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

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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 *** 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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