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Fire fighting
The organized efforts employing methodology, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish or to confine fire.
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fire inspector
Fire safety; Fire fighting
A person responsible for issuing permits and enforcing the fire code, including any necessary premises inspection, as before allowing (or during) a large indoor gathering.
fire triangle
Fire safety; Fire fighting
An outdated model for understanding the major components necessary for fire: heat, fuel and oxygen.
radiant extension
Fire safety; Fire fighting
Fire that has transferred ignition heat to adjacent materials across open space. One reason some city fire codes prohibit windows facing each other in adjacent warehouses.
direct attack
Fire safety; Fire fighting
Putting the wet stuff on the red stuff. A form of fire attack in which hoses are advanced to the fire inside a structure and hose streams directed at the burning materials.
fire station
Fire safety; Fire fighting
A structure which, in addition to housing apparatus and equipment, often includes living quarters and training facilities for the use of firefighting personnel when on-duty.
forcible entry
Fire safety; Fire fighting
Gaining entry to an area using force to disable or bypass security devices, typically using force tools, sometimes using tools specialized for entry (e.g., Halligan, K-tool).
indirect attack
Fire safety; Fire fighting
Method of firefighting in which water is pumped onto materials above or near the fire so that the splash rains onto the fire, often used where a structure is unsafe to enter.