Volume 18, Number 216

Weekly Fire Drill

Fire Service Terms
Define the following terms relating to firefighting operations using an accepted
text reference or your department SOG’s.

Term Definition
(Add your dept. application for each term)
Fire Tetrahedron

Belay

Ignition Temperature

Ordinary Construction

Non-Combustible Construction

Fire Wall

Check Valve

Life Safety Rope

Backdraft

Panic Hardware

Ground Gradient

Confined Space

Collapse Zone

Friction Loss

Available Fire Flow

Balloon Frame

Casement Window

Gusset Plate

Span of Control