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Firefighter Glossary
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ABCD Side ---------- Accelerant ---------- Accountability ----- Apparatus ---------- ARFF ----------------- Backdraft ----------- Can ------------------- C/O ------------------- Collapse Zone ----- Combustion -------- Draft ----------------- Dry Hydrant ------- EMS ------------------ EMT ------------------ Engine --------------- Exposure ------------ F.A.S.T. -------------- Fireground --------- Fire Marshal ------- Fire Tetrahedron - Fire Triangle ------- Fire Wall ------------ Flash Point --------- Flashover ----------- Foam ----------------- Forcible Entry ----- Friction Loss ------- Fully Involved ----- GPM ------------------ HAZMAT ------------ Highrise Pack ----- HOT Zone ----------- IC --------------------- Interior Attack ---- Irons ----------------- Job ------------------- Layout --------------- LFL ------------------- Maltese Cross ----- Master Stream ---- MCI ------------------- Mean of Egress ---- Mutual Aid --------- MVA ------------------ NFPA ----------------- NIOSH --------------- NIMS ----------------- Nob ------------------- OSHA ---------------- Overhaul ------------ Oxidizer ------------- PAR ------------------ PASS Device ------- Pin -------------------- Plug ------------------ Pre-Plan ------------ Probie --------------- RIT ------------------- Re-Kindle ---------- SAR ------------------ SCBA ---------------- SOG ------------------ Standpipe ---------- Stretch -------------- Tanker/Tender --- Tool ------------------ Truck ---------------- Truckie ------------- Turnout Gear ----- UFL ------------------ USAR ---------------- Ventilation --------- Void ----------------- Vollie ---------------- Water Drop -------- Water Hammer --- Worker ------------- Whacker ------------ |
Automatic Fire Alarm
The sides of a building. A side faces the front road, to the left is the B side, rear is the C side and D side is to the right. A flammable fuel used to start or help spread a fire rapidly. Mainly used by arsonists, sometimes accidentally introduced through a HAZ-MAT scene. To keep track of emergency responders on an emergency scene. A piece of emergency equipment such as a pumper, ladder or rescue. Aircraft Rescue & FireFighting is to respond and evacuate passengers from an aircraft. When heat & heavy smoke (unburned fuel) accumulate in a space depleting available air. When oxygen is reintroduced, this completes the fire triangle and will create a ball of fire. Fire extinguisher filled with pressurized water. Carbon Monoxide or Carbon Monoxide Alarm. The area around a building that might contain debris if it collapses. Usually 1.5 times the height of the building. When materials smolder or burn. Siphoning water from a static water source below the pumper. (Pond, pool, creek, river, lake, portable pond, dry hydrant) A non-pressurized pipe installed in a pond or lake close to the road. You still need to draft from these. Emergency Medical Service Emergency Medical Technician Also known as a pumper. An object near a fire that may become involved by heat transfer or material burning to the exposure. Firefighter Assist & Search Team - This team of firefighters is used when another firefighter goes down. They are specially trained to go and get the member(s) out to safety. The operational area of an emergency scene. Administrative and investigative member for fire prevention and arson investigation. All of the following components are needed to ignite or remove one to extinguish a fire. Each represent a property to sustain a fire: fuel, heat, oxygen, and chemical chain reaction. The old but simpler version of what is needed to produce a fire. To extinguish a fire take one away. Oxygen, heat and fuel. A wall specifically built within a structure to prevent the spread of fire. The lowest temperature where a material will produce a vapor combustible in the air mixture. Simultaneous ignition of combustible materials in a closed space. An explosive fire will occur. An extinguishing agent, used to put out some fires or create a blanket of suds over a hazardous material to keep it stable and prevent oxygen getting to it. To force entry into a building and bypass security devices. A halligan tool and axe known as the irons mainly used for this. The reduction of flow of water in a fire hose. The length and diameter changes this number. A size-up of a fire meaning a structure is widespread preventing safe firefighter access into the structure. Gallons Per Minute Hazardous Materials incident. This could be a liquid spill, gas leak, or any type of hazardous solid spill. A milk spill into water is also a HAZMAT scenario. These can cause injury, death or damage if released or triggered. A shoulder load of hose pre-packed to take into a large structure and connect to a standpipe. See Standpipe. The contaminated area of a HAZMAT scene. The minimum distance is 330 feet around the release. Incident Commander, he is in charge of the emergency scene. Where firefighters enter a building to fight the fire. The Halligan bar and axe carried together. The firefighters two main tools. An active and spreading fire. Also known as a "working" fire. To establish a water supply laying hose from the first due engine. The next truck will then tie into this and provide water to the first. Lower Flammable Limit, The lowest percentage concentration by volume of flammable vapors or gases in the air which will burn with a flame under certain conditions. The emblem used by the fire service. A large nozzle portable or fixed to a pumper capable of putting large amounts of water on a fire from a long distance. Mass Casualty Incident, any incident that involves multiple patients or victims requiring emergency care. The way out of a building in an emergency. An assist by other fire companies or ambulance services to bring more supplies, manpower and/or apparatus to an emergency. Motor Vehicle Accident The National Fire Protection Association National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - A U.S. agency responsible for investigating workplace deaths. National Incident Management System - A federally mandated program for standardizing command and procedures at an emergency. The nickname of a fire hose nozzle. U.S. government agency to regulate employee safety, particularly in hazardous occupations. A late stage in fire suppression where the burned area is searched for remaining sources of fire that may re-kindle. This may also be called salvage. A hazardous material containing oxygen that when combined with other fuels, could cause a fire. This alerts others to search and follow the sound of the downed firefighter. Personnel Accountability System, to keep track of firefighters at all times. A motor vehicle accident with a patient(s) trapped requiring extrication or rescue. Personal Alert Safety System, an alarm on a firefighter's SCBA if he stops moving for 30 seconds. Slang for fire hydrant. To plan for a fire or emergency at school, businesses or places that have hazardous materials. A new member of the fire service that may have limited training or in a probationary status. Rapid Intervention Team - This team of firefighters is used when another firefighter goes down. They are specially trained to go and get the member(s) out to safety. (also called FAST team - Firefighter Assist & Search Team) Where a fire once thought to be out, starts back up again. Search And Rescue Self Contained Breathing Apparatus, what a firefighter will wear at a fire breathing fresh air. NOT oxygen. Standard Operating Guideline(s). A rigid water pipe built into large buildings such as schools and businesses for fire departments to connect to incase of fire. A pumper can charge the standpipe but some are self-charged. A command to lay out and connect a fire hose. A fire apparatus to carry a large amount of water to a fire. Normally 2,000 gallons or more. The Jaws of Life hydraulic tool to spread or cut a car and free a trapped patient. A ladder or tower-ladder fire truck. A firefighter who works on a ladder truck. The protective clothing that is warn by firefighters. Upper Flammable Limit - The greatest concentration of a flammable gas in the air that will support ignition and a fire. Limits vary with temperature and pressure. Urban Search And Rescue The process in which firefighters will cut holes in roofs, or open windows to let hot smoke and gases out of a structure. This can be enhanced by a portable fan (only if there is no active fire). Enclosed parts of a building where fire can spread undetected. Volunteer firefighter. A wildland fire fighting technique where a plane or helicopter will drop water from flying over an area on fire. A powerful shockwave from closing a nozzle or valve fast on any hose or pump. This can cause serious damage to the pump or hoses. An active and spreading fire that may also be known as a "job". A person who talks a lot about being a firefighter or has a lot of emergency lights on their personal vehicle to respond to the firehouse. |