I-9 - NFPA Standards - 2014

3.3.21* Hazard. A condition that presents the potential for harm or damage to people, property, or the environment. 3.3.22 Hazardous Area. The area where members might be exposed to a hazard or hazardous atmosphere. A particular substance, device, event, circumstance, or condition that presents a danger to members of the fire department. 3.3.23 Hazardous Material. A substance that is capable of creating harm to people, the environment, or property due to its toxicity, chemical reactivity, decomposition, or corrosivity; is capable of explosion or detonation; or presents etiological hazards, whether used for its intended purpose or as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD), for illicit lab purposes, environmental crimes, or industrial sabotage. 3.3.24 Incident Commander (IC). The individual responsible for all incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and the release of resources. [472, 2013] 3.3.25* Incident Management System (IMS). An organized system that defines the roles and responsibilities to be assumed by responders and the standard operating procedures to be used in the management and direction of emergency incidents and other functions. 3.3.26 Initial Attack. Fire-fighting efforts and activities that occur in the time increment between the arrival of the fire department on the scene of a fire and the tactical decision by the Incident Commander that the resources dispatched on the original response are insufficient to control and extinguish the fire, or that the fire is extinguished. 3.3.27 Life Support. 3.3.27.1 Advanced Life Support (ALS). Emergency medical services beyond basic life support that provide for advanced airway management, including intubation, advanced cardiac monitoring, defibrillation, establishment and maintenance of intravenous access, and drug therapy. 3.3.27.2* Basic Life Support (BLS). A specific level of pre-hospital emergency medical service provided by trained responders that is focused on rapidly evaluating a patient's condition; maintaining a patient's airway, breathing, and circulation; controlling external bleeding; preventing shock; and preventing further injury or disability by immobilizing potential spinal or other bone fractures. 3.3.28* Member. A person involved in performing the duties and responsibilities of a fire department, under the auspices of the organization. [1500, 2013] 3.3.29 Mutual Aid. See 3.3.22. 3.3.30 Operations. 3.3.30.1 Emergency Operations. Activities of the fire department relating to rescue, fire suppression, emergency medical service, and special operations, including response to the scene of the incident and all functions performed at the scene. 3.3.30.2* Special Operations. Those emergency incidents to which the fire department responds that require specific and advanced training and specialized tools and equipment. [1500, 2013] 3.3.31* Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC). A dedicated crew of fire fighters who are assigned for rapid deployment to rescue lost or trapped members. 3.3.32 Remote Area. See 3.3.4.1. 3.3.33 Rescue. Those activities directed at locating endangered persons at an emergency incident, removing those persons from danger, treating the injured, and providing for transport to an appropriate health care facility. [1500, 2013] 3.3.34 Rural Area. See 3.3.4.2. 3.3.35 Special Operations. See 3.3.30.2. 3.3.36 Standard Operating Procedure. A written organizational directive that establishes or prescribes specific operational or administrative methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or actions. [1521, 2008] 3.3.37 Structural Fire Fighting. The activities of rescue, fire suppression, and property conservation in buildings or other structures, vehicles, rail cars, marine vessels, aircraft, or like properties. [1710, 2010] 3.3.38 Suburban Area. See 3.3.4.3. 3.3.39 Team. Two or more members who have been assigned a common task and are in communication with each other, coordinate their activities as a work group, and support the safety of one another. 3.3.40 Urban Area. See 3.3.4.4. 3.3.41 Volunteer Fire Department. See 3.3.15.2. Chapter 4 Organization, Operation, and Deployment 4.1* Fire Suppression Organization. Fire suppression operations shall be organized to ensure that the fire department's fire suppression capability includes sufficient personnel, equipment, and other resources to deploy fire suppression resources efficiently, effectively, and safely. 4.1.1* The authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) shall promulgate the fire department's organizational, operational, and deployment procedures by issuing written administrative regulations, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and departmental orders. 4.1.2* Fire department procedures shall clearly state the succession of command responsibility. 4.2* Community Risk Management. The fire department shall participate in a process that develops a community fire and emergency medical services risk management plan. 4.2.1 The specific role of the fire department and other responding agencies shall be defined by the community risk management plan. 4.2.2* The number and type of units assigned to respond to a reported incident shall be determined by risk analysis and/or prefire planning. 4.2.3 Hazardous Materials. 4.2.3.1 The fire department shall participate in a process that develops a community risk management plan with respect to the risks associated with the storage, use, and transportation of hazardous materials. 4.2.3.2 The specific role of the fire department and other responding agencies shall be defined by the community risk management plan for hazardous materials and other special operations.