Glossary Flashcards
A coordinated approach to a wide variety of incidence; all responders use a similar, coordinated approach with a common set of authorities, protection, and resources.
All-hazard concept
Page 797
Incidents that have a likelihood of causing critical incident stress.
Atypical stressful event
Pace 797
Fire department organizational subdivision consisting of several fire service companies in a designated geographic area.
Battalion
Pace 798
Automatic valve that permits liquid flow in one direction
Check valve
Page 798
Hinged valve that permits the flow of water in one direction only.
Clapper valve
Page 798
Basic fire fighting organizational unit consisting of firefighters and apparatus;
Company
Pace 799
The shared assumptions, beliefs, and values of a group or organization.
Culture
799
Procedure used to determine the rate of waterflow available for fire fighting at various points within a distribution system.
Fire flow testing
800
And inspection where certain system or component of apparatus is operated to ensure that it is functioning properly.
Functional check
Page 800
Willful and wanton disregard.
Gross negligence
Page 800
Electrical feel that radiate outward from where the current enters the ground.
Ground gradient
Page 800
Condition, substance, or a device that can directly cause injury or loss; the source of a risk.
Hazard
800
To cause or undergo a chemical process or decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of an element of water.
Hydrolyze
Pace 801
Theoretical, scientific height that a column of water may be lifted by atmospheric pressure in a true vacuum.
Lift
Page 802
Personnel provide emergency service to external customers (the public).
Line personnel
802
Breach of duty in which a person or organization fails to perform at a standard required by law or that would be expected by a reasonable person under similar circumstances.
Negligence
802
Overview and critique of an incident by and members of all responding agencies, including dispatchers. Typically takes place within two weeks of the incident.
Postincident analysis
Pace 803
Liquid having a molecule in which the positive and negative charges are permanently separated, resulting in their ability to ionize in a solution and create electrical connectivity.
Polar solvents
Pace 803
Visual inspection of an apparatus to ensure the major components of the chassis are present in proper working condition.
Pretrip road inspection
Pace 804
Outline of steps that must be performed in order to properly following organizational policy.
Procedure
Pace 804
Inspecting an apparatus and equipment on the apparatus to ensure that all equipment is in place, clean, and ready for service.
Operational readiness inspection
Page 803
Activities required for a rescue, fire suppression, and probably conservation at fires that produce high radiant, convective or conductive heat; includes aircraft, hazardous material transport, and storage tank fires.
Proximity fire fighting
Page 804
Fire hydrant outlet that is 4 inches in diameter or larger.
Pump outlet nozzle
Page 804
Active proceeding to do something with a conscious awareness of danger, while ignoring any potential consequences. .
Reckless disregard
Page 804
Likelihood of suffering harm from a hazard; exposure to a hazard. The potential for failure or loss.
Risk
Pace 805
Written plan that identifies and analyzes the exposure to hazards, selects appropriate risk management techniques to handle exposures, implement those techniques, and monitors the results.
Risk management plan
Pace 805
Personnel who provide administrative and logistical support to line units (internal customers)
Staff personnel
Pace 806
Formal method or rules to guide the performance of routine functions for emergency operations. Procedures are typically written in a handbook, and become familiar with them.
SOP
Page 806
Term used within the Incident Command System for a mobile piece of apparatus that has the primary function of supporting other operations.
Tender
Page 806
Force that tends to create a rotational or twisting motion.
Torque
Pace 807
Organizational principle in which workers report to only one supervisor in order to eliminate conflicting orders.
Unity of Command
Pace 807
