Tag

#firefighter

21 words tagged “firefighter”

fully involved
phrase

The whole building is on fire — we're not going inside.

#firefighter#fire service#size-up#ems
widowmaker
noun

A broken branch hung up in the canopy, waiting to drop on your head.

#firefighter#wildland#logging#safety
overhaul
noun

Tearing the burnt building apart to find hidden hot spots once the main fire is out.

#firefighter#fire service#fireground#technical
buggy
noun

The chief's SUV — or the truck that hauls a wildland crew.

#firefighter#fire service#wildland#apparatus
flashover
noun

The moment everything combustible in a room ignites at once.

#firefighter#fire service#fire behavior#technical
probie
noun

A rookie firefighter still on probation.

#firefighter#fire service#rookie#ems
smoke diving
phrase

Crawling deep into a burning building on air to find the fire — or the victim.

#firefighter#fire service#interior attack#scba
bail-out
noun

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

#firefighter#fire service#survival#rescue
backdraft
noun

An explosive reignition when fresh air hits an oxygen-starved, smoke-filled space.

#firefighter#fire service#fire behavior#technical
mop-up
noun

The boring, miserable work of making sure the fire actually stays out.

#wildland#firefighter#fire service#overhaul
size-up
noun

The fast on-scene assessment of what you're dealing with.

#firefighter#ems#fire service#incident command
LODD
noun

Line-of-duty death — a firefighter killed on the job.

#firefighter#fire service#abbreviation#tradition
hotshots
noun

The elite hand crews that fly anywhere to fight the worst wildfires.

#firefighter#wildland#fire service#usfs
tender
noun

A big rolling water tank for fires where there are no hydrants.

#firefighter#fire service#rural#apparatus
IDLH
noun

An atmosphere that will kill or maim you if you breathe it without SCBA.

#firefighter#hazmat#osha#technical
rollover
noun

Flame rolling across the ceiling as unburnt fire gases ignite overhead.

#firefighter#fire service#fire behavior#technical
freelancing
verb

Going off on your own at a fire — and getting people killed.

#firefighter#fire service#safety#ems
FAST/RIC
noun

The firefighter rescue team standing by to save other firefighters.

#firefighter#fire service#rescue#ems
into the black
phrase

Run back into the already-burned ground — it can't burn you twice.

#wildland#firefighter#safety#survival
stretch
verb

Pull the hose and get it to the fire.

#firefighter#fire service#hose#ems
two-in, two-out
phrase

OSHA rule: two firefighters inside an IDLH fire, two staged outside ready to rescue them.

#firefighter#fire service#osha#safety