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Fire fighting
The organized efforts employing methodology, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish or to confine fire.
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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 makes an incident "mass ...
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 perform rescue, ...
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 the production of ...
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 compartment. This is not ...
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 compartment. This is not ...
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 called a Cross Lay, the ...
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 called a Cross Lay, the ...
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