noun General Slang

bail-out

· noun · firefighter

Emergency escape out a window when the room turns on you.

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A last-resort emergency exit from an upper floor of a burning building — out a window onto a ladder, down a personal escape rope and hook, or in the worst case a head-first dive to a waiting ladder. Drilled relentlessly after the Black Sunday fire in the Bronx (2005), where six FDNY members had to jump from a fourth-floor apartment and two died. Most modern departments now issue every member a personal bail-out kit.

“Conditions went from bad to bail-out in about ten seconds when the wind shifted on us.”
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bail-out In A Sentence

Conditions went from bad to bail-out in about ten seconds when the wind shifted on us.

Origin & Usage

Borrowed from aviation ("bail out" of an aircraft); entered firefighting vocabulary mid-20th century, formalised after the FDNY Black Sunday fire of January 23, 2005.

Variants bailoutbail outemergency egress
Tags #firefighter#fire service#survival#rescue

People Also Ask

What does "bail-out" mean?

It's an emergency escape out a window when a room turns dangerous.

How do you use "bail-out" in a sentence?

"The fire cut off the stairs, so it was a bail-out from the second-floor window."

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