| A | B |
| Means of fire travel from the floor of origin to the floor above / below | Auto exposure |
| Metal channel or raceway allowing wiring to run from one floor to another | Bus Duct |
| Pump impeller is spinning but no water is moving | Churning |
| Subdividing of floor areas by fire resistive separations into smaller compartments | Compartmentation |
| Non load bearing exterior wall designed to keep out weather and seal off the structure | Curtain wall |
| Unit established at high rise fires for logistical support of the operation | Lobby Control |
| Supervises personnel accountability at a high rise fore | Lobby Control. |
| This is affected by fire generated heat currents, stack effect, temperature differentials and wind speed. | Natural Pressure Plane (NPP) |
| Space between the ceiling and floor | Plenum |
| Attached to standpipe outlets to prevent discharge pressures from exceeding 100psi | Pressure Reducing Devices |
| The entire area of the face of the structure that can be reached by an aerial piece without repositioning the apparatus | Scrub Area |
| The turntable should be placed in the center of the... | Scrub Area |
| Smoke proof Stair AKA.... | Fire Tower |
| Stairway separated from the building designed to prevent the spread of smoke keeping clear for evacuation | Smoke Proof Stair |
| The process where hot smoke begins to cool and lose its buoyancy | Smoke Stratification |
| First apparatus lays hose to the fire and a second apparatus lays hose to the water source | Split Lay |
| natural vertical movement of air within a structure | Stack Effect |
| The standby of uncommitted apparatus | Staging |
| When all of the building's primary vertical structures are grouped together in the center of the building. | Core construction |