Glossary Flashcards
1) Starter hole into which a cutting tool may be inserted to continue cutting a piece of sheet metal. 2) Space made in a door crack with a manual prying tool to facilitate the placement of a spreading tool
Access Hole
Ability of fire apparatus to get close enough to a structure or emergency scene to conduct emergency operations.
Accessibility
Sequence of unplanned or uncontrolled events that produces unintended injury, death, or property damage; the result of unsafe acts by persons who are unaware or uninformed of potential hazards and ignorant of safety policies or who fail to follow safety procedures.
Accident
Colorless Gas that has an explosive range from 2.5 to 100%; used as a fuel gas for cutting and welding operations.
Acetylene (C2H2)
Written plan of how objectives are to be achieved
Action Plan
Incident Action Plan
Something less than theoretical mechanical advantage, due to friction in a system.
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Advanced medical skills performed by trained medical personnel, such as the administration of medications, or airway management procedures to save a victim’s life.
Advanced Life Support
Vertical lifting device that can be attached to the front or rear of the apparatus. It consists of two poles attached several feet apart on the apparatus and whose working ends are connected to form the letter A. A pulley or block and tackle through which a rope or cable is passes is attached to the end of the frame.
A-Frame
The part of vehicle extrication that related to the removal and/or manipulation of vehicle components to allow a properly packaged patient to be removed from the vehicle. Sometimes referred to as removing the vehicle from the patient.
Disentanglement
Removal and treatment of patients who are trapped by some type of man-made machinery or equipment
Extrication
Removing a patient from an untenable or unhealthy situation or atmosphere.
Rescue
Written agreement between two or more agencies to automatically dispatch predetermined resources to any fire or other emergency reported in the geographical area covered by the agreement. These areas are generally where the boundaries between jurisdictions meet or where jurisdictional “Islands” exist.
Automatic Aid
Reciprocal assistance from one fire and emergency services agency to another during and emergency based upon a prearrangement between agencies involved and generally made upon the request of the receiving agency.
Mutual Aid
Duties of Awareness Level
> Conducting incident size up
Recognizing the need for vehicle/machinery rescue
Identifying general hazards at an incident
Identifying the resources required to mitigate the incident
Initiate a response to an incident
Initiating site and traffic control and scene management procedures.
Duties of Operations Level
> Conducting incident size up.
Recognizing and controlling incident hazards
Controlling traffic at the incident scene.
Locating patients and determining their surviveability.
Making the incident scene safe.
Mitigating fluid release.
Determining the condition of patients.
Protecting patients during extrication operations.
Acquiring and tracking extrication resources.
Operating extrication hand tools and equipment safely.
Duties of Technician Level
> Conducting incident size up.
Recognizing and controlling incident hazards
Controlling traffic at the incident scene.
Locating patients and determining their surviveability.
Making the incident scene safe.
Mitigating fluid release.
Applying advanced stabilization techniques.
Determining the condition of patients.
Protecting patients during extrication operations.
Treating patients and preparing them for extrication and transport.
Acquiring and tracking extrication resources.
Operating extrication hand tools and equipment safely.
