. The buildings should not be made of materials that burn easily.

16. Fire hoses can be attached to special water lines.

17. The evidence may be used in court.

18. A grease fire can be fought with a special extinguisher.

19. 9 – 1 – 1 can be dialed from almost any telephone.

IX. Read and translate into Russian the text " Fire Departments "

X. Answer the following questions:

1. What kinds of fire departments protect communities from fire?

2. Where do volunteer departments provide protection?

3. How are they equipped?

4. Who heads most volunteer departments?

5. Where do paid departments serve?

6. What are requirements for becoming a paid fireman?

7. How are paid departments organized?

8. What are the tasks of special – purpose departments?

XI. Choose the proper variant:

1. Volunteer departments a) deal with forest fires b) are staffed by men and women who serve part time c) serve in large cities.

2. Paid departments a) protect in rural communities b) receive no pay c) serve in large cities.

3. Volunteer departments are headed by a) the mayor b) a fire chief c) a captain

4. An applicant must be a) 21 b) over 30 c) at least 18.

5. The probationary period usually lasts a) one year b) six months c) a year and half.

XII. Find in the text the sentences describing:

a. the work of volunteer departments

b. the equipment used by volunteer departments

c. the organization of paid departments

d. the requirements for becoming a paid firefighter

e. the command of paid fire companies

f. the special purpose departments.

XIII. Find in the text the equivalents to the Russian phrases:

пожарная служба; защищать населенные пункты от пожара; неполный рабочий день; пожарная часть; начальник управления пожарной охраны; штатные пожарные; учебный курс (программа); испытательный срок; пожарные команды; расследование поджогов; иметь дело с лесными пожарами; производить взрывчатые вещества.

XIV. Find in the dictionary and translate the following terms:

fire department; fire station; fire chief; volunteer fire department; paid fire department; full – time firefighter; paid firefighter; probationary firefighter; probationary period; special – purpose department; advanced training; firefighting companies (units).

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