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| Personal Protective Equipment |
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| Self-contained Breathing Apparatus |
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| Aircraft/Crash rescue Fire Fighter |
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| Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus |
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| Process by which an organization exercises authority and performs the functions assigned to it. |
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| Developed by various government or government-authorized organization to implement a law that has been passed by a government body. |
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| Developed to provide definitive guidelines for present and future actions |
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| Standard Operating Procedure: Provide specific information on the actions that should be taken to accomplish a certain task. |
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| Suggested operating Guidelines: Another way to do SOP. But allows for flexibility and situations may involve some individual judgement. |
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| Covering a fire to ensure low burning |
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| A rank structure, spanning the fire fighter through the fire chief, for managing a fire department and fire-ground operations |
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| An obsolete amplification device that enabled a chief officer to give orders to fire fighters during an emergency. Precursor to 2 way portable radios |
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| The guidelines that a department sets for fire fighters to work within |
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| Breaking down an incident or task into a series of smaller, more manageable tasks and assigning personnel to complete those tasks |
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| A tool used to pull down burning structures |
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| Historically, an identifying symbol on a building to let fire fighters know that the building was insured by a company that would pay them for extinguishing the fire. |
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| A valve installed to control water accessed from wooden pipes |
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| Incident Command System (ICS) |
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The combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications under a standard organizational structure to manage assigned resources effectively and accomplish stated objectives for an incident.
-Unified command system
–Controls multiple agencies at an incident |
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| The number of people whom a single person supervises. (5 considered effective) |
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| A characteristic of the ICS structure that has each individual reporting to a single supervisor and everyone reporting to the IC directly or through the chain of command. |
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| Treat every person with respect and as if they were a loved family member. |
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| National Fire Protection Association |
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| A portable communication device used by Fire Fighters. |
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| Personnel Accountability System |
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| A method of tracking the identities, assignments, and locations of fire fighters operating at an incident scene. |
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| Odorless, colorless, tasteless gas that can cause asphyxiation, resulting in unconsciousness or death.Produced through incomplete combustion. |
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| A systematic process that provides periods of rest and recovery for emergency workers during an incident. |
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| The component of the SCBA that stores the compressed air supply. |
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| The hose through which air flows, either within an SCBA or from an outside source to a supplied air respirator |
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| The harness of the SCBA, which supports the components worn by a fire fighter. |
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| the protective coat worn by FF for interior structural firefighting (Turnout coat) |
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| The protective pants worn by FF for interior structural firefighting (Turnout pants) |
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| An apparatus consisting of multiple tanks that is used to store compressed air and fill SCBA cyclinders. |
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| Closed-circuit Breathing Apparatus |
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| SCBA designed to recycle the user's exhaled air. This system removes CO2 and generates fresh oxygen. |
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| A mechanical device that increases the pressure and decreases the volume of atmospheric air, is used to refill SCBA cylinders |
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| Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) |
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| A confidential group discussion among those who served at a traumatic incident to address emotional, psychological, and stressful issues related to the event. It usually occurs within 24-72 hours of the incident. |
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| An operating mode that allows some SCBA to be used even if part of the regulator fails to function properly |
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| A components of the SCBA that fits over the face. |
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| Protective head covering worn by FF to protect the head from falling objects, blunt trauma, and heat. |
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| A small, portable light carried by FF to improve visibility at emergency scenes |
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| a toxic gas produced by the combustion of materials containing cyanide |
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| Periodic certification testing performed on pressurized vessels, including SCBA cylinders. |
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| Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) |
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| A situation in which an atmospheric concentration on any toxic, corrosive, or asphyxiant substance poses an immediate threat to life or could cause irreversible or delayed averse health effects. |
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| A burning process in which the fuel is not completely consumed, usually due to a limited supply of oxygen |
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| A strong synthetic material used in the construction of protective clothing and equipment |
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| Light-emitting Diode (LED) |
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| An electric semiconductor that emits a single-color light when activated. |
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| National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOSH) |
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| US federal agency responsible for research an development on occupation safety and health issues |
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| A fire resistant synthetic material used in the construction of PPE for FF |
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| An insert inside the face piece of an SCBA that fits over the user's mouth and nose |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
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| the federal agency that regulates worker safety and, in some cases, responder safety. |
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| Open-circuit breathing apparatus |
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| SCBA in which the exhaled air is released into the atmosphere and is not reused |
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| Any atmosphere where the oxygen level is less than 19.5%. |
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| A fire-retardent synthetic material used in the construction of PPE |
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| Personnel Accountability System |
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| A method of tracking the identities, assignments, and locations of FF operating at an incident scene |
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| Personal Alert Safety System (PASS) |
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| A device worn by a FF that sounds an alarm if the FF is motionless for a period of time |
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| Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) |
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| Gear worn by a FF that includes the helmet, gloves, hood, coat, pants, SCBA, boots. |
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| A chemical agent that causes severe pulmonary damage. (by-product of incomplete combustion) |
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| Pounds per square inch (PSI) |
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| the standard unit for measuring pressure |
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| A device that measures and displays pressure readings. |
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| A part of FF PPE that is designed to be worn over the head and under the helmet |
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| Rapid Intervention Company/Crew (RIC) |
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| A min of 2 fully equipped personnel who are on site, in a ready state, for immediate rescue of injured or trapped FF |
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| A systematic process to provide periods of rest and recovery for emergency workers during an incident. |
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| A protective device used to provide safe breathing air for a user in a hostile or dangerous atmonsphere |
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| A part of the SCBA that allows FF to wear it as a "backpack" |
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| the part of the SCBA that reduces the high pressure in the cylinder to a usable lower pressure and controls the flow of air to the user. |
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| Self-contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) |
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| Respirator with independent air supply used by FF to enter toxic or otherwise dangerous atmospheres |
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| Airborne solid materials consisting of ash and unburned or partially burned fuel released by a fire. |
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| Supplied-air Respirator (SAR) |
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| A respirator that obtains its air through a hose from a remote source, such as a compressor or storage cylinder |
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| Turnout Coat / Bunker Coat |
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| Protective coat that is part of a protective clothing ensemble for structural FF |
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| Turnout Pants / Bunker Pants |
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| Protective trousers that are part of a protective clothing ensemble for structural firefighting |
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| A portable communication device used by FF |
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