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45 Cards in this Set
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GIS
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System designed to provide a computer-readable description of an areas geography
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MDT
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Terminal that allows transmission of confidential information that is not appropriate for verbal radio transmission
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Computer Aided Dispatch
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CAD
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Command Post
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CP
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Citizens Band
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CB
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Geographical Information System
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GIS
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Mobile Data Terminal
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MDT
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Mobile Data Computer
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MDC
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Automatic Vehicle Locator
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AVL
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Federal Communications Commission
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FCC
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Fire police
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Volunteers trained in traffic/crowd control
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Hot zone
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Area where mitigating the problem is taking place
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Warm zone
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Area for those who are providing emergency lighting
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Cold zone
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Area that includes Command Post and staging area
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Crowd control line
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Outer boundary of the support zone
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Leading question
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Contains one or more conclusions
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Closed-ended question
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Requires only a yes or no answer
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Safe haven
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Sheltering in place
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Area of rescue assistance
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Structural features that effectively isolate an area from the rest of the building
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Prebriefing
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Tells firefighters what to expect when they are about to enter a scene where victims have suffered gruesome injuries
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Defusing
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Minor debriefing
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Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
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CISD
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Landing zone
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LZ
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American Disabilities Act
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ADA
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Reflex time
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Amount of time it takes for additional resources to be requested, to be dispatched, to reach the scene, and to achieve fireground objectives
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Size-up
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Ongoing process of evaluating a situation to determine what has happened, what is happening, what is likely to happen, and what resources will be needed
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Facts
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Those things that are known about a situation, in traditional size-up
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Probabilities
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Those things that are likely to happen, in traditional size-up
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own situation
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Includes the officer’s assessment of his ability to handle the incident, in traditional size-up
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Location
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Phase that defines the problem, in the three-step process
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Isolation
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IC determines how to stabilize the situation, in the three-step process
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Mitigation
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IC determines what will be needed to eliminate the problem, in the three-step process
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Candle/moth syndrome
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Urge to focus exclusively on the fire
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Exposures
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Term used to describe the need to limit the fire or other emergency to the property of origin
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Confinement
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Term used to describe the need to limit the fire or other problem to the smallest possible area within the property of origin
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own situation
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Restoring the scene to as nearly normal as possible
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Incident action plan
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Plan for the safe and efficient disposition of an emergency incidents
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Operational plan
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Identifies the required resources, their assignments, and safety considerations for the successful control of a hazardous materials incident or other emergency requiring multi-unit operations
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Strategic goals
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Broad, general statements of the overall outcomes to be achieved
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Motor Vehicle Accident
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MVA
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Incident Commander
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IC
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Rescue, Exposures, Confinement, Extinguishment, Overhaul
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RECEO
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Incident Action Plan
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IAP
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Incident Command System
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ICS
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Incident Management System
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IMS
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