Fire Anatomy
The color of this may be an indicator of what is, or is not, burning.
Smoke.
Personnel responsible for operating vehicle and pump or aerial
Driver
Can perform 5 of the major functions of fire apparatus.
Quint
The term that indicates the fire is no longer spreading.
Under Control
Usually refers to the assigned channel
Frequency
The five classes of fires.
A, B, C, D, K
Officer usually over a single company
Lieutenant
The most recognized piece of apparatus in the fire service.
Engine
Actual physical firefighting operation.
Attack
Computers which can keep track of the location of active incident and which units have been assigned to respond and therefor help telecommunications to better manage their resources.
CAD
Fire Tetrahedron
Operational supervisor over several companies.
Battalion Chief
Carries a large complement of ladders and equipment.
Truck
Process of protecting and/or removing non-damaged belongings to prevent further damage.
Salvage
A device that records radio and telephone conversations and if integrated into CAD, field events.
Recorder or Logging Recorder
Occurs when heat, fuel and oxygen are present in the right conditions and amounts.
Fire
Division responsible for the reliability of the equipment used by the department.
Equipment Maintenance
Carries salvage covers, dewatering tools, air masks, spare air bottles and extrication equipment.
Term for drawing water from lakes, rivers and swimming pools to fight a fire.
Drafting
Device capable of emitting radio signals containing voice or data
Transmitter
This phenomenon is what makes responses to fire calls unique when compared to other emergencies.
Fire Expansion
Communications division is responsible for ______ _______ of fire service resources and personnel.
Resource Management
A rolling cascade system.
Air truck
When an assisting agency automatically responds with the requesting agency on the initial alarm.
Automatic Aid or mutual response
System used to transmit emergency response information to fire station personnel via voice and/or digital transmissions.
Fire Station Alerting System