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May also be accidentally introduced when HAZMAT becomes involved in fire.

Accelerant: flammable fuel (often liquid) used by some arsonists to increase size or intensity of fire.

Unburied tanks are more prone to physical damage, and leaks are released to the air or ground, rather than the soil surrounding a buried tank.

Above-ground storage tank: Storage tank that is not buried.

A-side: "Alpha" side, Front of the fire building, usually front door facing street, side with visible address but may be facing parking area where first apparatus arrives other sides labeled B (left), C (rear), D (right) in a clockwise manner, as necessary when speaking of or staffing structure fire sectors.

The overall tactical objective is to provide more permanent levels of protection in structural compartments (safe zones), from which firefighters may operate in various fire & rescue roles. It attempts to safeguard the immediate locality of any space occupied by firefighters in resorting to various defensive actions that (a) confine the fire (b) remove combustion products safely and effectively or (c) mitigate dangers in the hot-gas layers.

3D zone control: The strategy of 3D zone control intended to improve the safety of firefighters operating inside a burning structure.But keep in mind that any term defined here may be department- or region-specific, or at least more idiosyncratic than one may realize. The variability of firefighter jargon should not be taken as a rule some terms are fairly universal (e.g. Furthermore, a department may change a definition within its SOP, such that one year it may be RIT, and the next RIG or RIC. For example, depending on whom one asks, a safety team may be referred to as a standby, a RIT or RIG or RIC (rapid intervention team/group/crew), or a FAST (firefighter assist and search team). One problem that exists in trying to create a list such as this is that much of the terminology used by a particular department is specifically defined in their particular standing operating procedures, such that two departments may have completely different terms for the same thing. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įirefighting jargon includes a diverse lexicon of both common and idiosyncratic terms. ( February 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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