Acronyms Flashcards
ABAR
Roof access preference for a tenement
Adjoining Building
Aerial ladder
Rear fire escape
FAIR
What you assess when you come across a distressed member
Fire
Air
Immediate medical care
Removal
ICED E
Management of Life Hazard at a Radiological Incident
Isolate
Contain
Evacuate
Decon
Emergency Medical Care
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Maydays
Imminent collapse
collapse Occurred
Missing member
Lost or trapped member
DC WIFE
Urgent
Discontinue interior ops
Change in conditions
Water loss/issue
Injured member (non life threatening)
Fear of collapse
Exposure problems
CORE T
Subway Relay
C - Chauffer LCC (Bottom of Street Stairs)
O - OV (Foot of stairs to platform 50 yards of LCC)
R - Roof (On platform 50 yards from stairs)
E - Engine Officer (100 yards line in sight of roof)
100 yards (Other Members)
T - Truck boss (To Fire)
Search Marking System: X
Ladders - Left, Rats - Right, Time - Top, Bodies - Bottom
SHSH
Immediate Supervision
Sight, Hearing, Search rope, Hose line
A PLUS T
The 5 situations for which 1 3/4” is not appropriate
Advanced fire conditions
Purely defensive positions
Large uncompartmented area - generally a fire area over 50 feet wide is large
Standpipe operations
Taxpayers
I Ran For President Again
Priority order for stretching lines
Interior Stairs
Rope Stretch
Fire Escape
Portable Ladder
Aerial Ladder
SSSS
Operating an exterior stream
Solid bore stream
Steady stream
Steep angle
Sprinkler effect
BARC
Defects on a hose that place it OOS without testing
Burns
Abrasions
Rot
Couplings damaged
BLEVE
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
A
A
Explosive Gas Farts Shits Out Poisonous Radioactive Corrosives
DOT numbers
1 Explosives
2 Compressed Gases
3 Flammable Liquids
4 Flammable Solids
5 Oxidizers
6 Poisons
7 Radioactive Material
8 Corrosives
9 Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods
