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Safety Officer Vocab Flashcards

1
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A load that is imposed through the centroid of another object.

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Axial load

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A construction method in which continuous wood studs run from the foundation to the roof, and the floors are placed on a shelf called a ribbon board that hangs on the anterior surface of the studs.

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Balloon framing

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A structural element that transfers loads perpendicularly to the imposed load.

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Team

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Description for the material that will fracture or fail as it is deformed or stressed past its design limits.

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Brittle

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A beam supported at only one end, or a beam that extends well past a support in such a way that the unsupported overhang places the top of the beam in tension and the bottom and compression.

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Cantilever beam

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The area that is exposed to trauma, debris, and or the thrust should a building or part of a building collapse. It is a more specific form of a no entry zone.

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Collapse zone

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A structural element that transmits a compressive forces axially through it center.

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Column

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A force that causes a material to be crushed or flattened axially through the material.

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Compression

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A structural element used to attach other structural elements to one another.

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Connection

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A beam that is supported in three or more places.

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Continuous beam

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A non-loadbearing wall that supports only itself and is used just to keep the weather out.

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Curtain wall

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The weight of the building itself and anything permanently attached to it.

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Dead load

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Description for a material that will bend, deflect, or stretch as a force is resisted, yet retain some strength.

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Ductile

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A load that is imposed off-center to another object.

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Eccentric load

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A strict order for all crews to immediately escape from a building interior or roof, leaving hose lines and tools that can impede rapid retreat behind.

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Emergency evacuation

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A host of products that consist of many pieces of native wood glued together to make a sheet, a long beam, or a strong column.

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Engineered wood

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Temporary shoring, bracing, or formwork used to support incomplete structural elements during building construction.

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False work

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The complete failure of a building to resist gravity.

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General collapse

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A beam that carries other beams.

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Girder

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A building that is a mix of multiple NFPA 220 types or that does not fit into any of the five types.

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Hybrid building

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A beam that spans an opening in a load bearing masonry wall, such as over a garage door opening (often called a header and street slang).

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Lintel

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Any force or weight, other than the building itself, that a building must carry or absorb.

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Live load

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An was event in which the building can except the failure of a single component and still retain some strength.

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Partial collapse

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A construction method in which a single story wall is built and the next floor is built on the tops of the wall studs, creating vertical fire stopping to help minimize fire spread.

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Platform framing

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A directive for crews to exit a building interior or roof in an orderly manner, bringing hoses and tools along.

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Precautionary withdrawl

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A diagonal brace that serves primarily as a column but must absorb some beam forces as well.

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Raker

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A force that causes a material to be torn in opposite directions perpendicular or diagonal to the material.

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Shear

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The crumbling and loss of concrete material when exposed to heat.

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Spalling

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A seemingly decorative star or other metal plate used to distribute force over more bricks or blocks as part of an unseen corrective measure that exists inside a building.

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Spreader

30
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The primary loadbearing column, beam, or connection used to erect a building

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Structural element

31
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A force that causes a material to be stretched or pulled apart in line with the material.

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Tension

32
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A load that is imposed in a manner that causes another object to twist.

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Torsional Load

33
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A series of triangles used to form an open web structural element to act as a beam (in many ways a “fake” beam because it uses geometric shapes, lightweight materials, and assembly components to transfer loads just like a beam).

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Truss

34
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A decorative wall finish that supports only its own weight.

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Veneer wall

35
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What are three ways loads are imposed on materials?

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Axial load Eccentric load Torsional load

36
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List three types of forces created when loads are imposed on materials?

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Compression Tension Shear

37
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Cold drawn steel and effects from fire?

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Cables, bolts, rebar, and lightweight fasteners Decreases 55% at 800°F

38
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Extruded structural steel and effects from fire?

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Beams/columns Decreases 50% at 1100°F

39
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Structural steel and effects from Fire?

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Elongates/expands At 1100°F – 100 foot long beam expands 10 inches in length

40
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How does a masonry wall achieve strength?

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Forms loadbearing walls/compressive strength

41
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What are the five common types of building construction NFPA 220 system?

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Type I: fire resistive Type II: non combustible Type III: ordinary Type IV: heavy timber Type V: wood frame

42
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An individuals gradual process of becoming accustomed to an environment.

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Acclimation

43
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The efforts to alter or adjust the environment, worker relationship, or task to reduce injury potential.

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Accommodation

44
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The process of using external methods or devices to reduce elevated body core temperatures.

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Active cooling

45
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An incident that involves an unusually gruesome situation, serious fire fighter injury, firefighter death, or other potential psychological stress.

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Atypically stressful incident

46
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A persons physiological response to the 24 hour clock, which includes sleep, energy peaks, and necessary body functions.

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Circadian rhythm

47
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The science of adopting work or working conditions to a worker and the study of problems associated with people adjusting to their work environment.

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Ergonomics

48
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The use of shade, air movement, and rest to bring down core temperatures.

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Passive cooling

49
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An early warning sign that the core temperature is elevated, as characterized by the onset of physical exhaustion that is remedied by rest and hydration only to return quickly and more profoundly upon engagement with the hot environment.

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Transient heat fatigue (THF)

50
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Efforts to improve and individuals strength, flexibility, and aerobics to help prevent overexertion at incidents.

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Work hardening

51
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The area surrounding a warm zone that is used for an incident command post, support agency interfacing, and staging of personnel and equipment.

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Cold zone

52
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Electrical energy that has established a path to ground through the earth and that is now energizing the ground.

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Ground gradient

53
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The unintended and often sudden release of stored, residual, or potential energy that will cause harm if contacted.

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Hazardous energy

54
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The area immediately surrounding a hazardous area that can be considered an immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) environment requiring appropriate PPE, accountability procedures, and a standby rapid intervention crew.

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Hot zone

55
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The area in which no responders are allowed to enter, regardless of PPE, due to dangerous conditions.

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No entry zone

56
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The area surrounding the hot zone where personnel, equipment, and apparatus are operating in support of an operation

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Warm zone

57
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A mental model that suggests that many quick decisions are made using mental templates from previous experiences that fit the images that you are currently witnessing.

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Recognition-primed decision making (RPD)

58
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The degree of accuracy to which one’s perception of his or her current environment mirrors reality.

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Situational awareness (SA)

59
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Physical property whose loss will cause harm to the community.

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Valued property

60
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The process of observing others to develop knowledge, skill, or experience base.

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Vicarious learning

61
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An explosive event that occurs when air is suddenly re-introduced into a closed space that is filled with pressurized, ignition temperature, and oxygen deprived products of combustion and pyrolysis.

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Backdraft

62
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A slang term for smoke that is high-volume, has turbulent velocity, is ultra dense, and is deep black, a sign of impending auto ignition and flash over.

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Black fire

63
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A rapid fire growth phenomenon that occurs when combustion air is re-introduced into a ventilation-controlled fire, leading to smoke flame-over and room flashovers.

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Explosive growth phase

64
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A hostile fire event that includes the ignition and sustained burning of the overhead smoke layer within a room and or hallway.

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Flame-over

65
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A sudden hostile fire event that occurs when all the surfaces and contents of a space reach their ignition temperature nearly simultaneously, resulting in full room fire involvement.

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Flashover

66
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An avenue that heat, smoke, flames, and combustion air follow.

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Flow path

67
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A hostile fire event warning sign that is characterized as the intermittent ignition of small pockets of smoke, usually seen as fingers of flame that dance through the upper smoke later.

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Ghosting

68
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A fire behavior phenomenon that can suddenly harm firefighters, events include explosive growth phase, flashover, Backdraft, smoke explosion, and flame over.

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Hostile fire event

69
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Also referred to as pyrolytic decomposition, the chemical breakdown of compounds into other substances by heat alone.

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Pyrolysis

70
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The products of incomplete combustion and pyrolysis, it includes an aggregate of particles, aerosols, and Fire gases that are toxic, flammable, and volatile.

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Smoke

71
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A hostile fire event that occurs when a spark or flame is introduced into a pocket of smoke that is below ignition temperature but above some aggregate flash point.

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Smoke explosion

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