Fire Terminology
Across
- 3. The removal of hazardous substances from the employees and equipment
- 4. Radio designation of the person in charge of the incident
- 6. An explosive reaction with a release rate less than 1/100th of a second
- 9. A diamond shape sign mounted on trains and trucks as a warning of materials carried.
- 10. Motor driven fire fighter equipment
- 11. A point when a fire has broken out of the structure.
- 14. Federal Communications Commission
- 15. The total fire fighting personnel on duty during a scheduled work period.
- 18. The process of neutralizing a hazardous material spill by applying another material to the spill that will react chemically with it to form a less harmful substance.
- 21. structures or property near a fire that are in jeopardy of damages caused by the fire
Down
- 1. Explosion caused by air entering a smoke charged building
- 2. moving operation to reduce damage to goods and products involved in an incident
- 5. Unit comprised of several companies, and commanded by a chief officer
- 7. The introduction of chemical vapors or toxic products of combustion into the body by way of the respiratory system
- 8. Heating of all combustibles present to their ignition temperature, causing rapid fire spread
- 12. Fire believed to have been deliberately set
- 13. A colorless, odorless gas. It is used to extinguish fires in materials and equipment that might be damaged or destroyed by other fire fighting agents. it works by displacing the oxygen
- 16. Setting of illegal fires for malicious purposes
- 17. Any break in a bone.
- 19. Examine numerous patients in order to treat them according to severity of injury or illness
- 20. Violent explosion caused by the heating of a gas