Dispatch Flashcards
(136 cards)
1
Q
BCAS
A
BC ambulance service
2
Q
CFF
A
Contingency fire fighter
3
Q
DEC
A
Daily estimated cost
4
Q
EFF
A
Emergency fire fighter
5
Q
FBA
A
Fire behaviour advisory
6
Q
GVRD
A
Greater Vancouver regional district (metro Vancouver)
7
Q
HA
A
Hectare
8
Q
IA
A
Initial attack
9
Q
LM
A
Left message
10
Q
L/L
A
Landline
11
Q
MCU
A
Mobile command unit
12
Q
NCI
A
Next check in
13
Q
AAO
A
Air attack officer
14
Q
A/L
A
Annual leave
15
Q
A/P
A
Airport
16
Q
ATR
A
Air tanker request
17
Q
ATV
A
All terrain vehicle
18
Q
BCGEU
A
BC government employees union
19
Q
BUI
A
Build up index
20
Q
Bx
A
Bucketing
21
Q
CFF
A
Contingency fire fighter
22
Q
CFFDRS
A
Canadian forest fire danger rating system
23
Q
CIFFC
A
Canadian interagency forest fire centre
24
Q
CN
A
Canadian National Railway
25
CP
Canadian pacific railway
26
Cx
Cancel
27
DC
Drought code
28
DLS
Dry land sort
29
DMC
Duff moisture code
30
DND
Department of national defence
31
DSF
Dangerous snag faller
32
DTA
Danger tree assessor
33
DTF
Danger tree faller
34
EFF
Emergency fire fighter
35
EMBC
Emergency Management BC
36
EMT
Emergency medical technician
37
EOC
Emergency operations centre
38
A/C
Aircraft
39
ETA
Estimated Time of Arrival
40
ETC
Estimated time of completion
41
ETD
Estimated time of departure
42
ETR
Estimated time of return
43
ETA
Estimated time of arrival
44
ETC
Estimated time of completion
45
ETD
Estimated time of departure
46
ETR
Estimated time of return
47
ETV
Emergency transport vehicle
48
F&B
Felled and bucked timber
49
FBP
Fire behaviour prediction
50
FD
Fire department
51
FFMC
Fine fuel moisture code
52
FLNRO
Forest, lands and natural resource operations
53
FPA
Forest protection assistant
54
FPO
Forest protection officer
55
FPT
Forest protection technician
56
FSR
Forest service road
57
FW
Fire warden
| Fixed wing
58
FWI
Fire weather index
59
FYI
For your information
60
GPS
Global Positioning System
61
H/C
Helicopter
62
Heli
Helicopter
63
IC
Incident commander
64
ICS
Incident command system
65
IFR
Initial fire report
66
IMT
Incident management team
67
INAC
Indian and northern affairs canada
68
IPR
Initial phone report
69
ISI
Initial spread index
70
IT
Island timberlands
71
MEDEVAC
Medical evacuation flight
72
ML
Mainline
73
MOTI
Ministry of transportation and infrastructure
74
MOU
Memorandum of understanding
75
MSDS
Material safety data sheet
76
MZOC
Ministry zone operations centre
77
NCI
Next check in
78
NIFC
National interagency centre
79
NOTAM
Notices to airmen
80
OFC
Office of the fire commissioner
81
OFTS
Open fire tracking system
82
OT
Overtime
83
PATC
Provincial air tanker centre
84
PACO
Provincial air coordination officer
85
PEP
Provincial emergency program
86
Ph
Phoned in
87
PWCO
Provincial wildfire coordination officer
88
PFFRC
Provincial Forest fire report centre
89
P/U
Pick up
90
Px
Passengers
| Persons
91
RABC
Regional air branch coordinator
92
RCMP
Royal Canadian mounted police
93
RH
Relative humidity
94
RO
Response officer
95
ROS
Rate of spread
96
RTS
Resource tracking system
97
RW
Rotary wing
98
RWCO
Regional wildfire coordination officer
99
Rx
Receive
100
SAR
Search and rescue
101
S/I
Still idle
102
SOP
Standard operating procedure
103
TBA
To be announced
104
TDG
Transport dangerous goods
105
TFL
Tree farm license
106
TOC
Table of contents
107
T R I M
Terrain records information Management
108
TP 2003
Training partner 2003 certificate program
109
TSL
Timber sale license
110
Tx
Transmit
111
U/S
Unserviceable
112
UHF
Ultra high frequency
113
VFR
Visual flight rules
114
VHF
Very high frequency
115
VI
Ventilation index
116
WCB
Workers compensation board
117
WHMIS
Workplace hazardous materials information sheets
118
Wx
Weather
119
ZWCO
Zone wildfire response officer
120
OFA
Occupational first aid
121
3 duties of a dispatcher
- 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
Forest Fire
An unplanned fire on Forest or range lands or a prescribed fire that has escaped its authorized burning area
123
Interface fire
A fire occurring on the line between forest or range lands and human occupied areas
124
Nuisance fire
A fire that doesn't spread to forest or range lands or beyond he area of authorized burning
125
Dispatchers primary attributes
Keen attention to detail
High standard of job performance and work ethics
Multi-taking skills
126
Smoke chase
A smoke report where there is no fire
127
Full response
A wildfire that required immediate and aggressive initial attack
128
Modified response
Where a wildfire is allowed to burn win set policy and management guidelines
129
No action fire
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
V1
Haig - alpha, bravo, Charlie, delta, Zulu, trailblazer
Boston bar - crew rotation
Haida gwaii - n/a
Cultus lake - Fraser unit crew
131
VA
Mid coast - crew rotation
132
V5
Powell river - coast India
| Sechelt - coast hotel, whiskey
133
V3
Squamish - coast golf
| Pemberton - echo, foxtrot, seeker Darcy, Salish my. Currie
134
V6
Cobble hill - Romeo, Sierra Quebec, Yankee
135
V7
Errington - papa, Oscar, tango
| Port Alberni - thunderbird
136
V8
Quinsam - kilo, mike, November, victor
