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Fire fighting
The organized efforts employing methodology, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish or to confine fire.
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packables
Fire safety; Fire fighting
A term used to refer to fire personnel that are certified and trained with SCBA Apparatus.
Class K
Fire safety; Fire fighting
A fire involving cooking oils. Technically, this is a subclass of Class B.
foam concentrate
Fire safety; Fire fighting
Raw foam liquid as it rests in it storage container before the introduction of water and air.
fire complex
Fire safety; Fire fighting
(U.S. Complex fire) Area of fires - many of the areas have multiple fires with multiple fronts.
gallons per minute (GPM)
Fire safety; Fire fighting
The volume of water that is pumped out of a piece of equipment every minute.
Class A
Fire safety; Fire fighting
A fire involving combustibles such as wood, paper, and other natural materials.
determinate
Fire safety; Fire fighting
A code given by dispatch (Alpha -Echo) showing the severity of a call and how you should respond.
