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IFSTA 7 ESSENTIAL OF FIRE FIGHTING 7TH EDITIONAcute - Answers- Sharp or severe having a rapid onset and short duration.
All-Hazard Concept - Answers- Provides a coordinated approach to a wide variety of
incidents; all responders use a similar, coordinated approach with a common set of
authorities, protections, and resources.
Atypically Stressful Event - Answers- Term used in National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) standards to describe incidents that have a likelihood of causing critical incident
stress.
Code - Answers- a collection of rules and regulations that has been enacted by law in a
particular jurisdiction. Codes typically address a single subject area; examples include a
mechanical, electrical, building, or fire code.
Code Enforcement - Answers- Process of enforcing a body of law aimed at reducing
fire and life-safety hazards as well as mandating the prober installation and
maintenance of building/structure fire and life-safety features to provide adequate
community fire prevention.
Cold Zone - Answers- Safe area outside of the warm zone where equipment and
personnel are not expected to become contaminated and special protective clothing is
not required; the incident command post and other support functions are typically
located in this zone.
Community Risk Reduction (CRR) - Answers- The Fire Department's or other agency's
identification and prioritization of risks to the community followed by integrated
application of resources to improve public safety through minimizing the probability or
occurrence and/or the impact of unfortunate events.
Company - Answers- Basic fire fighting organizational unit consisting of firefighters and
apparatus; headed by company officer.
Culture - Answers- The shared assumptions, beliefs, and values of a group or
organization.
Generator - Answers- Portable device for generating auxiliary electrical power;
generators are powered by gasoline or diesel engines and typically have 110- and/or
220-volt capacity outlets.
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) - Answers- Device designed to protect against
electrical shock; when grounding occurs, the device opens a circuit to shut off the flow
of electricity.
,Ground Gradient - Answers- Electrical field that radiates outward from where the
current enters the ground; its intensity dissipated rapidly as distance increases from the
point of entry.
Hazard - Answers- Condition, substance, or device that can directly cause injury or
loss; the source of a risk.
Hot Zone - Answers- Potentially hazardous area immediately surround the incident site;
requires appropriate protective clothing and equipment and other safety precautions for
entry.
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) - Answers- Description of any
atmosphere that poses an immediate hazard to life or produces immediate irreversible
debilitating effects on health.
Incident Command System (ICS) - Answers- Standardizing approach to incident
management that facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies; adaptable to
incidents of any size or type.
Incident Commander (IC) - Answers- Person in chare of the incident command system
and responsible for the management of all incident operations during a emergency.
Intrinsically Safe - Answers- Describes equipment that is approved for use in flammable
atmospheres; must be incapable of releasing enough electrical energy to ignite the
flammable atmosphere.
Inverter - Answers- Step-up transformer that converts vehicle's 12- or 24-volt DC
current into 110- or 220-volt AC current.
Line Personnel - Answers- Personnel who provide emergency services to external
customers (the public).
Mitigate - Answers- To cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less sever,
intense or painful; to alleviate.
Personnel Accountability System - Answers- Method for indentifying which emergency
responders are working on an incident scene.
Plans Review - Answers- Process of reviewing building plans and specifications to
determine the safety characteristics of a proposed building; generally done before
permission is granted to begin construction
Policy - Answers- Organizational principle that is developed and adopted as a basis for
decision-making.
, Postincident Analysis - Answers- Overview and critique of an incident by members of all
responding agencies, including dispatchers. Typically takes place within two weeks of
the incident. In the training environment it may be used to evaluate student and
instructor performance during a training evolution.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Answers- Disorder caused when persons have
been exposed to a traumatic event in which they have experienced, witnessed, or been
confronted with an event or events that involve actual death, threatened death, serious
injury, or the threat of physical injury to self or others.
Power Take-Off (PTO) System - Answers- Mechanism that allows a vehicle engine to
power equipment such as a pump, winch, or portable tool; it is typically attached to the
transmission.
Battalion - Answers- Fire department organizational subdivision consisting of several
fire service companies in a designated geographic area. A battalion is usually the first
organizational level above individual companies or stations.
Body Substance Isolation (BSI) - Answers- Comprehensive method of infection control
in which every patient is assumed to be infected; personal protective equipment is worn
to prevent exposure to bodily fluids and blood-borne and airborne pathogens.
Carcinogen - Answers- Cancer-producing substance.
Chain of Command - Answers- Order of rank and authority in the fire and emergency
services.
Chronic - Answers- Long-term and reoccurring.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - Answers- Term for several diseases
that result in obstructive problems in the airway.
Procedure - Answers- Outline of the steps that must be performed in order to properly
follow an organizational policy. Procedures help an organization to ensure that it
consistently approaches a task in the correct way, in order to accomplish a specific
objective.
Rehabilitation - Answers- Allowing firefighters or rescuers to rest, rehydrate, and
recover during an incident; also refers to a station at an incident where personnel can
res, rehydrate, and recover.
Response District - Answers- Geographical area to which a particular apparatus is
assigned to be first due on a fire or other emergency incident.
risk - Answers- Likelihood of suffering harm from a hazard; exposure to a hazard. The
potential for failure or loss.
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