Company 12 : The basic fire fighting organizational unit; it is headed by a captain or lieutenant and includes various grades of fire fighters, as well as assigned pieces of apparatus
Ralph W. Burklin & Robert G. Purington, Fire Terms: A Guide to Their Meaning and Use, National Protection Association, Boston, MA 1980 USA. (Guide: Meaning and Use, Nat Prot Association Fr Srvc - Amer) {457}
NFPA 1410 Standard on Training for Initial Emergency Scene Operations, 2005 ed. http://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/document-i nformation-pages?mode=code&code=1410, (Std: Trng for Initial Emr Scene Opr - Amer) {397 NFC}