Essential of Fire Fighting 7th edition
Chronic - ✔✔Long-term and reoccurring.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - ✔✔Term for several
diseases that result in obstructive problems in the airway.
Code - ✔✔a collection of rules and regulations that has been enacted by
law in a particular jurisdiction. Codes typically address a single subject
area; examples include a mechanical, electrical, building, or fire code.
Code Enforcement - ✔✔Process of enforcing a body of law aimed at
reducing fire and life-safety hazards as well as mandating the prober
installation and maintenance of building/structure fire and life-safety
features to provide adequate community fire prevention.
Cold Zone - ✔✔Safe area outside of the warm zone where equipment and
personnel are not expected to become contaminated and special protective
clothing is not required; the incident command post and other support
functions are typically located in this zone.
Community Risk Reduction (CRR) - ✔✔The Fire Department's or other
agency's identification and prioritization of risks to the community followed
by integrated application of resources to improve public safety through
minimizing the probability or occurrence and/or the impact of unfortunate
events.
Acute - ✔✔Sharp or severe having a rapid onset and short duration.
,All-Hazard Concept - ✔✔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.
Atypically Stressful Event - ✔✔Term used in National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA) standards to describe incidents that have a likelihood
of causing critical incident stress.
Battalion - ✔✔Fire department organizational subdivision consisting of
several fire service companies in a designated geographic area. A battalion
is usually the first organizational level above individual companies or
stations.
Body Substance Isolation (BSI) - ✔✔Comprehensive method of infection
control in which every patient is assumed to be infected; personal
protective equipment is worn to prevent exposure to bodily fluids and
blood-borne and airborne pathogens.
Carcinogen - ✔✔Cancer-producing substance.
Chain of Command - ✔✔Order of rank and authority in the fire and
emergency services.
Company - ✔✔Basic fire fighting organizational unit consisting of
firefighters and apparatus; headed by company officer.
Culture - ✔✔The shared assumptions, beliefs, and values of a group or
organization.
, Generator - ✔✔Portable device for generating auxiliary electrical power;
generators are powered by gasoline or diesel engines and typically have
110- and/or 220-volt capacity outlets.
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) - ✔✔Device designed to protect
against electrical shock; when grounding occurs, the device opens a circuit
to shut off the flow of electricity.
Ground Gradient - ✔✔Electrical field that radiates outward from where the
current enters the ground; its intensity dissipated rapidly as distance
increases from the point of entry.
Hazard - ✔✔Condition, substance, or device that can directly cause injury
or loss; the source of a risk.
Hot Zone - ✔✔Potentially hazardous area immediately surround the
incident site; requires appropriate protective clothing and equipment and
other safety precautions for entry.
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) - ✔✔Description of any
atmosphere that poses an immediate hazard to life or produces immediate
irreversible debilitating effects on health.
Incident Command System (ICS) - ✔✔Standardizing approach to incident
management that facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies;
adaptable to incidents of any size or type.
Chronic - ✔✔Long-term and reoccurring.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - ✔✔Term for several
diseases that result in obstructive problems in the airway.
Code - ✔✔a collection of rules and regulations that has been enacted by
law in a particular jurisdiction. Codes typically address a single subject
area; examples include a mechanical, electrical, building, or fire code.
Code Enforcement - ✔✔Process of enforcing a body of law aimed at
reducing fire and life-safety hazards as well as mandating the prober
installation and maintenance of building/structure fire and life-safety
features to provide adequate community fire prevention.
Cold Zone - ✔✔Safe area outside of the warm zone where equipment and
personnel are not expected to become contaminated and special protective
clothing is not required; the incident command post and other support
functions are typically located in this zone.
Community Risk Reduction (CRR) - ✔✔The Fire Department's or other
agency's identification and prioritization of risks to the community followed
by integrated application of resources to improve public safety through
minimizing the probability or occurrence and/or the impact of unfortunate
events.
Acute - ✔✔Sharp or severe having a rapid onset and short duration.
,All-Hazard Concept - ✔✔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.
Atypically Stressful Event - ✔✔Term used in National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA) standards to describe incidents that have a likelihood
of causing critical incident stress.
Battalion - ✔✔Fire department organizational subdivision consisting of
several fire service companies in a designated geographic area. A battalion
is usually the first organizational level above individual companies or
stations.
Body Substance Isolation (BSI) - ✔✔Comprehensive method of infection
control in which every patient is assumed to be infected; personal
protective equipment is worn to prevent exposure to bodily fluids and
blood-borne and airborne pathogens.
Carcinogen - ✔✔Cancer-producing substance.
Chain of Command - ✔✔Order of rank and authority in the fire and
emergency services.
Company - ✔✔Basic fire fighting organizational unit consisting of
firefighters and apparatus; headed by company officer.
Culture - ✔✔The shared assumptions, beliefs, and values of a group or
organization.
, Generator - ✔✔Portable device for generating auxiliary electrical power;
generators are powered by gasoline or diesel engines and typically have
110- and/or 220-volt capacity outlets.
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) - ✔✔Device designed to protect
against electrical shock; when grounding occurs, the device opens a circuit
to shut off the flow of electricity.
Ground Gradient - ✔✔Electrical field that radiates outward from where the
current enters the ground; its intensity dissipated rapidly as distance
increases from the point of entry.
Hazard - ✔✔Condition, substance, or device that can directly cause injury
or loss; the source of a risk.
Hot Zone - ✔✔Potentially hazardous area immediately surround the
incident site; requires appropriate protective clothing and equipment and
other safety precautions for entry.
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) - ✔✔Description of any
atmosphere that poses an immediate hazard to life or produces immediate
irreversible debilitating effects on health.
Incident Command System (ICS) - ✔✔Standardizing approach to incident
management that facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies;
adaptable to incidents of any size or type.
