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Automatic Call Distribution

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ACD

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Americans with Disabilities Act

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ADA

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Helicopters or planes used to drop water or fire retardant in large quantities

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Aerial Firefighting

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A specialty vehicle used exclusively for aircraft firefighting

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Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Vehicle (ARFF)

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Automatic Location Identification

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ALI

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Automatic Number Identification

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ANI

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Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials

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APCO

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A threat of bodily harm that reasonably causes fear

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Assault

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Attempt To Locate

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ATL

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A portable device which delivers an electrical shock to a patient’s heart during arrest

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Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

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Automatic Vehicle Locator

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AVL

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Emergency medical care provided by emergency medical technicians and paramedics that involve non-invasive procedures

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Basic Life Support (BLS)

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Some type of physical contact has occurred

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Battery

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Be On the Look Out

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BOLO

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Left side of a structure as established by incident command

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Bravo

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Four wheel drive vehicle that is capable of responding to off-road incidents

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Brush Truck

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The protective clothing worn by firefighters for interior structural firefighting

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Bunker Gear

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Unlawfully entering a dwelling, structure, or conveyance with the intent to commit an offense inside

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Burglary

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The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies

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CALEA

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A technique which utilizes rescue breathing and chest compressions when a patient has suffered from cardiac arrest

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

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Blood flow is interrupted to a part of the brain due to a blood clot

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Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) / Stroke

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Rear side of a structure as established by incident command

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Charlie

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Criminal Justice Information System

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CJIS

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A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering

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Compassion

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Any premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs, and data which results in violence against non-combatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents (hacking)
Cyberterrorism
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Driver and Vehicle Information Database
DAVID
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Right side of a structure as established by incident command
Delta
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A verbal argument which has not yet resulted in physical contact
Disturbance
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Department of Transportation
DOT
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Enhanced 911
E911
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The use or threat of the use of violence of a criminal nature against people or property by an environmental-oriented group for environmental-political reasons
Eco-Terrorism
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Emergency Deployable Interoperable Communications System
EDICS
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Emergency Response Guidebook
ERG
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The principles of honor, morality, and accepted rules of conduct that govern an individual or group
Ethics
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Intoxication from ethyl alcohol
ETOH
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Something that is known to exist or has happened. It can be verified and proven.
Fact
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Florida Crime Information Center
FCIC
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Serious crime punishable by death or imprisonment in a state penitentiary or in a correctional facility for a year or more
Felony
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A short narrative completed by field units after contact with citizens
Filed Information Reports (FIR)
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Florida Interoperability Network
FIN
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A physical altercation
Fight
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Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in personal or financial gain
Fraud
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Geographic Information Systems
GIS
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Federal law which protects the confidentiality of all patients in the U.S.
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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High blood pressure
Hypertension
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A state of abnormally high internal body temperature
Hyperthermia
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Low blood pressure
Hypotension
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A state of abnormally low Internal body temperature
Hypothermia
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Internal Affairs
IA
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Incident Command System
ICS
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A conclusion which is drawn from our observations
Inference
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Intravenous
IV
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Level of Consciousness
LOC
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Mutual Aid Radio Cache
MARC
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Internationally recognized distress signal
Mayday
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A criminal offense that is punishable by a term of imprisonment in a county correctional facility not in excess of one year
Misdemeanor
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Assistance between multiple agencies upon request
Mutual Aid
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A subset of terrorism in which terrorist groups participate directly in the cultivation, manufacture, transportation, or distribution of controlled substances and the monies derived from these activities
Narcoterrorism
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Terrorism used to seek to form self-determination which may range from gaining greater autonomy to establishing a completely independent sovereign state
Nationalist Terrorism
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National Crime Information Center
NCIC
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NCMEC
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Failure to do that which a PST has a directed or moral obligation to do; careless or reckless performance of one’s duties
Negligence of Duty
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National Emergency Number Association and NFPA
NENA
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The “Next Generation” of 911, which includes receiving texts, videos and images
NectGen
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National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
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Using nuclear materials as a terrorist tactic with the intent to cause massive devastation; attacking nuclear facilities, purchasing or building nuclear weapons, and dispersing radioactive materials
Nuclear Terrorism
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Project 25; a digital radio system which allows for interoperable communications
P-25
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An audible alarm which notifies other firefighters when a team member becomes motionles
Personal Alert Safety System (PASS)
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Public Information Officer
PÍO
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The skill, good judgment, and respectful behavior that is expected from a person who is trained to a job well; a person who keeps their word, demonstrates loyalty and exceeds expectations
Professionalism
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Public Safety Answering Point
PSAP
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Public Safety Telecommunicator
PST
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A favor or advantage granted or expected in return from something else
Quid Pro Quo
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A roll call of all units assigned to an incident
Personnel Accountability Report (PAR)
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An intentional act in response to dangerous incidents, such as a bomb threat and active shooter incidents
Radio Silence
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An injunction or protective order issued by the court which requires one person to stop harming another
Restraining Order
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Intentional and unlawful taking of property from a person through the use of force, violence, assault or threat
Robbery
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Initial observations and evaluations from the first responding unit
Scene Size-Up
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Supreme Court Of The United States
SCOTUS
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Changes in the brain’s electrical activity. This can cause dramatic, noticeable symptoms or no symptoms at all
Seizure
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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
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Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System
SLERS
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A group of responders trained to deal with unusually dangerous or violent situations and having special weapons more powerful that standard issue
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
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States that use force to the threat of force without declaring war to terrorize citizens and achieve a political goal
State Terrorism
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Suspects initiate SWAT team responses to locations under false pretenses
Swatting
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Fainting
Syncope
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Telematic Call Center
TCC
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Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
TDD
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Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce
TERT
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Teletypewriter
TTY
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Voice-over Internet Protocol
VoIP
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A warrant issued as a result of civil contempt
Writ of bodily attachment

FL State PST (4 decks)

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