House Man 1 : (1) A person employed to remain in a fire station to maintain the station and receive calls. (2) A person on house watch who remains in the station to receive further calls when apparatus responds to an alarm
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}