Fire Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. An intentionally set fire
  2. 4. Acronym for a dangerous atmosphere, firefighters are exposed to this kind of immediately dangerous environment when responding to fires
  3. 7. Assistance dispatched automatically by contractual agreement between two communities or fire districts
  4. 9. Letters designating building sides
  5. 11. Alarm category classifying the seriousness of a fire, the higher the number the more apparatus or resources are needed
  6. 12. When a fire is actually out, compared to contained
  7. 13. Acronym for a respirator with independent air supply used by firefighters to enter burning buildings
  8. 14. When a fire is surrounded by unburnable areas or obstacles to prevent the fire from escaping or growing in size, though it is still burning
  9. 15. Explosion caused by the rupture of a tank containing a pressurized liquid that has been exposed to heat
Down
  1. 1. A type of emergency message that a firefighter transmits when he is lost, injured, or requires immediate assistance
  2. 2. Acronym for a camera that allows firefighters to see areas of extreme heat in a low visibility room such as in smoke filled houses, camera also sometimes called FLIR
  3. 5. Multipurpose tool for prying, twisting, punching or striking. It consists of a fork, a blade (wedge or adze) and a tapered pick which is especially useful in quickly breaching many types of locked doors
  4. 6. An odorless and colorless toxic gas that is a product of incomplete combustion
  5. 8. a mutual agreement among emergency responders to lend assistance across jurisdictional boundaries
  6. 10. Acronym for a device worn by a firefighter that sounds an alarm if the firefighter is motionless for a period of time