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1. 911 Dispatcher/Telecommunicator: From the communications center, the
dispatcher takes the calls
from the public, sends appropriate units to the scene, assists callers with
treatment instructions until the Emergency Medical Services unit arrives, and
insists the incident commander with needed resources.
2. Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT): A member of Emergency
Medical Services
who can perform limited procedures that usually fall between those provided
by an EMT and those provided by a paramedic, including IV therapy,
interpretation of cardiac rhythms, defibrilation, and airway intubations.
3. Aircraft/Crash Rescue Fire Fighter (ARFF): An individual who takes
firefighting actions to prevent, control, or extinguish fire involved or
, adjacent to an aircraft for the purpose of maintaining maximum escape
routines for occupants using normal and emergency routes for egress.
4. Articulated Booms: An aerial device consisting of two or more folding boom
sections whose extension and retraction modes are accomplished by
adjusting the angle of the knuckle joints.
5. Assistant or Division Chiefs: A midlevel chief who often has a functional area
of responsibility, such as training, and who answers directly to the fire chief.
6. Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ): An organization, office, or individual
responsible for enforcing the requirments of a code of standard for
approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure.
7. Battalion Chiefs: Usually the first level of fire chief. These chiefs are often in
charge of running calls and supervising multiple stations or districts within
a city. A battalion chief is usually the officer in charge of a single-alarm
working fire.
, 8. Booster Line: A rigid hose that is 3/4 inches (20mm) or 1 inch (25mm) in
diameter. Such a hose delivers water at a rate of only 30 to 60 gallons (115
to 225L) per minute but can do so at high pressures.
9. Booster Pump: A water pump mounted on the fire apparatus in addition to
a fire pump and used for firefighting in conjunction with or independent of
the fire pump.
10. Bucket Brigade: An early effort at fire protection that used leather buckets
filled with water to combat fires. In many communities, residents were
required to place out a bucket filled with water, typically on their front steps,
at night in case of a fire in the community.
11. Captain: The second rank of promotion in the fire service, between the
lieutenant and the battaliion chief.
Captains are responsible for managing a fire company and coordinating the
activities of that company among other shifts.