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A written communication closely related to a policy

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Procedure

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Guide to decision making In an organization

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Policy

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Monitors incident operations and advises the IC on all matters reLted to safety

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Safety officers

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Point of contact for other governmental and non governmental agencies

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Liaison officer

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Responsible for public and media

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Public information officer

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Reports directly to IC and is responsible for all activities focused on reducing immediate hazard, saving lives,and property

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Operations section chief

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Responsible for the collection ,documentation, evaluation, dissemination of incident situation information and intelligence

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Planning section chief

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Responsible for all support requirements needed to facilitate effective and efficient incident management

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Logistics

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Established when the agencies involved require finance and other administrative support devices

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Finance chief

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Responsible for analyzing and sharing incident information

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Information /intelligence

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NFPA for firefighter health and safety

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NFPA 1001

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NFPA that requires all departments use incident management system during emergency operations

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NFPA 1500

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Report that companies working in the hazard zone are all safe and accounted for

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PAR

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Primary search has been completed and all savable occupants are out of the hazard zone

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All clear

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Fire is under control and the forward fire profess has stopped

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Under control

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Property conservation is complete

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Loss stopped

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Any atmosphere that poses and immediate hazard to life or produces immediate irreversible effects to health

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IDLH

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Anything that occupy a space

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Matter

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Chemical reaction between two or more materials that changes the material and produces heat,flames,and smoke

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Exothermic heat reaction

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Substance absorbs heat energy

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Endothermic heat reaction

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Self sustaining rapid oxidation of a fuel that produces heat and light

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Combustion

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Oxygen/fuel/heat

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Fire triangle

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Oxygen/fuel/heat/chemical reaction

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Fire tetrahedron

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Stored energy

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Potential energy

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Energy posed by a loving object
Kinetic energy
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No external ignition source is required for ignition because the material itself has been heated to ignition temperature
Auto ignition temperature
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Physical flow of heat energy from one body to another by direct contact
Conduction
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Transfer of heat by the movement of heated fluids or gases
Convection
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Transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves
Radiation
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The fuel that is being oxidized or burned during combustion
Reducing agent
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The weight of a substances compared to the weight of an equal amount of water at a given temperature
Specific gravity
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Minimum temp at which a liquid gives off enough vapors to form an ignitable mixture with air near the liquids surface
Flash point
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Temp at which a liquid fuel produces sufficient vapors to support combustion ice the fuel is ignited
Fire point
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Degree at which a solid liquid or gas dissolves in a solvent(usually wAter)
Solubility
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Fuel with definite shape and size
Solid
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Range between the upper flammable limit and lower flammable limit in which a substance can be ignited
Flammable range
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Colorless and odorless heavier than air gases that neither support combustion nor burns
CO2
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Phenomenon when mixtures of alkaline based chemicals and certain cooking based oils combine and form a soapy film
Saponification
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First stage of fire- burning process in a confined space in which the substance being oxidized is producing some heAt but has no spread the other to other substances nearby
Incipient stage
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Early stage of fire during which fuel and oxygen are virtually unlimited
Growth stage
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Stage of fire where energy release is at max rate and is limited by amount of fuel and oxygen present
Fully developed stage
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Stage of fire when fuel is consumed and energy release diminishes , and temperatures decrease
Decay
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Interior non load barring wall that separates a space into rooms
Partician wall
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Walls that extend beyond structure that supports them
Cantilever walls
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Walls with a surface layer of attractive material laid over a base of common material
Veneer walls
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A 50 foot piece of this material can expand up to 4 inches when heated to 1,000'F
Steel
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Type of construction that maintains its structural integrity during fire and also known as fire resistive construction
Type 1
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Type of construction that lacks the structural components of type 1 , like insulation (flat built up roofs)
Type 2
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Type of construction that requires exterior walls and structural members be made of non combustible or limited combustible materials / interior members are made mostly of wood
Type 3
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Type of construction where exterior and interior walls are made of non or limited combustible materials ... Interior members are made of solid or laminated woods
Type 4
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Type of construction that the exterior walls, floor, roof and support are completely or partially made of wood
Type 5
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Structural support made from long steel bar bent at 90• angle with flat or angular pieces welded to the top and bottom
Lightweight steel truss
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Supports made of 2*3 or 2*4 members that are connected to gusset plates
Lightweight wood truss
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Metal or wooden plates used to connect and strengthen intersections of metal or wood truss components
Gusset plates
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NFPA for PPE
NFPA 1971
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Oxygen deficient atmosphere is less than....?
19.5
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SCBA that allows the wearers exhaled air to be discharged or vented to the atmosphere
Open circuit SCBA
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Respiratory protection system where the exhalations of the wearer are rebreather after CO2 has been effectively removed
Closed circuit apparatus
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NFPA for PASS alarm
1982
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NFPA for extinguishers
1901
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Extinguishing system that's uses dry chemical powder as the primary extinguishing agent
Dry chemical
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Extinguishing agent suitable for combustible metal fires
Dry powder
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Symbols for class A fires
Green triangle
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Symbols for class B fires
Red square
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Symbol for class c fires
Blue circle
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Symbol for class D fires
Yellow star
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Symbol for class K fires
Black hexagon
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PASS method
Pull,aim,squeeze,sweep
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Extinguishing system that uses halogenated has to extinguish sensitive electronic equipment
Halogenated agent system
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Rope made up of mantle and inner core(kern)... Keen accounts for 75% of its strength
Kernmantle
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Rope that cannot be cleaned with water
Natural fiber rope
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Rope that is cleaned with water and mild soap
Synthetic rope
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Part of rope that is used for work such as hoisting , pulling, belaying
Running end
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Part of the rope that is used for tiring a knot
Working end
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Part of rope in between the running and working end
Standing part
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Three bends a rope takes to make a knot
Bight/loop/round turn
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One slash on a door while searching means...
The room is being searched
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An X on a door during a search means.......
The search was completed in that room
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NFPA for RIC crew in a fire scene while firefighters are in the hazard zone
NFPA 1500
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Converts 12-24 DC to 110-220 AC
Inverter
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Auxiliary electrical generating device that runs on small engines that have 110-220 volt capacities
Generator
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Type of collapse where the top floors fall into other below
Pancake collapse
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Type of collapse where outer walls stay intact and the inner walls collapse in the middle
V-shaped
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Type of collapse where one one outer wall collapse and the other stays intact
Lean to
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Type of collapse where the assemblies on both sides of a center wall collapse into what might be seen as a lean-to collapse
A-frame collapse
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Type of collapse where one or more walls on a multistory building collapse
Cantilever collapse

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