front 1 Acute | back 1 Sharp or severe, Having a rapid onset and short duration |
front 2 All-Hazard concept | back 2 Provides a coordinated approach to a wide variety of incidents. all responders use a similar coordinated approach with a common set of authorities, protections and resources. |
front 3 Atypically stressful event | back 3 NFPA standards to describe incidents that have a likelihood of causing critical incident stress |
front 4 Battalion | back 4 The first organizational level above individual companies or stations |
front 5 Body substance isolation | back 5 Comprehensive method of infection control in which every patient is assumed to be infected. PPE is to be worn. |
front 6 Carcinogen | back 6 Cancer-producing substance |
front 7 Chain of command | back 7 Order and rank of authority in the fire and emergency service. |
front 8 Chronic | back 8 Long term and reoccurring |
front 9 COPD | back 9 Term for several diseases that result in obstructive problems in the airways. |
front 10 Code | back 10 A collection of rules and regulations that has been enacted by law in a particular jurisdiction. Usually address a single subject area. |
front 11 Code enforcement | back 11 Process of enforcing a body of law aimed at reducing fire and life safety hazards as well as mandating the proper installation and maintenance of building/structure fire and life safety features to provide adequate community fire prevention |
front 12 Community risk reduction | back 12 The fire departments or other agency's identification and prioritization of risks to the community followed by the integrated application of resources to improve public safety through minimizing the probability or occurrence and the impact of unfortunate events |
front 13 Ground fault circuit interrupter | back 13 Device designed to protect against electrical shock. the device opens a circuit to shut off the flow of electricity. |
front 14 Ground gradient | back 14 Electrical field that radiates outward from where the current enters the ground. |
front 15 Immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) | back 15 Description of any atmosphere that poses an immediate hazard to life or produces immediate irreversible, debilitating effects on health. |
front 16 Intrinsically safe | back 16 Equipment that is approved for use in flammable atmospheres must be incapable of releasing enough electrical energy to ignite the flammable atmosphere. |
front 17 Inverter | back 17 Step-up transformer that converts a vehicles 12-24-volt DC current into a 110-220-volt AC current |
front 18 Mitigate | back 18 To cause to become less harsh or hostile, to make less severe, intense or painful, to alleviate |
front 19 Policy | back 19 Organizational principle that is developed and adopted as a basis for decision-making. |
front 20 Power take-off system (PTO) | back 20 Mechanism that allows a vehicle engine to power equipment such as a pump, winch, or portable tool. usually attached to the transmission |
front 21 Response district | back 21 Geographical area to which a particular apparatus is assigned to be first due on a fire or other emergency |
front 22 Span of control | back 22 maximum number of subordinates that one individual can effectively supervise. 3 to 7 with 5 being optimum |
front 23 Standard operating procedure (SOP) | back 23 Formal methods or rules to guide the performance of routine functions or emergency operations. |
front 24 Unity of command | back 24 Organizational principle in which workers report to only one supervisor in order to eliminate conflicting orders. |
front 25 Wildland/urban interface | back 25 Line, area, or zone where an undeveloped wildland area meets a human development area |
front 26 Risk management plan | back 26 Written plan that identifies and analyzes the exposure to hazards, selects appropriate risk management techniques to handle exposures, and monitors results. |