Ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and use information that has been exchanged
What is Interoperability?
100
Roll call of all units assigned to an incident
What is an personnel accountability report (PAR)
100
Disease-causing microorganism that are suspended in air
What is an airborne pathogen
100
Prying tool with a claw at one end and a spike or point at a right angle to a wedge at the other end
What is a halligan tool
100
Arrangement of hose usually placed on top of a hose load and connected to the end of the load
What is finish
200
A collection of rules and regulations that has been enacted by law in a particular jurisdiction
What is a code
200
Fixed, non-mobile radio at a central location
What is are base station radios
200
Fatal condition caused by severe oxygen deficiency and an excess of carbon monoxide and/or other gases in the blood
What is asphyxiation
200
Type of glass specially treated to become harder and more break-resistant than plate glass or a single sheet of laminated glass
What is tempered plate glass
200
Hose that is used by trained firefighters to combat fires
What is attack hose
300
Hardware mounted on exit doors in public buildings that unlock fro the inside and enable doors to be opened when pressure is applied to the release mechanism
What is panic hardware
300
Standardized approach to incident management that facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies
What is incident command system
300
SCBA that allows exhaled air to be discharged or vented into the atompshere
What is a open-circuit SCBA
300
The art of creating a hole in a wall or floor to gain access to at structure or portion of a structure
What is breaching
300
Device for connecting hose couplings with dissimilar threads but with the same inside diameter
What is an adapter
400
The shared assumptions beliefs, and values of a group or organization
What is culture
400
Use of plain language, including certain standard words and phrases, in radio communication transmissions
What is clear text
400
Testing method that uses water under pressure to check the integrity of pressure vessels
What is hydrostatic testing
400
Sharp prong and hook of steel, on a wood, metal, fiberglass, or plastic handle of varying lengths, used for pulling, dragging, and probing
What is are pike poles
400
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 a higbee cut
500
Provides a coordinated approach to a wide variety of incidents
What is an all hazards concept
500
Any location or facility at which 9-1-1 calls are answered either by direct calling, rerouting, or divserion
What is an Public Safety Answering Point
500
Legal term for the maximum amount of a chemical substance or other hazard that an employee can be exposed to
What is an permissible exposure limit
500
Support or point of support on which a lever turns in raising or moving something
What is a fulcrum
500
Extra fold placed along the length of a section of hose as it is loaded so that its coupling rests in proper position