Dispatch Flashcards

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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

A

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

A

Fire behaviour prediction

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FD

A

Fire department

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51
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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

A

Forest service road

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FW

A

Fire warden

Fixed wing

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FWI

A

Fire weather index

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FYI

A

For your information

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GPS

A

Global Positioning System

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H/C

A

Helicopter

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Heli

A

Helicopter

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IC

A

Incident commander

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ICS

A

Incident command system

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IFR

A

Initial fire report

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IMT

A

Incident management team

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INAC

A

Indian and northern affairs canada

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IPR

A

Initial phone report

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ISI

A

Initial spread index

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IT

A

Island timberlands

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MEDEVAC

A

Medical evacuation flight

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ML

A

Mainline

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MOTI

A

Ministry of transportation and infrastructure

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MOU

A

Memorandum of understanding

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MSDS

A

Material safety data sheet

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MZOC

A

Ministry zone operations centre

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NCI

A

Next check in

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NIFC

A

National interagency centre

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NOTAM

A

Notices to airmen

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OFC

A

Office of the fire commissioner

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OFTS

A

Open fire tracking system

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OT

A

Overtime

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PATC

A

Provincial air tanker centre

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PACO

A

Provincial air coordination officer

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PEP

A

Provincial emergency program

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Ph

A

Phoned in

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PWCO

A

Provincial wildfire coordination officer

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PFFRC

A

Provincial Forest fire report centre

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P/U

A

Pick up

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Px

A

Passengers

Persons

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RABC

A

Regional air branch coordinator

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RCMP

A

Royal Canadian mounted police

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Q

RH

A

Relative humidity

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RO

A

Response officer

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ROS

A

Rate of spread

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RTS

A

Resource tracking system

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RW

A

Rotary wing

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RWCO

A

Regional wildfire coordination officer

99
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Rx

A

Receive

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Q

SAR

A

Search and rescue

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S/I

A

Still idle

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SOP

A

Standard operating procedure

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TBA

A

To be announced

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TDG

A

Transport dangerous goods

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TFL

A

Tree farm license

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TOC

A

Table of contents

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T R I M

A

Terrain records information Management

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TP 2003

A

Training partner 2003 certificate program

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TSL

A

Timber sale license

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Tx

A

Transmit

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U/S

A

Unserviceable

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UHF

A

Ultra high frequency

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VFR

A

Visual flight rules

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VHF

A

Very high frequency

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VI

A

Ventilation index

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WCB

A

Workers compensation board

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WHMIS

A

Workplace hazardous materials information sheets

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Wx

A

Weather

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ZWCO

A

Zone wildfire response officer

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OFA

A

Occupational first aid

121
Q

3 duties of a dispatcher

A
  • 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
122
Q

Forest Fire

A

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

123
Q

Interface fire

A

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

124
Q

Nuisance fire

A

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

125
Q

Dispatchers primary attributes

A

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

126
Q

Smoke chase

A

A smoke report where there is no fire

127
Q

Full response

A

A wildfire that required immediate and aggressive initial attack

128
Q

Modified response

A

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

129
Q

No action fire

A

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

130
Q

V1

A

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

131
Q

VA

A

Mid coast - crew rotation

132
Q

V5

A

Powell river - coast India

Sechelt - coast hotel, whiskey

133
Q

V3

A

Squamish - coast golf

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

134
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V6

A

Cobble hill - Romeo, Sierra Quebec, Yankee

135
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V7

A

Errington - papa, Oscar, tango

Port Alberni - thunderbird

136
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V8

A

Quinsam - kilo, mike, November, victor