from "A Reporter's Guide to Fire and the NFPA"   Accelerants.
Materials, usually flammable liquids, used to initiate or
increase the spread of fire.  Aerial fire apparatus.  A fire
truck equipped with an aerial ladder that brings firefighters,
water or equipment to higher levels, and also provides a means
of escape from upper stories  Aerial ladder. A power-operated
ladder permanently mounted on a piece of apparatus.  All hands.
A working fire at which all units of the first alarm assignment
are engaged in firefighting.  Apparatus. A motor-driven fire
truck or a collective group of such trucks.  Arson. The crime of
willfully burning one’s own or another’s property.  Authority
having jurisdiction. A term used in many standards and codes to
refer to the organization, office, or individual responsible for
approving equipment, procedures and construction in a town,
county, city or state.    Basic life support. Noninvasive
emergency life-saving care to treat airway obstruction, cardiac
arrest or respiratory arrest