vessels in the body's tissues in which the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place.
What is Capillaries?
Exact physical location where the heat source and fuel come in contact with each other and a fire begins.
What is Point of Orgin?
Intake hose that connects pumping apparatus or portable pump to a water source.
What is Suction Hose?
This has two female inlets and a single male outlet.
What is a Siamese?
Fire that burns in the layer of dead organic matter that generally covers the soil in forested areas.
Failure of the circulatory system to produce sufficient blood to all parts of the body.
What is Shock?
Expansion of excess moisture within masonry materials due to exposure to the heat of a fire, resulting in tensile forces within the material, and causing it to break apart.
What is Spalling?
Special cut at the beginning of the thread on a hose coupling that provides positive identification of the first thread to eliminate cross threading.
What is Higbee Cut?
Prevents damage to fire hose when vehicles must drive over it.
What is hose ramps or hose bridges?
Refers to the earth's surface features.
What is Topography?
This act of 1996 has instituted greater regulations on the use, distribution, and storage of PMI
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Retaining basin, usually made from salvage covers, to impound water dripping from above.
What is a Catchall?
Attack hose connected to a discharge when the hose is loaded.
Attached to the drafting end of a hard-suction hose when pumping from a static water source.
What is Intake Strainers?
Significantly affects dead fuels that only gain moisture from surrounding air rather than their root system.
What is Relative Humidity?
Essential component of PPE and should always be worn during patient contact.
What is Gloves?
Property Conservation is also called this.
What is salvage?
This is a type of Two-way Nonthreaded Coupling.
What is Storz Coupling?
What is an Adapter?
Opposite side of the head. It burns slowly and quietly and is easier to control than the head.
What is the Heel?
A sign of death in a deceased individual in which the muscles cause the body to be stiff.
What is Rigor Mortis?
Form of drain opening provided in outer walls at floor or roof level to remove water to the exterior of a building in order to reduce water damage.
What is a Scupper?
Mold and mildew are an example of this type of damage.
What is Organic Damage?
When a pumper must go to the fire location before laying a supply line.
What is a Reverse Lay?
Unburned fuel inside the fire perimeter.
What is islands?