THIS CACHE IS A PUZZLE CACHE SO THE CACHE IS NOT AT
THE COORDINATES POSTED AT THE TOP OF THIS CACHE PAGE!
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In the table shown below (assumes that you have
printed out this cache page) use the blank data fields in the third
column in order to record your answers to the questions shown in
the first column. The actual coordinates for this micro cache
are computed then by adding up all of the entries in that third
column (all of which you have computed except the last two
entries)
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Question |
Multiply by
this number |
Answer |
| * Latitude Minutes (rounded
integer) of flagpole at Thurston Co. Fire Station 1-1 Answer is 49 |
100,000,000 |
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| * Latitude Minutes (rounded
integer) of flagpole at Thurston Co. Fire Station 1-2 Answer is 47 |
100,000,000 |
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| * Latitude Minutes (rounded
integer) of Bay Doors at Thurston Co. Fire Station
1-3 (formerly Station 14-2) Answer is 47 |
100,000,000 |
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| * Latitude Minutes (rounded
integer) of flagpole at Thurston Co. Fire Station 3-4 |
100,000,000 |
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| * Latitude Minutes (rounded
integer) of Bay Doors at Thurston Co. Fire Station 5-1 |
100,000,000 |
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| * Latitude Minutes (rounded
integer) of Bay Doors at Thurston Co. Fire Station 6-4 |
100,000,000 |
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| * Latitude Minutes (rounded
integer) of flagpole at Thurston Co. Fire Station 9-1 |
100,000,000 |
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| * Latitude Minutes (rounded
integer) of flagpole at Thurston Co. Fire Station 11-1 |
100,000,000 |
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| * Latitude Minutes (rounded
integer) of Bay Doors at Thurston Co. Fire Station
11-3 |
100,000,000 |
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| # of feet of supply hose that NFPA 1901
requires on a pumper. Answer is 1,200
ft. |
100,000,000 |
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| # of feet of attack hose that NFPA 1901
requires on a pumper |
100,000,000 |
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| 3 digit number for reporting an emergency (I just
had to do it!) |
100,000,000 |
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| As per the American Heart Assn, when performing CPR
(on an adult), the # of compressions for every two ventilations
(breaths). Now, take that answer and
divide it by 2. |
100,000,000 |
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| # of vertebrae in the human body |
100,000,000 |
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| # of FireFighters that it takes to
change a light bulb (answer is given) |
7 |
| Another "freebie" |
470,123,112,257,448 |
| Sum of all numbers above - this is the
actual coordinates of this cache! |
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* For example, if the latitude reading is N
46o 54.678, then Minutes = 55
* If the latitude reading is N 46o 53.491, then
Minutes = 53
Hints:
Thurston Co. Fire District #1 is the Grand Mound-Rochester Fire
Dept
Thurston Co. Fire District #3 is the Lacey Fire Dept
Thurston Co. Fire District #5 is the Black Lake Fire Dept.
Thurston Co. Fire District #6 is the East Olympia Fire Dept.
Thurston Co. Fire District #9 is the McLane Fire Dept.
Thurston Co. Fire District #11 is the Littlerock Fire Dept
So ... go find it!! 
Taped to the inside bottom of this cache
(altoids can) are two BIG BOLD
NUMBERS.
One of these two numbers will be
identified as the "W MINUTES DIGIT"
and the other number will be identified as the "ANYWHERE
SECONDS DIGIT". See the cache page for the PuzzleMania "Grand
Prize" for further discussion
on how these two numbers will be used in order to assemble the
coordinates for the final cache. However, do not lose
these two numbers. They are two of the eight needed "Puzzle
Pieces" towards scoring the "Grand Prize"!
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.