Veronica Smith

editor of "Fire and Emergency Services Orientation and Terminology," Sixth Edition

December 16, 2016

Veronica Smith started working for IFSTA as a Senior Editor in April, 2012. Her first IFSTA manual was "Orientation and Terminology, Sixth Edition." She is currently working on "Vehicle Extrication, Fourth Edition." She completed the Fire Instructor 1 certification this year. She has a bachelor's and a master's from the University of Texas-Tyler in journalism and speech communication. She was a staff photographer/graphics specialist and an adjunct instructor of graphic design and communications at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas. She has previous experience as a freelance photographer, graphics technician, and display advertising photographer/editor. She is a certified scuba diver, served as a crew member on a hot air balloon team, loves water recreation, ghost hunting and travel.

The purpose of "Fire and Emergency Services Orientation and Terminology," Sixth Edition is to acquaint new firefighters with the history, traditions, terminology, organization, and operation of the fire and emergency services. In addition, the manual contains typical job and operation descriptions that should provide insight into the inner workings of the fire service. An extensive fire and emergency services glossary is included. The manual is also intended for college students who are beginning their associate's level studies in fire related fields.

The scope of this manual is to meet the learning outcomes of the National Fire Academy (NFA) Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Principles of Emergency Services associate's level course. In addition, information in this manual addresses numerous requisite knowledge items identified in Chapter 5, Fire Fighter I, and Chapter 6, Fire Fighter II, of NFPA^® 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications. The manual is intended to be used in a college classroom, but is also an excellent companion text to IFSTA's "Essentials of Fire Fighting," Sixth Edition and "Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations," Sixth Edition.

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Last Updated: 12 January 2022