Dispatch Terms
CAD
Computer Aided Dispatching
SRO
School Resource Officer
BLS
Basic Life Support; skills performed by EMS; e.g splinting, bandaging, oxygen administration, use of the AED.
Engine
A mobile piece of fire equipment, which carries water, fire hose and a fire pump. The engine is the basic piece of fire apparatus.
Disposition
The current status or final outcome of an arrest or prosecution.
PSAP
Public Safety Answering Point
DUI
Driving Under the Influence
CPR
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
A water carrying vehicle capable of resupplying engine companies with water when other sources are not available.
Unconscious
Passed Out
ANI
Automatic Number Identification; The feature that provides the caller's telephone number on a console at the PSAP.
CCDW
Concealed Carry Deadly Weapons
ALS
Advanced Life Support; skills performed by EMS: e.g. intravenous fluids and drug administration.
Field/Brush Unit
ALI
Automatic Location Identification; The feature that provides the caller's name and address on a computer monitor at the PSAP.
CJIS
Criminal Justice Information System
SRT/SWAT
Special Response Team/Special Weapons and Tactics; Designated unit of Law Enforcement that are specifically trained and equipped to work as a coordinated team to resolve critical incidents.
AED
Automated External Defibrillator
Entrapment
The means that somebody is trapped/pinned in a vehicle or other object.
DNR
Do Not Resuscitate
MSAG
Master Street Address Guide; A database which houses all streets and addresses within their associated postal range for emergency service purposes.
202 A
"Kentucky Mental Health Hospitalization Act."
Unresponsive
Does not respond to any type of stimuli.
Mayday
An emergence procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications.
ERG
Emergency Response Guide; Guide for first responders during the initial phase of a dangerous goods/hazardous materials transportation incident.
NCIC
National Crime Information Center
Ascertain
To find out definitely.
COPD
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; A chronic Inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs.
Containment
A fire is contained when it is surrounded on all sided by some kind of boundary but is still burning and has the potential to jump a boundary line.
Extrication
The process of freeing someone from Entrapment, usually by use of special tools. (ex. Jaws of Life)