SOG Terms Flashcards
Abrasive Blade
A 12 inch or 14 inch blade to be used on light metal or abrasive blades designed only for lightweight masonry.
Accountability System
Management system used to maintain accountability for personnel allocated on an emergency scene; system used by SFD is the Passport System
Air Management
Air Management Air management is the ongoing assessment and control of air consumption by individual firefighters and/or teams that are breathing air from Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
Firefighters in a hazardous atmosphere must continuously check their pressure gauges to know how much air they have left in their cylinder.
Attendant
In confined space entry, an individual stationed outside PRCS who monitors entrants and who performs RIT duties.
BIR
Brief Initial Report
Branch
Organizational level having functional or geographical responsibility for major aspects of incident operations; organizationally situated between the section
and the division or group on the Operations Section; branches are identified
by functional area
Carbide Blade
A 14inch blade designed to cut through most materials such as ordinary roofing, shingles, wood, nails, and some light metals.
Certified
Personnel demonstrating competency in defined objectives, recognized by Training, and authorized to perform within the scope of their training.
Command Chanel
Primary channel used for dispatch of SFD resources; this channel is part of the
Stillwater system and utilizes repeaters
Tactical Chanel
Series of secondary channels used by units assigned to incidents; TAC-1are the tactical channel and are part of the system using repeaters.
Command Post
Designated location of the Incident Commander and assigned staff, should be
centralized and visible along the approach side to the incident, and outside of the
Company Officer
The use of the title “officer” shall indicate the SFD member in charge of a specific company or unit, regardless of rank. This term shall be used throughout the SOG to refer to the person who has been delegated the responsibility and authority of a department officer in regard to making decisions and insuring that safe and effective practices are utilized in conducting duties.
Confined Space Rescue
Search and rescue of victims from confined spaces.
CP
Command Post.
CSR
Confined Space Rescue
Defensive
As used in the manual, operations that indicate suppression, mitigation, or rescue activities that assume a protective posture; activities meant to limit exposure of lives or property to a hazard by isolating, denying entry, placing exterior or surrounding protections, or providing non-entry protection (ant: see “offensive”).
Diamond Blade
A 14 inch designed to be used on heavy metal, chains, locks, fencing, rebar, metal roofing, and steel studs.
Division
Geographical partition of an incident established when the number of allocated resources exceeds the manageable span of control of the Operations Section Chief; when referring to sides of an incident, these utilize letter designations and when referring to the levels of a building, these utilize number designations.
Driver
Operator of an emergency vehicle, normally an engine or other unit, but generically used for all operators of apparatus.
EMD
Emergency Management Division; local, county, or state entity.
Emergency Traffic Tone
Designated three-second long tone generated by Dispatch to alert all monitoring units of emergency radio traffic (examples: “MAYDAY” declaration, “Abandon Structure” declaration); should be followed by radio silence until Dispatch finishes their transmission. See “priority traffic tone” for more information.
Engulfment
Entrapment of a person by a liquid or a finely divided solid substance that can be aspirated to cause death by filling or plugging the respiratory system or that can exert enough force on the body to cause death by strangulation, constriction, or crushing.
Entry
Action by which a person passes through an opening into a PRCS. Entry is considered to have occurred as soon as any part of the entrant’s body breaks the plane of an opening into the space.
Entry Permit
Written or printed document provided by the employer to allow and control entry into a PRCS and contains the information specified in paragraph (f) of OSHA 1910.146.
Entry Supervisor
Supervisor of a confined space entry group (normally the “Rescue Group Supervisor” or the “Entry Team Leader”, depending on incident size, not the Incident Commander)
Firefighter I
Line personnel employed and trained for fire and EMS activities, not functioning as an officer or Fire Apparatus Operator.
Firefighter II
Line personnel employed and trained for fire and EMS activities and fire apparatus operator.
Group
Functional subdivision of personnel within the incident management system not necessarily within a single geographical division; as in “HAZMAT Group”, “Rescue Group”, “REHAB Group”.
Hazardous Atmosphere
An atmosphere that may expose employees to the risk of death, incapacitation,
impairment of ability to self-rescue, which may include, but is not limited to:
Flammable gas, vapor, or mist in excess of (10) ten percent of its lower flammable limit (LFL); Airborne combustible dust at a concentration that meets or exceeds its LFL; (Note: approximately the concentration that obscures vision at a distance of 5 feet or less.); Atmospheric oxygen concentrations below 19.5 percent (oxygen deficient) or above 23.5 percent (oxygen enriched); Atmospheric concentration of any substance for which a dose or a permissible exposure limit is classified as toxic or hazardous or; Any other atmospheric condition that is immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH)
High Rise
Building or structure exceeding six stories, requiring special considerations for operational personnel as well as limited egress and access.
Hot Zone
Hazard exclusion zone where a dangerous environment is present, determined by monitoring the environment and denying entry by unauthorized personnel.
IC
Incident commander.
ID
Identification
IDLH
Immediately dangerous to life and/or health; normally associated with hazardous materials present at particular incidents, but term has been applied to any environment where hazards are present that exhibit this quality, such as within a burning structure; per OSHA 1910.146, “Any condition posing an immediate threat to life or; that which would cause irreversible health effects or; that which would interfere with an individual’s ability to escape unaided from a PRCS”
Immediate Action Item
An immediate Action Item is any situation in which in individual firefighter and/or team are in immediate danger but are able to remove themselves(s) from situation without the need for additional manpower or without being placed into additional harm that the firefighter could be injured and/or killed.
Inert
Displacement of the atmosphere in a PRCS by a noncombustible gas to such an extent that the resulting atmosphere is noncombustible.
LNG
Liquefied natural gas.
LPG
Liquefied petroleum gas.
Major Incident
Within the context of SFD operations, any incident that significantly exceeds the resources allocated by the initial alarm assignment and likely exceeds the
departmental resources as well; should signal the need to quickly request mutual aid response and notify local infrastructure (hospitals, utilities, law enforcement, EMD, etc.) for additional support.
MAYDAY
Radio transmission used by personnel in distress at an incident.
Non-permit confined space
A confined space that does not contain, or with respect to the atmosphere have the potential to contain, any hazard capable of causing death or serious harm.
Offensive
As used in the manual, operations that indicate aggressive suppression, mitigation, or rescue activities that often assume a higher than normal requirement for technical expertise and involve a certain amount of risk; activities meant to directly engage the problem to remove or control a hazard, often require entry into a hazardous situation or atmosphere (ant: see “defensive”).
Officer
SFD member designated in charge of a specific company or unit, regardless of rank; same for assets allocated to operations through mutual or automatic aid.
Official Master Version (SOF)
The official master version of the SOG shall be kept by the Assistant Fire Chief; the
official master version supersedes all other versions of the manual.
OSDH
Oklahoma State Department of Health
PAR
Personnel accountability report.
PRCS
Permit required confined space;
those spaces or areas meeting criteria as confined spaces and additionally, contain or have the potential to contain, a hazardous atmosphere; potential engulfment hazards; an internal configuration that might cause an entrant to be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor that slopes downward and tapers to smaller cross section, and/or contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazards.
READY
Radio, equipment, air, duties, yes; associated with a check to be performed before entering a hazardous atmosphere.
Rescue Technician
The capability of hazard recognition, equipment use, and techniques necessary to safely and effectively coordinate, perform, and supervise technical search and rescue missions, as defined under discipline-specific competencies identified in NFPA 1006, Standard for Professional Qualifications of Rescue Technicians
Retrieval System
Equipment (including a retrieval line, chest or full-body harness, wristlets, if
appropriate, and a lifting device or anchor) used for non-entry rescue of persons from PRCS.
ROAM
The Rule of Air Management (R.O.A.M.) is defined as each individual firefighter knowing how much air they have on entry, managing that air so they can exit any hazardous atmosphere before their SCBA low-air warning activates.
RIC
Rapid intervention crew; assignment of personnel and equipment to provide compliance with safety requirements for teams operating in initial operations at hazardous scenes or fires
SITREP
Situation report; provides decision makers an understanding of the current situation
SOG
Standard operating guideline; oversees emergency response and operations.
Special Operation Group
Team of certified personnel assigned the tasks of assessment, planning, mitigating, and securing technical rescue scenes.
Staging
Location established where responding resources can await tactical assignment for a major incident, with the ability to provide coordination for larger numbers of apparatus and personnel, and remote from the scene; requires the assignment of staging officer.
Strike Team
Set number of resources of a similar kind and type that have an established minimum number of personnel. Must have common communications and a designated leader.
Tanker
A piece of fire apparatus that carries non-potable water to be used for fire department related operations. Also known as water tender.
Task Force
Any combination of resources assembled to support a specific mission or operational need. All resource elements within a Task Force must have common communications and a designated leader.
Technical Rescue
Application of special knowledge, skills, and equipment to safely resolve unique and/or complex rescue situations (i.e.; water, high-angle, confined space, collapsed structures or excavations, vehicle or machinery).
Thermal Imager/TIC
Electronic search device whose technology utilizes infrared detection and converts it into an image; TIC can detect infrared radiation from a heat source like a fire, despite being unable to see it with the naked eye. The radiation has to be able to penetrate the space and be different than the ambient temperature to be contrasted from its environment.
Transitional Attack
Offensive fire attack strategy that begins with an exterior attack to “knock down” or “reset” the fire followed by an interior attack intended to completely extinguishment of the fire. The exterior attack is intended to cool the interior environment, making it more tenable for Firefighters and possible victims.
UCANA
Unit, conditions, actions, needs and air; associated with a report given when transmitting a Mayday
Urban Search and Rescue/US&R
Search, rescue and extrication of victims from structural or excavation collapse, high towers or buildings, or transportation accidents, and/or confined space rescue, the operations and training standards of which are contained within NFPA 1670, Standard for Operations and Training of Technical Rescue Teams.
Water Rescue
Search and rescue of victims from water.
Working Incident
Incident in which all of the resources of a multi-company alarm assignment will be working to manage the emergency, and expect to be doing so for an extended period of time; requires the notification of staff and additional resources identified on the response card.
