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12 Cards in this Set
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Conflagration |
A fire with major building to building flame spread over a great distance |
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America burning |
The 1973 report from a committee appointed by the President to investigate and report back its findings regarding the US fire service |
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America burning revisited |
The 1987 revisit to the 1973 report to evaluate the progress on accomplishing the goals |
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America burning recommissioned, America at Risk |
2000 revisit of both 1973 and 1987. Two areas noted as needing further attention were fire prevention and firefighter safety. |
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What was contributing to fire loss in US? |
Less than 3-5% of total fire department budget is spent on fire prevention. Fire services receive low or inadequate funding. Wood is extensively used in construction. Use of plastics has increased, thus increasing the heat output of a fire over wood. US social acceptance allows an uncontrolled fire to occur. |
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Incident Command System |
Provides for a systematic development of a complete, functional command organization designed to allow for single or multiple agency use. |
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NIMS |
National incident management system. A comprehensive management system designed to integrate resources from a number of public and private agencies. |
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Alternative fuels |
Compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas |
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Compressed air foam system (CAFS) |
A system that produces high quality foam bubbles which are small and consistent in size and density. |
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Infrared imaging |
A method using infrared waves to detect heat being radiated by a substance or body. |
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Surfactant |
A soap material that works to ease the surface tension of water, allowing the water to more easily penetrate materials and thus increasing the effectiveness of water as an extinguishing agent. |
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Ultrafine water mist |
The fine mist from a nozzle exhibits high-energy absorption behavior because of the high vaporization rate of the fine water particles. |
