Hot Terms
Moved by radio waves, this heat transfer is threatening to near by exposers.
Radiation
Worried about making a splash? This material should not be used in a live fire training.
Flammable or combustible liquids
Besides preventing kinks & bends, reducing hose length or increasing hose diameter can do this.
Reduce friction loss
This is when you rush the quarterback with additional defenders, or the use of a master stream to attack fire.
Blitz attack
Superior to the rest, this drive link joins both ends of a chain.
Master link
Drying
A pyromaniac's dream job, this person shall not be a student or safety officer to fill this role.
Ignitions officer
Possibly causing an event on the other side of the world, this valve is often used on large diameter intakes or discharges and operated by a quarter turn.
Butterfly valve
This sewn into a piece of clothing could strengthen or enlarge it, but while attached to a wooden truss, it can warp & brake when exposed to heat.
Gusset
Required on combustion engines operated in dry fuels, this device prevents hot sparks from leaving the muffler.
Spark arrester
Resembling the shape of a feather, this is a collection of hot gases that rises from a fire.
Plume
An optimist would approve of this percentage of fire flow demand required to be reserved for emergencies.
50%
Commonly used by electricians to take measurements, this device on a truck indicates the condition of the battery.
Voltmeter
A common type of condition when FF Nimmers is near, this standpipe system always has water and is under pressure.
Automatic wet standpipe
This cutting technique is used by loggers on larger trees, this has the slopping cut below the gunning cut.
Humboldt cut
This type of controlled fire can be extinguished if ambient oxygen levels drop below 15%.
Ventilation controlled fire
The expected gpm of a 1.5 inch hose (pumped at 30 psi) and the minimum allowed gallonage of any hose used during live fire.
95 gpm
Dropping by 0.5 psi/1,000 ft of altitude gain, this is the atmospheric pressure of Denver, CO.
12.2 psi
Made from air, liquid, & glass, these types of sprinklers are another way of saying brittle.
Frangible bulb
A marines weapon of choice or the groves cut into wedges to prevent slipping when stacked.
Rifles
A collection of pyrolysis gases that only need an ignition source to combust.
Smoke explosion
With the formula of A= - dN/dt , this is the final stage of a fire.
Decay
Semper Fidelis, this type of auxiliary pump cooler passes coolant through small tubes with water jackets.
Marine cooler
Resetting when conditions return to normal, these smoke detectors detect visible products of combustion.
Photoelectric smoke detectors
Slang for being placed under arrest, this occurs when the chain on the bottom of the bar is caught or pinched.
Pull in