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exterior attack

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A method of extinguishing a fire which does not involve entering the structure. Often used when so much of the building is involved in fire that there is little or no benefit to ...

backfiring

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Also known as a "controlled burn," it's a tactic mostly used in wildland firefighting associated with indirect attack, by intentionally setting fire to fuels inside the control ...

crew resource management (CRM)

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Training developed by NASA based on the concept that the primary cause of the majority of aviation accidents is human error and problems with interpersonal communication in ...

ventilation profile

Fire safety; Fire fighting

The ventilation profile refers to the state of ventilation within a fire-involved structure, taking into account the area, number and location of ventilation openings existing at ...

sector

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A physical or operational division of an incident; an area supervised as a branch in the Incident Command System. A typical system for structure fires names the "front" of the ...

defensive attack

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A primarily exterior form of attack often used when fighting the fire directly or from within a structure is not feasible due to dangers from direct flame, heat, structural ...

interior attack

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Inserting a team of firefighters into the burning structure, in an attempt to extinguish a blaze from inside the structure, minimizing property damage from fire, smoke, and water. ...