The brand of hydraulic equipment "Jaws of Life" we use on our STAR team vehicles
What is HURST
100
The release , or potential release of a hazardous material from its container into the environment.
What is an hazardous materials incident
100
An action by which a person passes through an opening into a permit-required confined space
What is an entry
100
Climbing directly on the rope using mechanical cams or specialized knots
What is ascending
100
A search that is usually conducted by small teams that travel to the most likely spots via the route of least resistance. These experienced searchers are given a lot of discretion as to how they move through the area.
What is a hasty search
200
The process of removing a person from a vehicle that has been involved in a motor vehicle accident when conventional means of exit, impossible or unadvisable.
What is vehicle extrication
200
Inhalation, Skin Absorption, Ingestion, Direct Contact or Injection
What are the routes of exposure
200
Conditions that must exist in a permit space to allow entry and to ensure that employees involved with a permit-required confined space entry can safely enter into and work within the space
What is acceptable entry conditions
200
The combination of a seat harness with a chest harness
What is a full body harness
200
When search teams begin looking for a person (search subject), they often draw lines on a map to divide the world into search areas. These areas will then get labeled, such as A, B, C, D, etc. or 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
What is a search area
300
A type of glass that is specially treated to become harder and more break-resistant that a plate of glass or a single sheet of laminated glass
What is tempered glass
300
Requirement of responders to control/mitigate the emergency from within/inside the area of high risk
What is offensive tactics
300
Any condition that poses an immediate or delayed threat to life or that would cause irreversible adverse health effects or that would interfere with an individual's ability to escape unaided from a permit space.
What is an IDLH or Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health
300
Metal connectors that link the elements of the high angle system
What is a carabiner
300
A spot which will capture the fact that a person passed through the area
What is a track trap
400
A method of automobile construction used for most modern cars in which the frame and body of a vehicle is all one intergal unit
What is unibody construction
400
The time it takes for the activity of a radioactive material to decrease to one half of its inital value through radioactive decay
What is a half life
400
An atmosphere containing less than 19.5 percent oxygen by volume
What is an oxygen deficient atmosphere
400
A rappel device that creates friction by means of a rope running through it; it is attached to a rappeller to control descent on a rope
What is a descender
400
The point on the map where the person was last spotted by a witness with a positive identification
What is the Point Last Seen or PLS
500
The process of providing additional support to key places between an object of entrapment and the ground to prevent unwanted movement
What is stabilization
500
The concentration of an ingested, absorbed, or injected substance which results in the death of 50% of the test population
What is LD50 or Lethal Dose, 50%
500
The closure of a line, duct, or pipe by closing and locking or tagging two in-line valves and by opening and locking or tagging a drain or vent valve in the line between the two closed valves.
What is a double block and bleed
500
When the climber is ascending, making direct contact with the surface he or she is on, while using rope and other equipment to provide safety in the event of a fall
What is free climbing
500
The likelihood of finding the search subject in a given search area with the technique used
What is the Probability of Detection or POD or PoD