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Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 10:00 PM
Site: HOMEPAGE
Course: AFAD OTIZM DOWN (AFAD OTIZM DOWN)
Glossary: Digital Dictionary
GENERAL TERMS

Fire Extinguisher

A device containing material that can stop a fire from burning.


Red Crescent / Red Cross

An international organization that takes care of people in danger.





Elevators

A device that moves up and down, carrying people from one floor of a building to another.


Evacuation

To move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe.

Helicopter Rescue

An helicopter dedicated to securing somebody.


Emergency Service


Urgent care department for first treatment at the hospital.


Emergency Call

Phone call made by a person to ask for help during emergency situations.


Emergency Exit

A door that opens outwards  to use for escaping in case of danger.


Puddle

A puddle or stream of water on dry surfaces.


Fog

A weather condition in which very small drops of water are close to the land, making it difficult to see.


Muster Area

A place where everyone in an area is ordered to go in case of emergency or danger.


Disaster

Natural events such as earthquakes, fires and floods that damage people, animals and buildings are called disasters.


Fire Extinguisher Cabinet

Cabinet with fire hose, sprinkler and faucet.


Cellar

The floor below the ground floor of a building.


First Aid Kit

A box or bag that contains basic medical equipment.



Temporary Shelter

Public buildings, guesthouses, sports halls, social facilities, schools, large tents, etc., set up in order to provide temporary housing for victims of disasters.


Fire Stairway

A staircase for leaving a building in case of a fire or emergency.


First Aid

Emergency action undertaken until the health personnel who will provide medical assistance arrives.




Wounded

A person that is injured, for example with a cut or a hole in the skin.


Debris

Remains of collapsed buildings and goods.


Disaster Relief Tent

Short-term emergency shelter, which is sent right after disasters or emergencies.


Bunker

A place where you can get protection from danger.


Rescue

Securing someone from a dangerous situation.


Flashlight

A small light you can carry around.


Building Collapse

When a building falls down due to pressure or lack of support.


The High Point

A place that is above everything else in the area, where you could be safe in case of floods.


Drill

Action to test the adequacy of the procedures to be taken in case of emergency or danger.


Disaster Victim

People affected by disaster are called disaster victims.


Whistle

An object that you blow through in order to make a loud sound.


Disaster and Emergency Supply Bag

Bag containing emergency items and documents to be used during and after the disaster.


PROPER ACTIONS

Scream For Help

Screaming for help from someone in a dangerous situation.


Go To Muster Area

Seeking a safe place to avoid a dangerous situation (search for safe place)


Ask someone for help

Go to a person who can help to avoid a dangerous situation.


Do Not Use Lift

Do not use the machine used to go up or down in buildings in dangerous situations.


Do Not Inhale Smoke

Do not breathe the gray or black gas produced when something is burned.


Stay Away From Buildings

Staying away from buildings for protection during and after an earthquake.


Send Message

Sending a help message via phone to a person who is not with you.


Drop-Cover-Hold


For protection during earthquake 
(1) Drop down onto hands and knees, 
(2) Cover head and neck, 
(3) Hold on to shelter.
 

Run! Hurry Up!

To run, to hurry up to get out of a dangerous situation.


To Extinguish

Stop the burning of.


Whistle For Help

Make a high sound by forcing air through a small hole or passage, especially through the lips, or through a special device held to the lips.


Go To A Reliable Person

Going to an adult for protection from a dangerous situation(Go to an adult)


RELIABLE BUILDINGS

Hospital

A health institution that provides outpatient or inpatient health services to sick and injured people.


Police Station

Buildings and facilities where police officers work


Fire Department

Fire extinguishing process and the general name given to the organization performing this process


AFAD

The place where men and women work in uniforms that help people when disasters such as earthquakes, fires, and floods occur in Türkiye.


RELIABLE STAFF

Disaster Response Team

A group of specially trained people wearing uniforms who help people in disasters such as earthquakes, floods, storms, and fires.


Medical Staff

Men and women in white coats who prescribe medicine, dress and operate to heal us when we are sick or injured


Police

Men and women wearing blue and black uniforms protecting people's belongings, cars, homes and themselves


Rescue Dog

Dog trained to find or rescue people or objects


Firefighter

Men and women wearing red uniforms who are tasked with putting out fires in and around our home


Soldier

Men and women wearing blue, green or white uniforms with markings on their arms and shoulders, protecting our country in the air, on land and at sea.


RELIABLE TOOLS

Helicopter

Rotary-wing aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing from the ground


Ambulance

Specially equipped vehicles for transporting the sick or injured between hospitals or for the purpose of transporting them to the hospital





Police Car

White vehicles with blue inscriptions used by the police

Fire Truck

Cars and trucks used by firefighters to extinguish fires and carry firefighters' belongings


WARNING SIGNS

Electrical Hazard

Warning sign against electrical hazard.


Fire Danger

Warning sign against fire danger.

 

Siren

Loud sounding device used by police, ambulances and firefighters


Warning

Warning sign against dangers.

Fire Bell

Alarm bell to be used to warn people if there is a fire in the building we are in


EMERGENCIES

Explosion

Dispersal of a place with a great noise.


Being Lost

Not knowing where we are.


Car Accident

An event that happens by chance, especially a harmful one.


Poisoning

Something we eat, drink or smell makes us sick.


Drowning

Fainting, dying from not being able to breathe underwater.


DISASTERS

Landslide

The falling of earth down a steep slope.


Avalanche

The sudden rush of a large amount of snow, ice, or rocks down a mountain

Rock Fall

The falling of rocks down a somewhere.


Storm

Very strong wind that brings rain and lightning from the sky.


Flood

Flooding of water on land that is not normally underwater.


Earthquake

A shaking or other movement of part of the earth's surface.


Fire

Great fires that give to the place where we live.


Forest Fire

The great fire that destroys the forests.

 

Tsunami

Big wave formed by the shaking in the sea and damaging the place we live in.



Lightning Strike

Noisy electricity falling down from the clouds in the sky.


Volcanic Eruption

Big fires bursting out under the mountains.