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Fire Service History
FF Safety & Health
Fire Behavior
Building Construction
100
Refers to the joint consideration of the life and physical well-being of individuals both civians and firefighters
What is Life Safety
100
written policy that is designed to promote safety to departmental memebrs
What is Safety Policy
100
Anything that occupies space and has mass
What is Matter
100
Drywall, A fire-resistive wall covering also called sheetrock
What is Gypsum
200
Activities involved in responding to the scene of an incident and performing assigned duties in order to mitigate the emergency.
What is Emergency Operations
200
Disease that is transmissible from on person to another
What is Communicable Disease
200
An Exothermic chemical reaction that is a self-sustaining process of rapid oxidation of fuel that produces heat and light
What is Combustion
200
Wall that is used for structural support
What is Load Bearing Wall
300
(1) Order of Rank and authority in the fire service. (2) The proper sequence of information and command flow as described in the Incident Command Syatem
What is Chain of Command
300
Electronic lack-of-motion sensor that sounds a loud tone when a firefighter becomes motionless. it can also be manually triggered to operate.
What is Personal Alert Safety Syatem(PASS)
300
Chemical reaction between two or more materials that changes the materials and produces heat flames and toxic smoke
What is Exothermic Heat Reaction
300
Interior non-load bearing wall that separates a space into rooms
What is Partition Wall
400
Setting the limits or boundaries for expected performance and enforcing them.
What is Discipline
400
System by which facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications are organized to operate within a common organizational structre designed to aid in the management of resources at emergency incidents
What is Incident Command System (ICS)
400
Chemical reaction in which a substance absorbs heat engery
What is Endothermic Heat Reaction
400
Wall usually interior that supports only it's own weight
What is Nonload Bearing Wall
500
Deploys hoselines for fire attack and exposure protection
What is Engine Company
500
Term for a rehabilitation station at a fire or other incident where personnel can rest, rehydrate, and recover from stresses of the incident
What is Rehab
500
Model of the four elements/conditions requried to have a fire.
What is fire tetrahedron
500
Wood with high moisture content
What is Green Wood