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What are the rules for saving people on the merchant ship map in Flash Point: Fire Rescue?

The Merchant Ship map of the Dangerous Waters expansion for Flash Point: Fire Rescue has a rescue position in each of the four corners. All of them are confusing to me. The bottom two look like they ...
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What can the Fire Prevention Specialist do in Flash Point: Fire Rescue?

The Fire Prevention Specialist comes exclusively with the Kickstarter version of the Honor and Duty expansion for Flash Point: Fire Rescue. No additional rules for his character came with the ...
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In Flash Point: Fire Rescue can you "pick up" a victim marker with the Ambulance by driving past it?

Quite often while playing Flash Point: Fire Rescue my wife and I end up carrying a victim from the building through an exterior wall that has been destroyed. We know an ambulance can only drive to ...
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For Flashpoint... can you "share" the victim POI marker?

Like, lets say for example, Orange firefighter had to end their turn with a victim POI marker right in front of the door leading to the outside. The player going next has their yellow firefighter ...
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How does fire on sidewalk spaces affect vehicles (outside of the building)

When fire spreads to spaces outside of the building, how does this affect vehicle movements and usage? Do vehicles extinguish fire as they drive over it? Are vehicles unable to drive through fires (...
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Does the new specialist after a crew change retain saved unspent AP from the previous turn?

The rules say "The player's Firefighter has the AP (less the 2AP required for a crew change)...." If I effect a crew change and had Action Markers from unspent AP on my previous turn, do I get to keep ...
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Flash Point without the Deck Gun?

I've played a dozen or so games of Flash Point so far and always find it necessary to have someone be the Driver/Operator, stay in the firetruck, and just use the Deck Gun all game. The right roll can ...
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How does a firefighter "recover" after being knocked down?

In the Experienced rules, it says that a firefighter that is Knocked Down (by fire advancing to their location) is placed on the nearest ambulance parking spot. It also says that they must "visit the ...
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If a blank POI marker is set on fire, does it still count as a victim?

We've tried to understand the manual, but maybe the fact that it is written in English, which is not our mother language, could be making it hard for us to understand. When an explosion occurs, and ...
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Can smoke be placed on a POI?

We played for the first time last night, and we tried the family version to start to understand the game. The situation arose where a smoke marker came up on top of a POI marker. The POI marker was ...
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Can fire cross walls into another room after an explosion?

If you read the Flash Point rules, it says to place a fire marker on each adjacent spot after an explosion. Does that mean place a fire on the other side of a wall? For instance, if the fire is in a ...
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How long does crew change last?

When I first read how the crew change works it appeared useless: Player may swap their existing Specialist card with and Specialist card not currently in play. The player's Firefighter has the AP ...
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Cost for the CAFS Firefighter to extinguish fires

The CAFS Firefighter has 3 AP plus 3 free extinguish AP per turn. Do these extra AP allow him to extinguish a fire for 1 AP, or does it still cost 2 AP to extinguish a fire?
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How can Hot Spots be cleared?

In the advanced version of the rules for the Flash Point board game, there are Hot Spots which cause Flare-ups when targeted in the Advance Fire roll. How are the players supposed to get rid of a hot ...
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