Command/Control Terms
Alphabet Soup
The Company
Firefighter Rank
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100
What is the delivery of prehospital medical treatment?
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
100
NFPA
National Fire Protection Agency
100
FF's assigned to this ride on a vehicle defined in NFPA 1901 as having at least a 750 gpm pump and at least 300 gallons of water.
Engine Company
100
FF / EMT-B
Firefighter / Emergency Medical Technician Basic
100
BLS
What is Basic Life Support
200
What is company designed to search for and rescue trapped or lost firefighters.
Rapid Intervention Team (RIT/FAST)
200
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
200
A group of firefighters assigned to an apparatus who complete search and rescue functions. This apparatus is also known as a straight stick.
Ladder Company
200
Least experienced company officer
Lieutenant
200
As defined by NFPA 1901, this apparatus has a permanent fire pump of a minimum of 1000 gpm, minimum of a 300 gallon water tank, minimum of 85 feet of ground ladders - including one attic, one extension, and one straight ladder, minimum of 15 feet of soft suction and 20 feet of hard suction, minimum of 800 feet of 2.5" or larger firehouse and a minimum of 400 feet of 1.5, 1.75, or 2" fire hose.
What is a quint
300
What is an individual trained to perform the functions of fire prevention and suppression.
Firefighter
300
EMT-P
Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic
300
What is a group of FF's designed to extricate an individual from harm.
Rescue Company
300
Staff position designed by the department for a specific function, such as personnel, training, or deputies. EFD 322, 323, 324, 325, 327
Deputy Chief
300
EDITH
What are Exit Drills in the Home
400
What is the business structure of a volunteer fire department defined in.
By-Law
400
SOG
Standard Operating Guideline
400
Firefighters that respond and mitigate the release of an agent that can cause harm, up to and including death, to living organisms.
Hazardous Materials
400
The number 2 officer in a career department.
Assistant Chief
400
Police, Public Works, Utility Companies, Environmental Protection, and Private businesses
What are allied agencies
500
Tactics
What are specific operations performed to satisfy the control of an incident.
500
ECDOPS
Erie County Department of Public Safety
500
What are FF's associated with fire protection of aviation units, crew, and customers?
Airport Rescue Fire Fighting
500
New firefighter to join fire department and/or a firefighter assigned to their first firehouse.
Probationary Firefighter
500
The interdependence of the community, fire department, governing body, and the firefighters.
What is the organizational structure.
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