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- From: David.Stark@f322.n2613.z1.fidonet.org (David Stark)
- Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services
- Subject: FAQ: acronym list
- Message-ID: <726664132.AA31831@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 23:16:00 -0800
- Sender: UUCP@remote.halcyon.com
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- > From: hwt@bcarh11a.BNR.CA (Henry Troup)
- > Reply-To: Henry.Troup@BNR.CA
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- > AFA Automatic Fire Alarm (or Automatic False Alarm)
- ^^^^^
- [snicker]
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- > DES Disaster and Emergency Services
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- Also Dep't of Environmental Services
- Or Diethyl Stilbestrol
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- > DWI Driving While Impaired
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- Or Driving While Intoxicated
- And DUI Driving Under the Influence
- DWAI Driving While Ability Impaired
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- > EMD Emergency Medical Dispatcher
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- or Electro Mechanical Dissociation
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- > FD Fire Department
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- Also FDGB Fall Down Go Boom
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- > MAST Metro Arson Strike Team
- > MAST Military Anti Shock Trousers
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- or Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic (old)
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- > NVFC National Volunteer Fire Council
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- And NVOAD National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters
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- > SOG Standard Operating Guidelines
- > SOP Standard Operating Procedure
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- Not to mention SOL.... :-)
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- > TBF Total Body Failure
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- TKO To Keep Open (aka KVO Keep Veins Open)
- TIA Transient Ischemic Attack (mini-stroke)
- TMB Too Many Birthdays
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- * Origin: URMCFB Captain (1:2613/322)
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