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1+1 1 Engine and 1 Ladder
2+2 2 Engines and 2 Ladders
A/C Assistant Chief
A/F Asian Female
A/M Asian Male
A/H All Hands
AHW All Hands Working
AI Accident Investigation
ALS Advanced Life Support
AMB Ambulance
APT Apartment
B/C Battalion Chief
B/F Black Female
B/M Black Male
B/O/O By Orders Of
BLDG Building
BLK Block
BLS Basic Life Support
BOLO Be On The Lookout
BOX 4 Engines, 2 Ladders, 1 Rescue, 2 Chiefs
BRK Brick Construction
BSMT Basement
C/S Cross Street
CMD Command
COMM Commercial Building
CPR Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
D/C Deputy Chief
DET Detached
DOA Dead on Arrival
DWG Dwelling
DWH Doubtful Will Hold
E/B East Bound
EDP Emotionally Disturbed Person
EMS Emergency Medical Services
ENTRAP Entrapment
ENG Engine Company
EOR End of Row
EXP Exposure
EXT Extension
EXT ATK Exterior Attack
FAIU Fatal Accident Investigation Unit
FAST Firefighter Assist and Search Team
FD Fire Department
F/F Firefighter
FIB Fire Investigation Bureau
FID Fire Investigation Division
FLR Floor
FM Fire Marshall
GSW Gunshot Wound
HAU Holding All Units
HAZ-MAT Hazardous Materials
H/F Hispanic Female
H/M Hispanic Male
HVY Heavy
HWY Highway
I/C Incident Command
I/S In Service
IAO In The Area of
IFO In Front of
INJ Injuries
IL Inner Loop
INT ATK Interior Attack
IRO In The Rear of

 

K/D Knocked Down
LDH Large Diameter Hose
LIKELY Likely To Die
LN Lane
L/S/O Lines Stretched and Operating
LZ Landing Zone
M/A Mutual Aid
M/E/F Middle Eastern Female
M/E/M Middle Eastern Male
MICU Mobile Intensive Care Unit
MCI Mass Casualty Incident
MCU Mass Casualty Unit
MM Mile Marker
MOG Middle of The Group
MOR Middle of The Row
MOS Member of Service
MVA Motor Vehicle Accident
N/B North Bound
O/L On Location
O/O/S Out of Service
O/S On Scene
O/T Overturned
OCC Occupant
OMD Occupied Multi-Family Dwelling
OPS Operations
P/D Private Single Family Dwelling
PD Police Department
PED Pediatric
PERP Perpetrator
PIN Entrapment
PO Police Officer
PRI Primary
PT Patient
PVT DWL Private Dwelling
PWH Probably Will Hold
RD Road
REQ Request
RIT Rapid Intervention Team
RPT Report
S/B South Bound
S/C Special Call
SFD Single Family Dwelling
SEC Secondary
STY Story
SWAT Special Weapons and Tactics
TF Task Force
T/L Tower Ladder
TT Tractor Trailer
U/C Under Control
U/D Update
UNK Unknown
VAC Vacant
VEH Vehicle
W/B West Bound
WF Working Fire
W/F White Female
W/M White Male
WFD Working Fire Dispatch
WFM Wood Frame
Y/O Years Old