The American Sign Language Glossary
Deaf and hard of hearing populations have historically struggled to gain access to information in their daily lives. This struggle is intensified during disasters and emergencies. This American Sign Language (ASL) glossary aims to increase that access by defining terminology that certified ASL interpreters will use when delivering emergency information to the public during a disaster. The videos feature Certified Deaf Interpreters Shelley Herbold and Beca Bailey, who are qualified interpreters under the Emergency Response Interpreter Credentialing (ERIC) Program.
The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) created the ASL glossary of emergency management terminology through a grant from the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Burden, Capacity
Burden, Capacity
Burden: Resources required to address an emergency or disaster situation; Capacity: An organization's ability to meet the burden required to address an emergency or disaster situation.
Contingency Plan
Contingency Plan
A back-up plan of action when actions described in the primary plan are no longer appropriate.
Burn Out Operations
Burn Out Operations
Setting fire inside a control line to consume fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line. Prevents the fire from growing and potentially jumping the control line.
Air Quality
Air Quality
The composition of air with respect to quantities of pollution therein; used most frequently in connection with "standards" of maximum acceptable pollutant concentrations. Used instead of "air pollution" when referring to programs.
Bacteria, Virus
Bacteria, Virus
Bacteria: 1) tiny one-celled organisms present throughout the environment that require a microscope to be seen. While not all bacteria are harmful, some cause disease.; 2) germs or “bugs” that can infect people, animals, plants, other living things, soil, water, and other parts of the environment; germs that grow and can cause sickness; we can treat these sicknesses with medicines called antibiotics. Virus: germs that need a host, which is a living thing, such as people, animals, or plants, to survive. The germs get into a cell, take it over, and force it to copy the germs so they increase in number and spread through the body.
Circulating Water System
Circulating Water System
A cooling water system that removes excess heat from the main condenser by continuously supplying cooled water from a cooling tower, river or lake to the main condenser and returning the heated water to a cooling tower, river or lake.
Cold Shutdown
Cold Shutdown
A plant condition in which the reactor is shut down (sub-critical) and the reactor coolant temperature is below the boiling point.
Burden, Capacity
Burden, Capacity
Burden: Resources required to address an emergency or disaster situation; Capacity: An organization's ability to meet the burden required to address an emergency or disaster situation.
Contingency Plan
Contingency Plan
A back-up plan of action when actions described in the primary plan are no longer appropriate.