Abatement This refers any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard.

Accelerant This refers to any material used to initiate or promote the spread
of a fire The most common accelerants are flammable or
combustible fluids. An accelerant maybe a solid, liquid or in
some instances, a gas
Adapter The refers to the device used for making a connection when
threads do not match or when they are different in sizes.
Adiabatic Flame Thin refers to the highest temperature at which a fuel can burn.
Temparature
Administrator This refers to a person who acts as agent of the owner and
manages the use of a building for him.
Aerial Platform This refers to a mechanically raised platform mounted on fire
Apparatus apparatus and designed for rescue and firefighting service
Aliphatic This refers to hydrocarbons which are grouped according to their
molecular structure. The two major families of hydrocarbons are
aliphatic and aromatic. Aliphatic hydrocarbons can be either
straight chain molecules or branched chain molecules.
Annealing This refers to the effect heat has on the wire springs of a chair,
sofa, or a vehicle seat. It causes the springs to flatten out and lose
their tension. It does not indicate that a liquid accelerant was
present but may be the result of a rapid or smouldering fire
Aqueous Film Forming This refers to a synthetic foam - forming liquid designed for une
Foam with fresh water, when proportionally mixed with water and
applied with enhances extinguishments of flammable liquids fires
and prevent reflash.
Arcade This refers to any portion of a building above the first floor
projecting over the sidewalk beyond first storey wall used as
protection for pedestrians against rain or sun.
Arcing This refers to the production of sustained luminous electrical
discharge between separated electrodes, an electric hazard that
results when electrical current crosses tie gap between 3 electrical
conductors
Area of origin This refers to the general area where a fire started. This term is
used when a fire originates in a large area or when the exact point
of origin cannot be determined
Arson This refers to the crime of intentionally setting fire to a building
or other property. It also the willful and malicious burning of the
property of another.
Arson Investigation This refers with the knowledge and study that guide the students
in proving some of the aspects, the cause and the point of origin
of the fire.
Arson Trail This refers to the use of various types of materials such as
closthmus, newspapers, or wood that have some type pf
flammable liquid poured on the material by which the fire can
travel along. This trail can leave a distinct mark on the floor of a
fire scene
Asbestos This refers ton white or light - gray mineral, abtined chiefly from
action like and amphibole, occurring in long slender needles or
fibrous mannen that may be wnyen or shaped into acid– resisting,
non - conducting, and fire proof particles
Atoms These refer to the smallest particles of elements that take part in a
chemical reaction.
Atomize This refers to break into discrete atoms, usually by the
applicabion of extremeheat an in atomic absorption
Attack This refers to the actual physical firefighting operation utilizing
available manpower and equipment.
Auto-Ignition This refers to the lowest temperature and which age oF vapor air
Point/temperature mixture will si Irain its wm heat source or a contacted heated
surface without spark or flame.
Azeotrope This refers to a mixture of two or more compound that have
constant boiling point. Azeotropic mixtures cannot be separated
 by fractional distillations.
Back-draft This refers to a phenomenon in which a fire that has consumed all
available oxygen suddenly explodes when more oxygen is made
available, typically because a door or window has been opened.
BCF Halon This refers to the modern and effective fire-extinguishing agents
available for general risk. It is vaporizing liquid which will
chemically interrupt he chain reaction taking plate in the flames It
has the amity te minime the pisa rellash ater the fire tuss been
extinguished BCF stands for Btratnochlorodiflouromethane
Beam This refers to the main strUctural.member of a ladder supporting
the rungs or ring block.
Bed Ladder This reliers to the lowest section of an extension Ladder into
which the upper sectu e y lscder vetracts. The lowest seetion of an
aertat tudder that bnda.one the tms hrame
Bite back This refers to the fatal condition that takes place when the fire
resists extinguishment operation and become stronger and bigger
instead
Blasting Agent This refers to any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and
oxidizer used to set off explosives
Boiling Point This refers to the temperature at which the vapor pressure of a
liquid equals atmospheric pressure and the liquid becomes vapor.
British Thermal Unit This refers to the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature
of one-pound water one-degree Fahrenheit
Burueau of Fire This to the money that administers and enforces the fire code of
protection the Pulpes. There Burcau shall have the pone to investigate all
causes of fie and, if necessary, like the proper.complaints with the
city or provincial prosecutor
Burn Pattern This reters to the visible path of fire on a race or surfaces
Burning This refers to the com b ustion in which the oxidant is molecular
oxygen
Burning rate This refers to the rate at which combustion proceeds across a fuel
Butane This refers to a fuel gas having the formula C4H10. One of the
constituents found in LP gas.
Calorie This refers to the amount heat needed to raise the temperature of
ohe gram of water one degree Centigrade
Calcination This refers to the changes that occur during a fire in either plaster
or gypsum wall auriaces i inchades the elimination of water from
gypsum to charring the paper surface off the wall board.
Carbonization This refers to decomposition by heat of organic substance in a
limited supply of poampaniend by a formation of carbon,
Carbon Dioxide This refers to an agent that deliver a quick amothering action to
extinguishing Agent ilames, redteng gen and sufocating the lre. It dissipates without
leaving any contamination er COFFERIVE residue. It is also
colorless and odorless gas will not damage clothing, equipment
and other valuable items and effective on class B fires, where the
main consideration is to keep the flammable vapors separated
from oxygen in the air.
Catalyst This refers to a substance that decreases the rate of chemical
reaction without undergoing A permanent change in its structure.
Cause determination This refers to the determination of the cause of a fire requires the
identification those circumstances and factors that were necessary
for the fire to have occurred
Celcius This refers to the metric and scientific method of measuring
temperature forme known as Centigrade. Expressed as degrees
(0), the freezing point of pure wat sea level is degres and the
boiling point of pure water at sea level is 100 de C. To convert
from degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius subtract 32 then de
Ly 5/9th Le 68 degrees F-32 - 36: 36 x 5/9-20 degrees C.
Cellulose Nitrate This refers to a highly combustible and explosive compound
produced by the reaction of nitric acid with n cellulose material
Cellulose Nitarte Plastic This refers to any plastic substance, materials or compound
 having cellulose nitrate istru cellulose as base
Chain Reaction This refers to a self-propagating chemical reaction in which
activation on opn molecule leads succesfully to the activation of
many others One type of cham reaction is called robustion
reaction
Char This refers to the carbonization of a fuel by the metion of heat or
burning aid to the combustible rend remaining after the pyrolysis
of wand. aally the deepest where the fire burned the longest
jeschuding the ut ef Rcoeierantal and, thus, can be ued to identify
the piint of origin.
Char BListers This refers to the convex segments of carbomined material
separated crevasses that form on the surface of char, forming on
matermals sch Are result of poeTRy or burning