Acronyms
Important Dates
Terms in EMS
Emergency Management
Terms in Fire Services
100

FIN

Florida Interoperability Network

100

First one-way radio in Detroit

1928

100
Swelling

Edema

100

24/7 clearinghouse which holds and shares information with local, state, and federal entities

The State Watch Office

(State Warning Point)

100

A pre-determined agreement between multiple agencies to provide mutual assistance for fires and other large scale emergencies

Automatic Aid

200

DOT ERG

Department of Transportation Emergency Response Guidebook

200

Florida Amber Alert was Established

August 2000

200

Fainting

Syncope

200

Responsibilities of US Department of Homeland Security

Guarding against terrorism

Securing US borders

Enforcing US immigration laws

Improve federal readiness for response to, and recovery from, disasters

200
A response matrix which determines the number and type of units that will respond

Alarm Levels

300

SLERS

Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System

300

LEO Alert plan was created by an executive order

2008

300

ETOH

Intoxication from Ethyl Alcohol

300

Florida gives ______ the responsibility of maintaining a statewide emergency management program. 

DEM - The Division of Emergency Management

300

Roll Call of all units assigned to an incident, usually done with incident command

PAR

Personnel Accountability Report

400

PASS

Personal Alert Safety System

400

Any person employed as a 911 PST at a PSAP must be certified by the department was made effective on 

October 1, 2012

400

Hyperthermia vs. Hypothermia

High vs. Low internal body temperature

400

The Incident Command System (ICS) is a subcomponent of _______

NIMS - The National Incident Management System

400

Initial observations and evaluations from the first responding units

Scene Size-up

500

EDICS

Emergency Deployable Interoperable Communications System

500

Florida's Silver Alert Plan was made effective by an executive order signed by Gov. Charlie Crist

October 2008

500

____ is commonly referred to as a stroke

CVA 

Cerebrovascular Accident

500

Five Functional Areas of ICS

Command

Operations

Planning

Logistics

Finance/Administration

500

Specialty vehicle used exclusively for aircraft firefighting

ARFF

Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Vehicle