What does mitigate mean?

• A. Hazard
• B. Mitigate
• C. Line Personnel
• D. Inverter

Answer: (B)

Mitigate means to lessen or reduce the risk, harm, or impact of a hazard or incident. In firefighting and emergency operations, mitigation is about taking actions that limit spread, lower exposure, or decrease consequences. For example, shutting off a gas supply, isolating the scene, cooling exposures with water, or creating barriers are all mitigation actions. The other terms don’t describe this reducing-action: a hazard is the danger itself, line personnel are the responders, and an inverter is a device that converts electrical current. So mitigation is about applying measures to reduce the danger.