Will You Help Student With Project?

[wrongWAY]

A local student with a summer project in occupational studies has asked me to get your help. It's two parts:

First; She is looking for firefighting lingo, jargon, terms, and acronyms that we use day in, day out.

Example; line = hose, and RIT = Rapid Intervention Team

Second; She is looking for firefighters to complete the sentence: "Never ........ "

Example; "Never enter a building alone."

Any good ones out there?

[jeg532]

irons = tools - hit the hydrant = hook up to the hydrant -

[Captain Gonzo]

I would be glad to help!
These terms are for the Northeast

Bagger: a word describing an alarm of fire. A 2 bagger is a two alarm fire, a 4 bagger is four alarms, etc.

Jake: a firefighter. this term came from the days of the first fire alarm boxes.
The key used to open the box was shaped like the letter J, a firefighter was assigned the task of holding the j-key, this became Jake.

Jake with a rake: a Jake with a rake is a firefighter with a drywall hook, pike pole, etc. If an officer says "I need a jake with a rake" he is requesting someone to come in and overhaul an area.

Part 2 of the request...from Murphy's Laws of Firefighting...

Never get on a hose line with anybody braver than you.

Never forget that all of your equipment came from the lowest bidder!

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Firefighters: Today's heroes protecting everyone's tomorrows!
Captain Gonzo

[E229Lt]

TAKE=BREAK, ex: take the door, take the glass

RUN=ANY CALL

ROAST=FIRE VICTIM (I know that's nasty)

HENNY YOUNGMAN=ONE LINE FIRE, OR ONE LINER

MOP AND GLOW=HAZMAT JOB

JOHNNY=PROBIE

Now for part two:

Never say Never.

[postal79]

Hit = A call

Worker= Actual fire

Packed up = Wearing full scba

Hat = helmet

gloworm = haz mat person

truckie = f/f from truck co.
give me some more time to think and more will come

[Firediver]

Blue Canary= the police at a Haz Mat scene (from the canaries miners used to detect bad gas)

Plug= not so nice term for an incompentent FF

Part 2

Never test a new recipe at the firestation http://www.firehouse.com/forums/biggrin.gif

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Craig Walker

stay low....stay safe....BUT GET YOU SOME!!!!

[spo0k]

Never let the nozzle touch the floor when there is anyone else near you

Never let anyone convince you "the captain wants you over there, i'll hold the line for you while you go check it out"

Never leave a building w/o your partner

[NCFiremedic]

Vomit Commando = EMS people (I R 1)
Wheelchock = New Guy
ART= Assumed Room Temp
DRT= Dead Right There
Big guns= Deck Gun/Portable monitor

Never follow someone CRAZIER than you. (Officers are not crazier than you. They call it experience!!!!)

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Running a code is easy.
The hard part starts when you bringem back and have a 30-40 min transport

[XXLdogg]

OFR = Out For Repair
OOS = Out Of Service
OML = On Medical Leave
OPL = On Personal Leave
CHAOS = Chief Has Arrived On Scene
MFA = Malicious False Alarm
UFA = Unintentional False Alarm
GOA = Gone On Arrival
"Stretch a line!" means advance a hoseline
Probie or Newbie is a probationary firefighter
"BOPPIE" is local term for probationary firefighter (BOP = Brother On Probation)

Never team up with a firefighter named "BooBoo"

Never believe it when they tell you that the dog don't bite!

Never believe they'll pay you back next payday

[eCappy]

NEVER believe everything you hear!

[E_man9RFD]

Here are some from the Northeast and the Bluegrass (Not in any particular order) :

Never eat more than your mask can hold.

Never say, "good bye."

Bucket= Helmet

Far= Fire

Fyah= Fire

Far-truck= Engine

Tankah= Tanker

Knob/pipe= nozzle

Job= Working fire (far/fyah)

Plug= hydrant

Lowry= portable hydrant- used in Boston.

Choad= ingnorant firefighter.

LDH= Large diameter hose

Band aid= EMT or Medic

Rig/Bus= Ambulance

Bronx Bazooka= 2 and a half inch smooth bore nozzle

Yankee= Transplanted New England Firefighter (guess who)

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AAD
Eng. Co. 9
RFD

"In all of us there are heroes... speak to them and they will come forth."

"In order for us to achieve all that is demanded of us, we must regard ourselves as greater than we are."

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[ggtruckie]

"Job"=descibes a true incident not a false alarm. ie working house fire
"throw the stick"=put the arial ladder up

Never let go of the line or it will become someone elses.

[CV639]

Big Stick=aerial ladder mounted to the truck

Glow Worm=Haz-mat people

SWAG=Superficial Wild Ass Guess

Crispy Critter=Burnt Victim

Flag Pole= New guy,usually cause they stand back like a pole watching

Puke Box=ambulance

Frequent Flyer=someone who constantly calls on us

DAD=Dead As Dirt

Hook=Pike Pole

Bat Belt= The "magic belt" every probie gets that has 50 million gadgets and do-dads on it "just incase" they need it

Portable=portable radio that we carry

Anchor=Fat guy on the boat

RIT=Rapid Intervention Team

Jump seat=seat on the back of the truck where the firefighters have air packs and things to get ready to go in with (aka pack seats)


Part 2:

NEVER leave your food unattended


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My Opinions are mine and mine alone. They don't reflect my departments or anyone on my department's opinions.

[lumpy649]

CATCH HEAT- run a working fire

CUT, PIN JOB- extrication, accident with entrapment

MWF (meatball with feet)- Large patient

SNOT-SLINGER- high-speed wreck

ROMPER ROOM- slang for a crazy crew

KNUCKLE DRAGGER- truck company firefighter

INSURANCE-ITIS- A common medical condition suffered by a patient from a minor bumper-thumper accident that wants to go to the ER

BOULEVARD JIMMY- pedestrian struck by a vehicle

FLATBACKING- Getting some sleep, usually applies to a lazy person who sleeps excessively


NEVER dish out what you can't take in return... goes for anything from pranks to rumors!


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[Jay19fire]

CAFS- Compressed Air Foam System
PPV- Positive Pressure Ventilation

*WALLACE WAS HOT*
Water
Area
Life
Location, extent
Appartus
Construction/collapse
Exposures

Weather
Auxiliary appliances
Special operations/concerns

Height
Occupancy
Time

Never stand on or near a 5 inch hose when it is being dropped from the truck or when it is being charged!

Never forget that you are human and that things can and will go wrong.

Never look a victim in the eyes.

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-JaY-

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[SCNOZZLEMAN]

Never say Never in the fire service, because when you say it will never happen, it WILL..................

[Neal_HP105]

Just a few come to mind:

"LineJob"- Working Fire

"Hook-up & Pump"- Reverse lay using soft suction at the hydrant

"Feed the Stick"- Setting up the Ladder truck for tower operations

[FDPappy]

words for stuff:

grinder is a car wreck
taxpayer is a strip mall
2 bells is a 2nd alarm
3 bells is a 3rd alarm, etc...
stick is an aerial ladder
small ones are 1 1/2" attack lines
"Show E2 out, one small one on an auto (fire)"

Never...
Never let guys known as Charcoal Charley, Parking Lot Pete, or Sorround-n-Drown Sam take command of structure fires.


Best quote I ever heard:
"Somedays so-so is as good as it gets" Alan Brunacini, Chief, Phoenix Fire

[LMfire]

The most important thing we should always remember...

We NEVER trade life for property!

[Althea Forhan]

Hmmmm...

Haligan Tool=big metal tool that's kinda like a crowbar-also pronounced "Hooligan" as in a Hooligan's favorite tool. http://www.firehouse.com/forums/wink.gif

Turnout Boy= a really obnoxious, arrogant, self-rightious kid bareley out of his rookie year on a neighboring dept. who wears his turnouts everywhere, even to the grocery store.

The Twins= our two oldest captains who pal around a lot and are known to dress alike.See "Fossil"and "Dinosaur"

To steal another's line-"Never let a victim's ghost say we didn't try"

Althea

Nice to hear from you, Captain Gonzo!

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[Lewiston2Capt]

With regard to the blue canary comment, I have heard them called blue/grey litmus paper, for the following reason:

If the officer is at a haz mat scene first they are probably too close, that being said. If the officer is still standing the substance is not toxic. If the fusee hasn't lit anything then it probably isnt flammable, and if there is still paint on the car then the substance isn't corrosive.

Fry Pie- See crispy critter.

FDGB - Fall Down Go Boom.


Never...
Never go in empty handed.

P.S. Captain Gonzo, I thought the J key was the tool used in by fire brigades colonial america to take apart bedframes because they were the most expensive item in the house.

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Shawn M. Cecula
Captain
Lewiston Fire Co. No. 2

[FFTrainer]

Dinosaur / Fossil: the guy milking it until retirement that is always against new equipment and/or new methods of doing things.

Road Pizza: see Lumpy's "Boulevard Jimmy"

Bus: Ambulance

Twinkie Van: Bus tranporting a patient with an altered mental status.

Twinkie Farm: Destination of the above.

BRT - Big Red Truck (Fire Engine)

SFD - Single Family Dwelling

AFA - Activated Fire Alarm

Hey Jay19Fire - that Wallace Was Hot thing, I see you're from Mendham -- sounds like a Jumpin' Jack saying........

[Fire/Rescue43]

Here are a couple we use.

Car-b-que - Vehicle fire.

IC - Incident Commader

Whacker - Member who is overly guho, goes on almost every call, carries more equipment that most appratus, blue light wider than car, etc.

Pee Can - an Indian Back Pack Hand Pump Fire Extingusher.

Pack or Air Pack - Self Contained Breathing Appratus (SCBA)

Jaws - Hydraulic Rescue Tools

Gear or Turnout Gear - Protective clothing, pants, coat, boots, gloves, hood, helmet.

Never say you've seen it all.

[CV639]

Just a few more I ve heard:

Code=Cardiac Arrest

Coptometer= see Blue Canary

Men In Black= Coroners

Meyer-n-Perfater call= (local law firm specializing in personal injury) The calls for minor fender benders that the people have so much neck and back pain they need to go to the ER.

B.O.B= (Baby On Board)When you delivey a baby in the ambulance while en route.

FUBARED= F*cked Up Beyond Any Recognization Except Dental

Master Key= any forcible entry tool, esp. an axe.

Mutual Aid= Where one department comes to anothes aid for manpower, equipment, etc.

Knox Box= A box where the keys to enter a building are stored. Usually you have the "Knox Box" key on the truck to get access to the wad of keys kept inside.

Tag-along= Ride-alongs on the ambulance

"My Baby Looks Hot Tonight"= used to help keep the order straight when putting a KED on a wreck victim... My=Middle Baby=Bottom Looks=Legs Hot=Head Tonight=Top

Thats about all I can think of for now!

Stay Safe and Kick the Fire's A**



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My Opinions are mine and mine alone. They don't reflect my departments or anyone on my department's opinions.

[Jay19fire]

Hey FFTrainer....email me at Jay19fire@aol.com because i would like to talk to you. Jack is my father and i am from Brookside Eng. Company #1. How do u know him? Where are you from? Please email me if u get this? thank you and sorry for cluttering up the post!

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-JaY-

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[caza_28]

wow it seems we have covered all of them, but i got one

lawn dart= smoke jumper

stay safe

[wrongWAY]

Let me say THANK YOU for all your help and for the GREAT answers! The feedback from the student, her class, and her instructor was terrific. They really appreciated your help!

[SRFD3114]

Here are a few that we use in the mid-west.

1050 or MVA - Motor Vehicle Accident
MCI - Mass Cassualty Incedent
IC - Incident Command
FAE - Fire Apparatus Engineer

Hope this helps. If I think of any others I will post again. :)

[LACAPT]

up here in the great white north we have a few; meat wagon= ambulance
probie= rookie
orficer= anybody in the fire service that aint firefighter.
lock and load= gimme water at the nozzle
cooker= fully involved fire

never turn your back on a fire, never turn your back on a ladder, and never turn your back on an angry woman :eek:

[Station 19]

mucket bucket = ambulance
nuckle buster = cupling
EPS = emergency psychiatric services
check up from the neck up = same as above
working code = C.P.R. in progress on the heart attack victim
yard ornament/peck = someone who stands outside and goes in after the fire goes out.
running the bars = forcible entry person.
Pick up the split = completion of water supply at some point between the scene and the hydrant
riding the seat = officer's position
wheel boss = driver/pump operator
bucket = where you sit

Never get off the apparatus without a tool in your hand.

[OSIRIS500]

NEVER THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING!

[phxfiredude]

booter= probationary firefighter
frequent flyer.. someone you always run on
918= crazy person
chow= dinner or food
drone = lazy fireman :-)
stratotime = resting at the station
bone wagon= ambulance
its 1 am and my mind is hurting from thinking anymore hehe

never .... play fetch with your dog using your own toothbrush use your roomate or friends instead lol

never ...wake up a ladder guy without a treat in your hand ... they tend to be grumpy and bite hehe

never eat chocalate chip ice cream if its in a container labeled vanilla

never...ever...bite your chief , he doesnt like that or at least wont admit it

never....feed your dog beans when you leave him in your house while your working a 24 hour shift( learned this the hard way )

never....eat at a restraunt that is next to a pet store

never...play tag with a bear

never take life or youth for granted it far too precious

never ever let me on the computer at this hour , for i am far to goofy and silly :-)~


:eek:

[hctrouble25]

Band-Aid Application Technician or BAATS- EMTs - hahaha I can say this cause I am one

Head popper - Decapitation - horrible I know but when we talk about it others that aren't familiar don't know what we are saying

Top off - fill the truck with water and gas after a call or drill

Lt. Obvious - nickname for anyone that does something stupid at the fire scene

Try before you pry - we always say this....check the door, window, etc. before you break into it..it might be unlocked and easily opened without force.

60 - number for Chief - lots of time we just say 60 instead of Chief - here in NJ we use the 10-code method of communication. So Station Number such as 21 and then 60 to designate Chief of station 21 Fire. EMS stations are 50 for the Chief so 21-50 is the EMS Chief. Same with trucks - 21-63 is a pumper, 21-71 is a tanker, 21-81 is a brush truck, 21-69 always designates a ladder truck.

NEVER GO INTO A FIRE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS BRAVER THAN YOU ARE.

NEVER CRY, THROW UP, LOSE IT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC...YOU REPRESENT THE WHOLE FIRE COMPANY NOT JUST ONE PERSON

NEVER EVER FORGET TO BLEED THE LINE BEFORE HITTING THE FIRE

NEVER FORGET THAT ANYONE CAN FIGHT A FIRE BUT ONLY A FEW CAN CALL THEMSELVES FIRE FIGHTERS

[captstanm1]

worker-working fire

job-working fire

snot slinger-bad accident

"give them some stop flop"-anti seizure meds

running hot-responding to hospital with true emergency

catch the hydrant-lay a line to the fire

open up-ventilate

darken down- extinguish the fire

"can man" firefighter with portable 2 1/2 gallon water extinguisher

"Irons" Flat head ax and haligan bar combo

I am sure there are more!

"Never trust a guy who will tell you he has done it all or knows it all." (we all have something to learn)

"Never assume the other guy is gonna do it"

"Never assume the car in the intersection is gonna give you the right of way."

"Never become complacant"

"Never accept a fireground assignment unless u are trained to do so and understand the assignment."

(ok..before someone gets on me abou the last one..clarification...Example.. .If you are not trained to do so...dont put on a level A Haz Mat suit and attempt to make entry.)

[MikeF25]

How about this one I didn't see it.


NEVER leave the scene with less people then you came with.

although it is obvious.

[Torched Medic]

CTD-Circle The Drain
10-8 With Jesus- Dead
Squeez the Football- Squeeze the AmbuBag
DMF-Drunk Mother F@#$%&@
Ground Pounder- Wildland firefighter cutting line.
Painted Pink- Got caught in a slurry drop
Widow Maker- Snag caught in the trees that could fall on a firefighter.
Shake-&-Bake- Fire shelter

Never take your drip torch with you into the fire shelter.

[smokeyben1]

Some terms we use down-under are:-
Run - fire call
Job - working fire
Joey - false alarm,call
A.F.A. - automatic fire alarm
C.A.B.A. - compressed air breathing apparatus
Line - hose
Motor - pumper
Sticks - ladders
Turn-out - firefighting gear

[Badge of Honor]

1. Buzzing the Lock - Cutting locks with
power saw
2. Rekindle - Truck Company not doing there
job
3. The Beast - Fire

4. Can - Water Extinguisher

5. VES - Vent, Enter, Search

6. OV - Outside Ventilation.

Never leave the Truck with out something in your hand

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