phrase
General Slang
fully involved
· phrase · firefighter
The whole building is on fire — we're not going inside.
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Size-up shorthand meaning fire has extended to the point that the entire structure (or a defined area of it) is burning, flames are venting from multiple openings, and interior operations are no longer survivable. When the first-due officer calls "fully involved" on the radio, the strategy flips from offensive (go inside, save lives) to defensive (surround it, drown it, protect the exposures). Usually means the building is a loss.
“Dispatch, Engine 2 on scene — two-story wood frame, fully involved, going defensive, striking the second alarm.”
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fully involved In A Sentence
Dispatch, Engine 2 on scene — two-story wood frame, fully involved, going defensive, striking the second alarm.
Origin & Usage
Standard American fire service size-up vocabulary, codified in NFPA training materials and the National Incident Management System.
Variants
fully-involved
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