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| 4501082623 | cold zone | area where the Incident Command post and support functions are located. | 0 | |
| 4501082624 | command | the first on the scene to establish order and initiate the Incident Command System. | 1 | |
| 4501082625 | decontamination | the removal or cleansing of dangerous chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials. | 2 | |
| 4501082626 | disaster plan | a predefined set of instructions for a community's emergency responders. | 3 | |
| 4501082627 | hazardous material | any substance or material in a form that poses an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce or kept in storage at a warehouse, port, depot, or railroad facility. | 4 | |
| 4501082628 | hot zone | area immediately surrounding a hazmat incident; extends far enough to prevent adverse effects outside the zone. | 5 | |
| 4501082629 | incident command | the person or persons who assume overall direction of a large-scale incident. | 6 | |
| 4501082630 | incident command system | a subset of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) designed specifically for management of multiple-casualty incidents. | 7 | |
| 4501082631 | multiple-casualty incident | any medical or trauma incident involving multiple patients. | 8 | |
| 4501082632 | national incident management system | the management system used by federal, state, and local governments to manage emergencies in the United States. | 9 | |
| 4501082633 | single incident command | command organization in which a single agency controls all resources and operations. | 10 | |
| 4501082634 | staging area | the area where ambulances are parked and other resources are held until needed. | 11 | |
| 4501082635 | staging supervisor | person responsible for overseeing ambulances and ambulance personnel at a multiple-casualty incident. | 12 | |
| 4501082636 | surge capacity | a measurable representation of ability to manage a sudden influx of patients. It is dependent on a well functioning incident management system and the variables of space, supplies, staff, and any special considerations (contaminated or contagious patients, for example). (Source: ACEP, 2011). | 13 | |
| 4501082637 | transportation supervisor | person responsible for communicating with sector officers and hospitals to manage transportation of patients to hospitals from a multiple-casualty incident. | 14 | |
| 4501082638 | treatment area | the area in which patients are treated at a multiple-casualty incident. | 15 | |
| 4501082639 | treatment supervisor | person responsible for overseeing treatment of patients who have been triaged at a multiple-casualty incident. | 16 | |
| 4501082640 | triage | the process of quickly assessing patients at a multiple-casualty incident and assigning each a priority for receiving treatment; from a French word meaning "to sort." | 17 | |
| 4501082641 | triage area | the area where secondary triage takes place at a multiple-casualty incident. | 18 | |
| 4501082642 | triage supervisor | the person responsible for overseeing triage at a multiple-casualty incident. | 19 | |
| 4501082643 | triage tag | color-coded tag indicating the priority group to which a patient has been assigned. | 20 | |
| 4501082644 | unified command | command organization in which several agencies work independently but cooperatively. | 21 | |
| 4501082645 | warm zone | area where personnel and equipment decontamination and hot zone support take place; it includes control points for the access corridor and thus assists in reducing the spread of contamination. | 22 |
