Fire Terminology
Across
- 3. An intentionally set fire
- 4. Acronym for a dangerous atmosphere, firefighters are exposed to this kind of immediately dangerous environment when responding to fires
- 7. Assistance dispatched automatically by contractual agreement between two communities or fire districts
- 9. Letters designating building sides
- 11. Alarm category classifying the seriousness of a fire, the higher the number the more apparatus or resources are needed
- 12. When a fire is actually out, compared to contained
- 13. Acronym for a respirator with independent air supply used by firefighters to enter burning buildings
- 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
- 15. Explosion caused by the rupture of a tank containing a pressurized liquid that has been exposed to heat
Down
- 1. A type of emergency message that a firefighter transmits when he is lost, injured, or requires immediate assistance
- 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
- 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
- 6. An odorless and colorless toxic gas that is a product of incomplete combustion
- 8. a mutual agreement among emergency responders to lend assistance across jurisdictional boundaries
- 10. Acronym for a device worn by a firefighter that sounds an alarm if the firefighter is motionless for a period of time