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Firefighter
Dictionary: Q
The following is common terminology to
structural fire firefighters. There are additional definitions for emergency
medical terminology, building construction, arson investigation and
hazardous materials and more. Please note that some definitions have more
than one meaning but are spelled the same. Click on a letter to take you to that index.
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Quad |
A
four way combination fire apparatus; sometimes referred to as quadruple
combination, a quad combines the water tank, pump, and hose of a pumper
with the ground ladder complement of a truck company. |
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Quality assurance [QA]
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A system of
practices, procedures, and activities that are taken to provide
assurance that the work being carried out will meet defined standards of
quality. The assessment of the potential for a procedure to produce
sampling results of adequate quality to satisfy the defined objectives.
The primary purpose of a quality assurance program is to provide the
necessary safeguards to minimize erroneous sample analyses and to
provide a means of detecting errors when they occur. |
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Quantitative fit test [QNFT]
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An
assessment of the adequacy of respirator fit by numerically measuring
the amount of leakage into the respirator. |
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Quarantine
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The
limitation of freedom of movement of well persons or domestic animals
that have been exposed lo a communicable disease, for a period of time
equal to the longest incubation period of the disease, in such manner as
to prevent effective contact with those not exposed. |
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Quarters |
A
fire station. |
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Quell
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Suppress. |
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Quench |
To
extinguish a fire by cooling. |
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Quick-drench shower
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A
facility, positioned in the immediate work area where there is a possibility
of a hazard to the skin, such as corrosion, skin absorption, etc., for
quickly drenching the body with water. |
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Quint
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Same as quad, but with an aerial
ladder added. |
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