SCBA
Fire Service
Acronyms
Fire
Highrise
Portable Extinguishers
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4500psi

What is the pressure of our SCBA Cylinders?

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VEIS

What is Vent, Enter, Isolate and Search?

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A fire which is in the initial or beginning stage and which can controlled or extinguished by portable fire extinguishers.

What is an Incipient Fire (Stage)?

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FDC

What is Fire Department Connection?

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P.A.S.S

What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze and Sweep

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P.A.S.S.

What is Personal Alert Safety System?

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IDLH

What is Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health?

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A quick, aggressive attack on the fire from the exterior of the structure with a large diameter hose.

What is a Blitz Attack?

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The most common fire sprinkler system.

What is a Wet Pipe System?

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Hydro test interval for Dry Chemical Extinguishers.

What is 12 Years?

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Connects to the facepiece and supply's air to the firefighter.

What is the Regulator/MMR?

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CAN Report

What is Conditions, Actions and Needs?

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Type of stream resulting from the use of a smoothbore nozzle.

What is a Solid Stream?

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Tool used to force multiple inward swinging metal doors.

What is the Rabbit Tool/Hydra Ram?

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These are items are Class K fires.

What is flammable cooking liquids, such as cooking oil, and animal or vegetable-based greases. 

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How to check the batteries in your integrated PASS device.

What is hold down the reset button when the pack is off. 

(This illuminates the rear lights to show the battery level.)

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NIMS

What is National Incident Management System?

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Oxygen, Heat, Fuel and Chemical Reaction

What is Fire Tetrahedron?

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Noncombustible Structure Type

What is Type 2?

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Most commonly found extinguisher in most residential homes and businesses.

What is A,B,C?

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The Service life of a Carbon Fiber SCBA Cylinder?

What is 15 years?

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AFFF

What is Aqueous Film Forming Foam?

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Type of foam used on petroleum fires and spills.

What is Class B Foam?

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The movement of air into and out of buildings through unsealed openings, chimneys, flue-gas stacks, or other containers, resulting from air buoyancy.

What is Stack Effect?

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Class B fire involve these items.

What is Gasoline and Flammable Liquids.