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Fire safety

Fire prevention, protection and firefighting.

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mass casualty incident (MCI)

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Any incident that produces a large number of injured persons requiring emergency medical treatment and transportation to a medical facility. The exact number of patients that ...

truck company

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A group of firefighters assigned to an apparatus that carries ladders, forcible entry tools, possibly extrication tools and salvage covers, and who are otherwise equipped to ...

penciling

Fire safety; Fire fighting

The penciling technique is created by adjusting the nozzle to a straight stream pattern and using series of short bursts of water directed at burning materials. This helps reduce ...

gas cooling

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Branch technique where water spray in correct quantities can result in contraction of the gases without the over production of steam. May assist as a control measure in small ...

3D water-fog

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Branch technique where water spray in correct quantities can result in contraction of the gases without the over production of steam. May assist as a control measure in small ...

mattydale lay

Fire safety; Fire fighting

The concept of storing preconnected Attack Lines on an engine, as well as storing them such that they are presented at the sides of the apparatus instead of the rear. Commonly ...

mattydale load

Fire safety; Fire fighting

The concept of storing preconnected Attack Lines on an engine, as well as storing them such that they are presented at the sides of the apparatus instead of the rear. Commonly ...