Fire fighting

Fire fighting

The organized efforts employing methodology, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish or to confine fire.

Contributors in Fire fighting

Fire fighting

Building structure which isolates exit stairwells with relatively fire-resistant walls, self-closing doors, and positive pressure ventilation, to prevent smoke or fumes from entering the stairwell ...

fire escape

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A building structure arranged outside to assist in safe evacuation of occupants during an emergency; may connect horizontally beyond a fire wall or vertically to a roof or (preferably) to the ground, ...

wildfire

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Fire in forests, grasslands, prairies, or other natural areas, not involving structure fires, although wildland fires may threaten structures or vice versa.

wildland fire

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Fire in forests, grasslands, prairies, or other natural areas, not involving structure fires, although wildland fires may threaten structures or vice versa.

occupancy class

Fire safety; Fire fighting

General categories of structures for purpose of safety planning, such as for hospital, assembly, industrial, single-family dwelling, apartment building, commercial, etc. Further broken down by types ...

fire tetrahedron

Fire safety; Fire fighting

The fire tetrahedron is based on the components of igniting or extinguishing a fire. Each component represents a property necessary to sustain fire: fuel, oxygen, heat, and chemical chain reaction. ...

interface zone

Fire safety; Fire fighting

The zone where wildfires threaten structures or structural fires threaten wildlands, such as in residential areas adjacent to forests. This requires both wildland firefighting and structural ...