Fire Terminology

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

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