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  1. _________________— Fatal condition caused by severe oxygen deficiency and an excess of carbon monoxide and/or other gases in the blood.
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  1. Asphyxiation
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  1. __________________________— Initiation of combustion by heat but without a spark or flame.
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  1. Autoignition
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  1. _________________________ — The lowest temperature at which a combustible material ignites in air without a spark or flame.
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  1. Autoignition temperature (AIT)
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  1. ________________________ — Instantaneous explosion or rapid burning of superheated gases that occurs when oxygen is introduced into an oxygen-depleted confined space. The stalled combustion resumes with explosive force; may occur because of inadequate or improper ventilation procedures.
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  1. Backdraft
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  1. ______________________— The tendency or capacity of a liquid or gas to remain afloat or rise.
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  1. Buoyant
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  1. ______________________— Fuels in which the energy of combustion derives principally from carbon; includes materials such as wood, cotton, coal, or petroleum.
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  1. Carbon-Based Fuels
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  1. ______________________ — Colorless, odorless, heavier than air gas that neither supports combustion nor burns; used in portable fire extinguishers as an extinguishing agent to extinguish Class B or C fires by smothering or displacing the oxygen. CO2 aerobic metabolism.
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  1. Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
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  1. ______________________ — Colorless, odorless, dangerous gas (both toxic and flammable) formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon. It combines with hemoglobin more than 200 times faster than oxygen does, decreasing the blood’s ability to carry oxygen.
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  1. Carbon Monoxide (CO)
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  1. _____________— Horizontal movement of a layer of hot gases and combustion by-products from the center point of the plume, when a horizontal surface such as a ceiling redirects the vertical development of the rising plume.
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  1. Ceiling Jet
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  1. _____________________ — Extinguishment of a fire by interruption of the chemical chain reaction.
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  1. Chemical Flame Inhibition
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  1. __________________ — A chemical process of oxidation that occurs at a rate fast enough to produce heat and usually light in the form of either a glow or flame.
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  1. Combustion
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  1. ________________________ — Area surrounding a heat source in which there is sufficient air available to feed a fire.
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  1. Combustion Zone
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  1. __________________— The way in which the arrangement of compartments creates or does not create a series of barriers designed to keep flames, smoke, and heat from spreading from one room or floor to another.
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  1. Compartmentation
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  1. __________________ — Physical flow or transfer of heat energy from one body to another, through direct contact or an intervening medium, from the point where the heat is produced to another location, or from a region of high temperature to a region of low temperature.
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  1. Conduction
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  1. ___________________ — Transfer of heat by the movement of heated fluids or gases, usually in an upward direction.
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  1. Convection
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  1. ____________________ — Chemical reaction in which a substance absorbs heat.
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  1. Endothermic Reaction
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  1. ____________________ — Capacity to perform work; occurs when a force is applied to an object over a distance, or when a substance undergoes a chemical, biological, or physical transformation.
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  1. Energy
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  1. ____________________ — To draw in and transport solid particles or gases by the flow of a fluid.
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  1. Entrain
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  1. ____________________— The drawing in and transporting of solid particles or gases by the flow of a fluid.
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  1. Entrainment
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  1. ___________________ — Chemical reaction between two or more materials that changes the materials and produces heat.
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  1. Exothermic Reaction
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  1. ____________________ — A fire ignited in fuel packages or buildings that are remote from the initial fuel package or building of origin.
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  1. Exposure Fire
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  1. ___________________ — A rapid oxidation process, which is a gas phase chemical reaction resulting in the evolution of light and heat in varying intensities.
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  1. Fire
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  1. ___________________— Applying the tools of chemistry and physics to gain a technical understanding of how fires ignite, grow, and spread.
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  1. Fire Dynamics
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  1. ____________________— Temperature at which a liquid fuel produces sufficient vapors to support combustion once the fuel ignites. The fire point is usually a few degrees above the flash point.
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  1. Fire Point
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  1. ____________________— Model of the three conditions/ elements necessary for combustion. The three sides of the triangle represent heat, oxygen, and fuel.
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  1. Fire Triangle
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  1. ___________________ — Model of the four elements/ conditions required to create a fire. The four sides of the tetrahedron represent fuel, heat, oxygen, and a self-sustaining chemical chain reaction.
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  1. Fire Tetrahedron
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  1. ___________________ — Range between the upper flammable limit and lower flammable limit in which a substance can ignite.
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  1. Flammable (Explosive) Range
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  1. ____________________ — Minimum temperature at which a liquid gives off enough vapors to form an ignitable mixture with air near the surface of the liquid.
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  1. Flash Point
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  1. ______________________— Rapid transition from the growth stage to the fully developed stage.
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  1. Flashover
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  1. ______________________ — The space between at least one intake and one exhaust outlet. The difference in pressure determines the direction of the flow of gases through this space. Heat and smoke in a high-pressure area will flow toward areas of lower pressure.
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  1. Flow Path
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  1. _________________________ — A material that will maintain combustion under specified environmental conditions.
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  1. Fuel
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  1. _______________________— Electrically charged, highly reactive parts of molecules released during combustion reactions.
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  1. Free Radical
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  1. _____________________ — The total quantity of combustible contents of a building, space, or fire area, including interior finish and trim, expressed in heat units of the equivalent weight in wood.
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  1. Fuel Load
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  1. ______________________ — A singular item or object that is burning or that has been exposed to heat transfer from a fire.
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  1. Fuel Package
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  1. _______________________— Fire with adequate oxygen in which the heat release rate and growth rate are determined by the characteristics of the fuel, such as quantity and geometry. Also known as Fuel-controlled.
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  1. Fuel-Limited
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  1. ___________— Form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules in solids or liquids that is transferred from one body to another as a result of a temperature difference between the bodies, such as from the sun to the earth. To signify its intensity, it is measured in degrees of temperature.
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  1. Heat
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  1. _______________________ — The measure of the rate of heat transfer to or from a surface, typically expressed in kilowatts per square meter (kW/m2).
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  1. Heat Flux
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  1. ________________________— Total amount of thermal energy (heat) that could be generated by the combustion (oxidation) reaction if a fuel were completely burned. The heat of combustion is typically measured in kilojoules per gram (kJ/g) or megajoules per kilogram (MJ/kg).
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  1. Heat Of Combustion
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  1. _____________________ — Total amount of heat released per unit time. The __________________is typically measured in kilowatts (kW) or Megawatts (MW) of output.
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  1. Heat Release Rate (HRR)
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  1. ______________________— Petroleum-based organic compound that contains only hydrogen and carbon; may also be used to describe those materials in a fuel load which were created using hydrocarbons such as plastics or synthetic fabrics.
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  1. Hydrocarbon
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  1. _____________________— Colorless, toxic, and flammable liquid until it reaches 79° F (26° C). Above that temperature, it becomes a gas with a faint odor similar to bitter almonds; produced by the combustion of nitrogen-bearing substances.
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  1. Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN)
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  1. _______________________ — The process of initiating self-sustained combustion.
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  1. Ignition
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  1. ______________________— Mechanism or initial energy source employed to initiate combustion, such as a spark that provides a means for the initiation of self-sustained combustion.
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  1. Ignition Source
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  1. _______________________ — Result of inefficient combustion of a fuel; the less efficient the combustion, the more products of combustion are produced rather than burned during the combustion process.
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  1. Incomplete Combustion
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  1. ________________________ — Flames in the hot gas layer that indicate the gas layer is within its flammable range and has begun to ignite; often observed immediately before a flashover.
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  1. Isolated Flames
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  1. ________________________ — Unit of work or energy in the International System of Units (SI); the energy (or work) when a unit force (1 newton) moves a body through a unit distance (1 meter). Joules are defined in terms of mechanical energy. In terms of thermal energy, joules refer to the amount of additional heat needed to raise the temperature of a substance, such as the 4.2 Joules needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Takes the place of calorie for heat measurement (1 calorie = 4.19 J).
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  1. Joule (J)
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  1. ___________________________— Lower limit at which a flammable gas or vapor will ignite and support combustion in confinement; below this limit the gas or vapor is too lean to burn (too much oxygen and not enough gas, so lacks the proper quantity of fuel).
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  1. Lower Explosive Limit (LEL)
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  1. ____________________— Energy possessed by a moving object because of its motion.
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  1. Kinetic Energy
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  1. ____________________________ — Lower limit at which a flammable gas or vapor will ignite and support combustion; below this limit the gas or vapor is too lean to burn (too much oxygen and not enough gas, so lacks the proper quantity of fuel).
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  1. Lower Flammable Limit (LFL)
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  1. _________________ — Anything that occupies space and has mass.
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  1. Matter
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  1. _________________ — Capable of being mixed in all proportions.
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  1. Miscible
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  1. _________________ — Level at a compartment opening where there is an equal difference in pressure exerted by expansion and buoyancy of hot smoke flowing out of the opening and the inward pressure of cooler, ambient temperature air flowing in through the opening.
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  1. Neutral Plane
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  1. ______________________ — Description of a fire burning in the open with no restrictions to its oxygen supply.
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  1. Open Burning
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  1. ______________________— Chemical process that occurs when a substance combines with an oxidizer such as oxygen in the air; a common example is the formation of rust on metal.
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  1. Oxidation
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  1. _______________— Any material that readily yields oxygen or other oxidizing gas, or that readily reacts to promote or initiate combustion of combustible materials.
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  1. Oxidizer
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  1. ___________________ — Moment when a mixture of fuel and oxygen encounters an external heat (ignition) source with sufficient heat or thermal energy to start the combustion reaction.
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  1. Piloted Ignition
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  1. ___________________ — Flammable liquids that have an attraction to water, much like a positive magnetic pole attracts a negative pole; examples include alcohols, esters, ketones, amines, and lacquers.
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  1. Polar Solvents
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  1. ____________________ — Stored energy possessed by an object that can be released to perform work at a future time.
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  1. Potential Energy
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  1. ____________________— Amount of energy delivered over a given period of time.
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  1. Power
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  1. ___________________ — Materials produced and released during burning.
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  1. Products of Combustion
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  1. ____________________ — Force per unit area exerted by a liquid or gas measured in pounds per square inch (psi) or kilopascals (kPa).
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  1. Pressure
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  1. ____________________ — The chemical decomposition of a solid material by heating. Pyrolysis precedes combustion of a solid fuel.
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  1. Pyrolysis
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  1. ____________________ — Transfer of heat energy from one body to another body through intervening space by electromagnetic waves.
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  1. Radiation
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  1. ______________________ — Fuel that is being oxidized or burned during combustion.
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  1. Reducing Agent
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  1. _______________________ — Condition in which the unburned fire gases that have accumulated at the top of a compartment ignite and flames propagate through the hot gas layer or across the ceiling.
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  1. Rollover
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  1. _____________________ — The result of exothermic reactions, occurring spontaneously in some materials under certain conditions, whereby heat is generated at a rate sufficient to raise the temperature of the material.
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  1. Self-Heating
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  1. _________________________— Emergency incident operations consisting of an organized search for the occupants of a structure or for those lost in the outdoors, and the rescue of those in need.
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  1. Search and Rescue (SAR)
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  1. __________________— Ongoing evaluation of influential factors at the scene of an incident.
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  1. Size Up
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  1. ___________________ — Form of fire gas ignition; the ignition of accumulated flammable products of combustion and air that are within their flammable range.
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  1. Smoke Explosion
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  1. _________________— Degree to which a solid, liquid, or gas will dissolve in a solvent (usually water).
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  1. Solubility
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  1. ______________________— Mass (weight) of a substance compared to the weight of an equal volume of water at a given temperature. A specific gravity less than 1 indicates a substance lighter than water; a specific gravity greater than 1 indicates a substance heavier than water.
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  1. Specific Gravity
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  1. _______________________— Initiation of combustion of a material by an internal chemical or biological reaction that has produced sufficient heat to ignite the material.
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  1. Spontaneous Ignition
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  1. ________________________— Ratio of the surface area of the fuel to the mass of the fuel.
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  1. Surface-To-Mass Ratio
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  1. _____________________ — Measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter, expressed in terms of units or degrees designated on a standard scale.
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  1. Temperature
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  1. ______________________ — The propensity of a material to conduct heat within its volume. Measured in energy transfer over distance per degree of temperature.
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  1. Thermal Conductivity
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  1. ______________________— Kinetic energy associated with the random motions of the molecules of a material or object; often used interchangeably with the terms heat and heat energy.
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  1. Thermal Energy
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  1. ______________________ — The point at which two regions that are in thermal contact no longer transfer heat between them because they have reached the same temperature.
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  1. Thermal Equilibrium
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  1. ______________________— Outcome of combustion in a confined space in which gases tend to form into layers, according to temperature, gas density, and pressure with the hottest gases found at the ceiling and the coolest gases at floor level.
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  1. Thermal Layering
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  1. ________________________— Upper limit at which a flammable gas or vapor will ignite in confinement. Above this limit, the gas or vapor is too rich to burn (lacks the proper quantity of oxygen).
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  1. Upper Explosive Limit (UEL)
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  1. _________________________ — Upper limit at which a flammable gas or vapor will ignite. Above this limit, the gas or vapor is too rich to burn (lacks the proper quantity of oxygen).
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  1. Upper Flammable Limit (UFL)
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  1. ______________________— Weight of pure vapor or gas compared to the weight of an equal volume of dry air at the same temperature and pressure. A ______________less than 1 indicates a vapor lighter than air; a _________________greater than 1 indicates a vapor heavier than air.
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  1. Vapor Density
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  1. ____________________ — Physical process that changes a liquid into a gaseous state; the rate of vaporization depends on the substance involved, heat, pressure, and exposed surface area.
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  1. Vaporization
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  1. ______________________ — The pressure at which a vapor is in equilibrium with its liquid phase at a given temperature; liquids that have a greater tendency to evaporate have higher vapor pressures at a given temperature.
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  1. Vapor Pressure
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  1. ____________________ — Rate of motion in a given direction; measured in units of length per unit time, such as feet per second (meters per second) and miles per hour (kilometers per hour). Also known as Speed.
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  1. Velocity
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  1. ____________________ — Fire with limited ventilation in which the heat release rate or growth is limited by the amount of oxygen available to the fire. Also known as Ventilation-Controlled (Reproduced with permission from NFPA 921-2011, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations, Copyright © 2011, National Fire Protection Association).
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  1. Ventilation-Limited
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  1. _______________________ — The SI unit of power or rate of work equal to 1 joule per second (J/s).
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  1. Watt
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  1. ___________________— Concealed and often unfinished space between the ceiling of the top floor and the roof of a building. Also known as Cockloft or Interstitial Space.
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  1. Attic
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  1. _______________________ — Type of structural framing used in some single-story and multistory wood frame buildings; studs are continuous from the foundation to the roof, and there may be no fire stops between the studs.
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  1. Balloon-Frame Construction
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  1. _______________________ — Lightweight truss design noted by the bow shape, or curve, of the top chord.
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  1. Bowstring Truss
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  1. _______________________ — Process of driving free and chemically bound water out of gypsum; also describes chemical and physical changes to the gypsum component itself.
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  1. Calcination
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  1. _______________________ — Non-load-bearing exterior wall attached to the outside of a building with a rigid steel frame. Usually the front exterior wall of a building intended to provide a certain appearance.
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  1. Curtain Wall
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  1. _________________________ — Weight of the structure, structure members, building components, and any other features permanently attached to the building that are constant and immobile.
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  1. Dead Load
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  1. _________________________ — Noncombustible barriers or dividers hung from the ceiling in large open areas that are designed to minimize the mushrooming effect of heat and smoke and impede the flow of heat. Also known as Curtain Boards and Draft Stops.
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  1. Draft Curtains
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  1. _________________ — System of interior wall finish using sheets of gypsum board and taped joints.
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  1. Drywall
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  1. _____________________________— Non-load bearing, exterior wall cladding or covering system composed of an adhesively or mechanically attached foam insulation board, reinforcing mesh, a base coat, and an outer finish coat. Also known as Synthetic Stucco.
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  1. Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS)
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  1. ____________________ — Composite material consisting of glass fibers imbedded in resin.
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  1. Fiberglass
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  1. _____________________ — Solid materials, such as wood blocks, used to prevent or limit the vertical and horizontal spread of fire and the products of combustion; installed in hollow walls or floors, above false ceilings, in penetrations for plumbing or electrical installations, in penetrations of a fire-rated assembly, or in cocklofts and crawl spaces.
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  1. Firestopping
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  1. ______________— Roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over waterproof roofing elements. Term can also indicate the presence of green design technology including photovoltaic systems and reflective surfaces.
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  1. Green Roof
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  1. ________________________— (1) Wooden structural member composed of many relatively short pieces of lumber glued and laminated together under pressure to form a long, extremely strong beam. (2) Term used to describe wood members produced by joining small, flat strips of wood together with glue. Also known as Glued-Laminated Beam or Glulam Beam.
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  1. Glue-Laminated Timber (Glulam)
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  1. ____________— Wood with high moisture content.
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  1. Green Wood
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  1. ___________— Fire-resistant material used for gypsum plaster and wallboard.
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  1. Gypsum
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  1. ____________________ — (1) Items within a building that are movable but are not included as a permanent part of the structure. (2) Force placed upon a structure by the addition of people, objects, or weather.
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  1. Live Load
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  1. _____________________— Wall that supports itself, the weight of the roof, and/or other internal structural framing components, such as the floor beams and trusses above it; used for structural support. Also known as Bearing Wall.
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  1. Load-Bearing Wall
104
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  1. _____________________— Door with a metal exterior; may be flush type or panel type. Also known as Kalamein Door.
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  1. Metal-Clad Door
105
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  1. ___________________ — Incapable of supporting combustion under normal circumstances.
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  1. Noncombustible
106
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  1. ___________________ — Wall, usually interior, that supports only its own weight. These walls can be breached or removed without compromising the structural integrity of the building. Also known as Nonbearing Wall.
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  1. Non-Load-Bearing Wall
107
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  1. _____________________— Wooden structural panel formed by gluing and compressing wood strands together under pressure. This material has replaced plywood and planking in the majority of construction applications. Roof decks, walls, and subfloors are all commonly made of OSB.
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  1. Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
108
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  1. ___________________— Portion of the exterior walls of a building that extends above the roof. A low wall at the edge of a roof.
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  1. Parapet
109
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  1. _________________ — Instrument that is inserted into a flowing fluid (such as a stream of water) to measure the velocity pressure of the stream; commonly used to measure flow. It functions by converting the velocity energy to pressure energy that can then be measured by a pressure gauge. The gauge reads in units of pounds per square inch (psi) or kilopascals (kPa). Also known as Pitot Tube.
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  1. Pitot Guage
110
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  1. __________________ — Open space or air duct above a drop ceiling that is part of the air distribution system.
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  1. Plenum
111
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  1. ________________ — Architectural drawing showing the overall project layout of building areas, driveways, fences, fire hydrants, and landscape features for a given plot of land; view is from directly above.
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  1. Plot Plan
112
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  1. _______________ — Act of preparing to manage an incident at a particular location or a particular type of incident before an incident occurs. Also known as Preincident Inspection, Preincident Planning, Preincident Inspection, Preincident Survey, or Preplanning.
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  1. Prefire Planning
113
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  1. _______________— Assessment of a facility or location made before an emergency occurs, in order to prepare for an appropriate emergency response. Also known as Preincident Plan or Preplan.
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  1. Prefire Survey
114
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  1. ______________— Steel structural members that are covered with either spray-on fire proofing (an insulating barrier) or fully encased in an Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) tested and approved system.
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  1. Protected Steel
115
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  1. ______________ — Short for reinforcing bar. These steel bars are placed in concrete forms before the cement is poured. When the concrete sets (hardens), the rebar within it adds considerable strength and reinforcements.
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  1. Reber
116
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  1. ______________ — (1) Covering applied to the framing of a building to which siding is applied. (2) First layer of roof covering laid directly over the rafters or other roof supports; may be plywood, chipboard sheets, or planks that are butted together or spaced about 1 inch (25 mm) apart. Also known as Decking or Roof Decking.
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  1. Sheathing
117
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  1. _______________ — Having occupants remain in a structure or vehicle in order to provide protection from a rapidly approaching hazard, such as a fire or hazardous gas cloud. Opposite of evacuation. Also known as Protection-in-Place, Sheltering, and Taking Refuge.
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  1. Shelter in Place
118
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  1. ________________ — Expansion of excess moisture within masonry materials due to exposure to the heat of a fire, resulting in tensile forces within the material, and causing it to break apart. The expansion causes sections of the material’s surface to violently disintegrate, resulting in explosive pitting or chipping of the material’s surface.
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  1. Spalling
119
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  1. _____________________ — Structural failure of a building or any portion of it resulting from a fire, snow, wind, water, or damage from other forces.
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  1. Structural Collapse
120
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  1. ______________________ — Plastic that softens with an increase of temperature and hardens with a decrease of temperature but does not undergo any chemical change. Synthetic material made from the polymerization of organic compounds that become soft when heated and hard when cooled.
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  1. Thermoplastic
121
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  1. ________________________ — Walls with a surface layer of attractive material laid over a base of common material.
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  1. Veneered Walls
122
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  1. ____________________________________— Description of any atmosphere that poses an immediate hazard to life or produces immediate irreversible, debilitating effects on health; represents concentrations above which respiratory protection should be required. Expressed in parts per million (ppm) or milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3); companion measurement to the permissible exposure limit (PEL).
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  1. Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH)
123
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  1. _________________________— The specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group.
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  1. Jargon
123
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  1. ______________________— Written or verbal plan for the disposition of an incident; contains the overall strategic goals, tactical objectives, and support requirements for a given operational period during an incident. All incidents require an action plan. On relatively small incidents, the IAP is usually verbal; on larger, more complex incidents, a written IAP is created for each operational period and disseminated to all units assigned to the incident. When written, the plan may have a number of forms as attachments.
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  1. Incident Action Plan (IAP)
124
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  1. ____________________________— Roll call of all units (crews, teams, groups, companies, sectors) assigned to an incident. The supervisor of each unit reports the status of the personnel within the unit at that time, usually by radio. A PAR may be required by standard operating procedures at specific intervals during an incident, or may be requested at any time by the Incident Commander or Incident Safety Officer.
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  1. Personnel Accountability Reports (PAR)
125
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  1. _______________________ — Combination of a radio receiver and a radio transmitter that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation.
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  1. Radio Repeater
126
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  1. ____________________ — Maximum number of subordinates that one individual can effectively supervise; ranges from three to seven individuals or functions, with five generally established as optimum.
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  1. Span of Control
127
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  1. ____________________________— Developed to improve aviation safety, a model created to optimize human performance by reducing the effects of human error.
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  1. Crew Resource Management (CRM)
128
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  1. _______________________ — Initial fire department response to a report of an emergency; the assignment is determined by the local authority based on available resources, the type of occupancy and the hazard to life and property.
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  1. First Alarm Assignment
129
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  1. __________________________________— Professional organization that provides leadership to career and volunteer chiefs, chief fire officers, and managers of emergency service organizations throughout the international community through vision, information, education, representation, and services to enhance their professionalism and capabilities.
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  1. International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
130
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  1. __________________— Portable computer that, in addition to functioning as a Mobile Data Terminal, has programs that enhance the ability of responders to function at incident scenes.
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  1. Mobile Data Computer (MDC)
131
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  1. __________________ — Mobile computer that communicates with other computers on a radio system.
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  1. Mobile Data Terminal (MDT)
132
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  1. __________________ — Perception of the surrounding environment and the ability to anticipate future events.
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  1. Situational Awareness
133
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  1. ___________________ — Overall plan for incident control established by the Incident Commander that involves protection of exposures, as opposed to a direct attack (interior or transitional attack) or other operations (search or rescue) in the IDLH environment.
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  1. Defensive Strategy
134
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  1. ________________ — Urgent radio traffic; a request for other units to clear the radio waves for an urgent message.
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  1. Emergency Traffic
135
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  1. ________________ — Area around a fire and occupied by fire fighting forces.
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  1. Fireground
136
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  1. _________________ — To operate independently of the Incident Commander’s command and control, not including preassigned tasks.
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  1. Free Lance
136
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  1. ______________ — Internationally recognized distress signal.
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  1. Mayday
136
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  1. ______________________— Refers to the joint consideration of the life and physical well-being of individuals, both civilians and firefighters.
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  1. Life Safety
137
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  1. ______________________ — Overall plan for incident control established by the Incident Commander (IC) in which responders enter the structure to take aggressive, direct action on the material, and container, or process equipment involved in an incident.
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138
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  1. _________________________ — Two or more firefighters designated to perform firefighter rescue; they are stationed outside the hazard and must be standing by throughout the incident.
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139
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  1. ______________________— (1) Activities necessary to repair environmental damage or disturbance caused by wildland fire or the fire-suppression activity. (2) Allowing firefighters or rescuers to rest, rehydrate, recover, and be medically monitored during an incident. Also known as Rehab.
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140
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  1. _____________________— Comparison between the known hazards/dangers to firefighters and the potential benefits of any operation; used to determine the feasibility and parameters of the operation.
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141
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  1. _______________________ — Extinguishing a fire by using both a direct and an indirect attack; this method combines the steam-generating technique of a ceiling level attack with an attack on the burning materials near floor level. A water or foam stream is moved around a compartment in an O, T, or Z pattern; this movement allows the extinguishing agent to be applied to the fire and to the surrounding uninvolved fuel.
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142
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  1. __________________ — Fire fighting operations required to prevent fire from extending from the area of origin to uninvolved areas or structures.
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143
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  1. ________________ — In structural fire fighting, an attack method that involves the discharge of water or a foam stream directly onto the burning fuel.
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144
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  1. ______________— Structure surfaces or separate parts of the fireground to which a fire or products of combustion could spread.
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145
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  1. Exposure Protection — Covering any object in the immediate vicinity of the fire with water or foam.
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146
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  1. _____________________ — Usually refers to someone who has the responsibility to tour a building or facility on at least an hourly basis, look for actual or potential fire emergency conditions, and send an appropriate warning if such conditions are found.
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147
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  1. _____________________ — Tendency of heat, smoke, and other products of combustion to rise until they encounter a horizontal obstruction. At this point they will spread laterally (ceiling jet) until they encounter vertical obstructions and begin to bank downward (hot gas layer development).
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148
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  1. ______________________ — Ventilation accomplished by using a spray stream to draw the smoke from a compartment through an exterior opening.
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149
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  1. _______________________ — In structural fire fighting, a form of fire attack that involves directing fire streams toward the ceiling of a compartment in order to generate a large amount of steam and cool the compartment. Converting the water to steam displaces oxygen, absorbs the heat of the fire, and cools the hot gas layer sufficiently for firefighters to safely enter and make a direct attack on the fire.
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149
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  1. _____________________ — Large-caliber water stream usually supplied by combining two or more hoselines into a manifold device or by fixed piping that delivers 350 gpm or more.
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150
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  1. ____________________ — Any means other than natural ventilation; may involve the use of fans, blowers, smoke ejectors, and fire streams.
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151
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  1. ______________________ — Rehabilitation function during an incident intended to monitor responders’ vital signs and incident-stress levels.
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152
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  1. ________________________ — Techniques that use the wind, convection currents, and other natural phenomena to ventilate a structure without the use of fans, blowers, smoke ejectors, or other mechanical devices.
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153
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  1. _________________________— Technique using smoke ejectors to develop artificial air flow and to pull smoke out of a structure. Smoke ejectors are placed in windows, doors, or roof vent holes to pull the smoke, heat, and gases from inside the building and eject them to the exterior.
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154
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  1. _________________________ — Search method in which the team leader remains at a fixed point such as a door, wall, or hoseline while searching team members spread out through a room to complete a search. The team leader’s role is to communicate with team members and guide them back to the entry point.
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155
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  1. __________________— Operations conducted once the main body of fire has been extinguished; consists of searching for and extinguishing hidden or remaining fire, placing the building and its contents in a safe condition, determining the cause of the fire, and recognizing and preserving evidence of arson.
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156
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  1. _______________ — Dividing wall that stands between two adjoining buildings or units, often on the property line, and common to both buildings. A party wall is almost always a load-bearing wall and usually serves as a fire wall.
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157
Q
  1. ______________________________— Method of ventilating a room or structure by mechanically blowing fresh air through an inlet opening into the space in sufficient volume to create a slight positive pressure within and thereby forcing the contaminated atmosphere out the exit opening.
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158
Q
  1. __________________ — Rapid but thorough search to determine the location of victims; performed either before or during fire suppression operations. May be conducted with or without a charged hoseline, depending on local policy.
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159
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  1. _________________________ — Methods and operating procedures by which firefighters attempt to save property and reduce further damage from water, smoke, heat, and exposure during or immediately after a fire; may be accomplished by removing property from a fire area, by covering it, or by other means.
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160
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  1. __________________________ — Slow, thorough search to ensure that no occupants were overlooked during the primary search; conducted after the fire is under control by personnel who did not conduct the primary search.
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160
Q
  1. ___________________________ — (1) Tendency of any vertical shaft within a tall building to act as a chimney or “smokestack”, by channeling heat, smoke, and other products of combustion upward due to convection. Also known as Stack Action. (2) Phenomenon of a strong air draft moving from ground level to the roof level of a building; affected by building height, configuration, and temperature differences between inside and outside air. Also known as Chimney Effect.
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161
Q
  1. ______________________ — Planned, systematic, and coordinated removal of heated air, smoke, gases or other airborne contaminants from a structure, replacing them with cooler and/or fresher air to meet the incident priorities of life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation.
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162
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  1. ______________________— Electronic device that forms images using infrared radiation.
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163
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  1. _______________________ — Fire attack from the exterior through a ventilation opening. The attack cools the fire compartment and helps transition the fire from ventilation-limited conditions to fuel-limited conditions.
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164
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  1. __________________________— Independent fire research and testing laboratory that certifies equipment and materials, which can be approved only for the specific use for which they are tested. Headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.
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165
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  1. __________________________— Tactic that employs a dedicated search line to allow a large number of team members to search a large, open space inside a structure.
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