Which term means to make less severe or to reduce the severity of a hazard?

• A. Hazard
• B. Mitigate
• C. Hot Zone
• D. IDLH

Answer: (B)

Mitigate means to make less severe or reduce the severity of a hazard. In safety and firefighting, mitigation involves applying controls to lower either the likelihood of an incident or its consequences, such as isolating the hazard, improving ventilation to reduce smoke, cooling with water, or using safer procedures and PPE. The other terms describe a hazard itself, a particularly dangerous area, or an atmosphere immediately dangerous to life and health, none of which convey the idea of reducing severity.