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BCAS

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BC ambulance service

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CFF

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Contingency fire fighter

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DEC

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Daily estimated cost

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EFF

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Emergency fire fighter

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FBA

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Fire behaviour advisory

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GVRD

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Greater Vancouver regional district (metro Vancouver)

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HA

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Hectare

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IA

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Initial attack

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LM

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Left message

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L/L

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Landline

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MCU

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Mobile command unit

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NCI

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Next check in

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AAO

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Air attack officer

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A/L

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Annual leave

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A/P

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Airport

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ATR

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Air tanker request

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ATV

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All terrain vehicle

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BCGEU

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BC government employees union

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BUI

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Build up index

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Bx

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Bucketing

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CFF

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Contingency fire fighter

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CFFDRS

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Canadian forest fire danger rating system

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CIFFC

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Canadian interagency forest fire centre

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CN

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Canadian National Railway

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CP

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Canadian pacific railway

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Cx

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Cancel

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DC

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Drought code

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DLS

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Dry land sort

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DMC

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Duff moisture code

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DND

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Department of national defence

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DSF

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Dangerous snag faller

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DTA

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Danger tree assessor

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DTF

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Danger tree faller

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EFF

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Emergency fire fighter

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EMBC

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Emergency Management BC

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EMT

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Emergency medical technician

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EOC

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Emergency operations centre

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A/C

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Aircraft

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ETA

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Estimated Time of Arrival

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ETC

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Estimated time of completion

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ETD

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Estimated time of departure

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ETR

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Estimated time of return

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ETA

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Estimated time of arrival

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ETC

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Estimated time of completion

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ETD

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Estimated time of departure

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ETR

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Estimated time of return

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ETV

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Emergency transport vehicle

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F&B

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Felled and bucked timber

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FBP

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Fire behaviour prediction

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FD

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Fire department

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FFMC

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Fine fuel moisture code

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FLNRO

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Forest, lands and natural resource operations

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FPA

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Forest protection assistant

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FPO

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Forest protection officer

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FPT

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Forest protection technician

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FSR

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Forest service road

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FW

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Fire warden

Fixed wing

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FWI

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Fire weather index

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FYI

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For your information

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GPS

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Global Positioning System

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H/C

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Helicopter

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Heli

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Helicopter

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IC

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Incident commander

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ICS

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Incident command system

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IFR

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Initial fire report

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IMT

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Incident management team

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INAC

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Indian and northern affairs canada

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IPR

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Initial phone report

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ISI

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Initial spread index

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IT

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Island timberlands

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MEDEVAC

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Medical evacuation flight

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ML

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MOTI

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Ministry of transportation and infrastructure

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MOU

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Memorandum of understanding

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MSDS

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Material safety data sheet

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MZOC

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Ministry zone operations centre

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NCI

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Next check in

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NIFC

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National interagency centre

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NOTAM

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Notices to airmen

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OFC

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Office of the fire commissioner

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OFTS

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Open fire tracking system

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OT

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PATC

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Provincial air tanker centre

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PACO

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Provincial air coordination officer

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PEP

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Provincial emergency program

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Ph

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PWCO

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Provincial wildfire coordination officer

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PFFRC

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Provincial Forest fire report centre

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P/U

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Px

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Passengers

Persons

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RABC

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Regional air branch coordinator

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RCMP

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Royal Canadian mounted police

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RH

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Relative humidity

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RO

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Response officer

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ROS

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Rate of spread

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RTS

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Resource tracking system

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RW

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Rotary wing

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RWCO

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Regional wildfire coordination officer

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Rx

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SAR

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Search and rescue

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S/I

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Still idle

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SOP

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Standard operating procedure

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TBA

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To be announced

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TDG

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Transport dangerous goods

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TFL

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Tree farm license

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TOC

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Table of contents

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T R I M

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Terrain records information Management

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TP 2003

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Training partner 2003 certificate program

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TSL

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Timber sale license

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Tx

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U/S

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Unserviceable

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UHF

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Ultra high frequency

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VFR

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Visual flight rules

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VHF

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Very high frequency

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VI

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Ventilation index

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WCB

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Workers compensation board

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WHMIS

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Workplace hazardous materials information sheets

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Wx

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ZWCO

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Zone wildfire response officer

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OFA

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Occupational first aid

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3 duties of a dispatcher

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  • responsible for the accurately and timely safety monitoring of officers, crews, district personnel and aircraft
  • responsible for initiating emergency procedures/protocols
  • responsible for the accurate and timely dispatching of fire response personnel and other resources
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Forest Fire

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An unplanned fire on Forest or range lands or a prescribed fire that has escaped its authorized burning area

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Interface fire

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A fire occurring on the line between forest or range lands and human occupied areas

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Nuisance fire

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A fire that doesn’t spread to forest or range lands or beyond he area of authorized burning

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Dispatchers primary attributes

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Keen attention to detail
High standard of job performance and work ethics
Multi-taking skills

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Smoke chase

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A smoke report where there is no fire

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Full response

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A wildfire that required immediate and aggressive initial attack

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Modified response

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Where a wildfire is allowed to burn win set policy and management guidelines

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No action fire

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Either extreme fire behaviour that is too dangerous to act on or when the vault of the fire burning is less expensive than fighting the fire

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V1

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Haig - alpha, bravo, Charlie, delta, Zulu, trailblazer
Boston bar - crew rotation
Haida gwaii - n/a
Cultus lake - Fraser unit crew

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VA

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Mid coast - crew rotation

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V5

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Powell river - coast India

Sechelt - coast hotel, whiskey

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V3

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Squamish - coast golf

Pemberton - echo, foxtrot, seeker Darcy, Salish my. Currie

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V6

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Cobble hill - Romeo, Sierra Quebec, Yankee

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V7

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Errington - papa, Oscar, tango

Port Alberni - thunderbird

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V8

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Quinsam - kilo, mike, November, victor

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