red hat n.— «Last year, for instance, fewer than 3,930 of the 10,726 people who went through basic mine safety training wound up as “red hats,” slang for new miners who have passed training exams, made it through a coal...
hell night n.— «It was all about alleged hazing at the Memphis fire department during a training event commonly called “hell night.”…Memphis City leaders promise their firefighter training has changed since some...
whoa break v. phr.— «If Lantz could “whoa break” my 3-year-old son as well as he did the pups, I would be glad to pay the training bill.» —“Quail season off to good start” by Bob Bledsoe Tulsa...
coptometer n.— «“This is a different kind of training, because usually an officer rushes right in. Here, we get them to approach slowly and size up the situation.”…“Identify. Isolate. Notify. Stay uphill, upwind, upstream and...
blue canary n.— «“This is a different kind of training, because usually an officer rushes right in. Here, we get them to approach slowly and size up the situation,” said Chinn, a former narcotics officer who first got anti-terrorism...
blue canary n.— «The report says the department does not outfit all its vehicles with gas detectors or binoculars, which would enable rescue workers to identify a hazardous material by a placard from a safe distance. Instead, some rescue...