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Glossary & Acronyms Flashcards

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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)

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Cyberterrorism

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Driver and Vehicle Information Database

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DAVID

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Right side of a structure as established by incident command

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Delta

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A verbal argument which has not yet resulted in physical contact

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Disturbance

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29
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Department of Transportation

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DOT

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30
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Enhanced 911

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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

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Eco-Terrorism

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Emergency Deployable Interoperable Communications System

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EDICS

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33
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Emergency Response Guidebook

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ERG

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34
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The principles of honor, morality, and accepted rules of conduct that govern an individual or group

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Ethics

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35
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Intoxication from ethyl alcohol

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ETOH

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36
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Something that is known to exist or has happened. It can be verified and proven.

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Fact

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37
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Florida Crime Information Center

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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

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Felony

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A short narrative completed by field units after contact with citizens

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Filed Information Reports (FIR)

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Florida Interoperability Network

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FIN

41
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A physical altercation

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Fight

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Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in personal or financial gain

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Fraud

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Geographic Information Systems

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GIS

44
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Federal law which protects the confidentiality of all patients in the U.S.

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Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)

45
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High blood pressure

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Hypertension

46
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A state of abnormally high internal body temperature

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Hyperthermia

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Low blood pressure

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Hypotension

48
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A state of abnormally low Internal body temperature

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Hypothermia

49
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Internal Affairs

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IA

50
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Incident Command System

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ICS

51
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A conclusion which is drawn from our observations

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Inference

52
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Intravenous

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IV

53
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Level of Consciousness

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LOC

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Mutual Aid Radio Cache

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MARC

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Internationally recognized distress signal

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Mayday

56
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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

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Misdemeanor

57
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Assistance between multiple agencies upon request

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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

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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

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Nationalist Terrorism

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National Crime Information Center

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NCIC

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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

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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

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Negligence of Duty

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National Emergency Number Association and NFPA

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NENA

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The “Next Generation” of 911, which includes receiving texts, videos and images

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NectGen

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National Fire Protection Association

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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

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Nuclear Terrorism

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Project 25; a digital radio system which allows for interoperable communications

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P-25

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An audible alarm which notifies other firefighters when a team member becomes motionles

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Personal Alert Safety System (PASS)

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Public Information Officer

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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

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Professionalism

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Public Safety Answering Point

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PSAP

72
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Public Safety Telecommunicator

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PST

73
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A favor or advantage granted or expected in return from something else

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Quid Pro Quo

74
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A roll call of all units assigned to an incident

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Personnel Accountability Report (PAR)

75
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An intentional act in response to dangerous incidents, such as a bomb threat and active shooter incidents

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Radio Silence

76
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An injunction or protective order issued by the court which requires one person to stop harming another

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Restraining Order

77
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Intentional and unlawful taking of property from a person through the use of force, violence, assault or threat

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Robbery

78
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Initial observations and evaluations from the first responding unit

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Scene Size-Up

79
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Supreme Court Of The United States

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SCOTUS

80
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Changes in the brain’s electrical activity. This can cause dramatic, noticeable symptoms or no symptoms at all

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Seizure

81
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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)

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Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System

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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

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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

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State Terrorism

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Suspects initiate SWAT team responses to locations under false pretenses

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Swatting

86
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Fainting

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Syncope

87
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Telematic Call Center

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TCC

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Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

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TDD

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Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce

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TERT

90
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Teletypewriter

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TTY

91
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Voice-over Internet Protocol

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VoIP

92
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A warrant issued as a result of civil contempt

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Writ of bodily attachment

FL State PST (4 decks)

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