Loven those firefighting acronyms

[Pipster]

(128) HAZMAT   Hazardous Materials
(129) DS        Dangerous Substances (for the older ones amongst us, who can remember the days before Hazmat!)

Pip 

[RescueHazmat]

130)DG Dangerous goods  (slight variation to DS.. Same diff though).

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108) BWC - Bulk Water Carrier

(124) BWC Bulk Water Carrier

*beep* Wrong answer!

Back on track with the numbering:

130) VAR - Vehicle Accident Rescue (old buddies with DS)
131) CMS - Chip Measurement System
132) FID - Flame Ionisation Detector
133) RAID - Rapid Chemical Agent Detection Alarm And Identification Device
134) PID - Photoionisation Detector
135) CWA - Chemical Warfare Agent
136) IED - Improvised Explosive Device
137) ADG - Australian Dangerous Good Code
138) BCA - Building Code Australia

[JamesGar]

Clinical one:

BRP = Beyond The Rhelm of Panadol (ie bad pain)

[JC]

RLF = Run Like F*&k

[Hazmat206]

131)COQ'S- change of quarters. i don't beleive this one has been put in yet,i thought it would be one of the first to come to mind

[calspec]

132) OIC - Officer in charge
133) SFF - Senior Firefighter
134) FF - firefighter.

Come on guys, we forgot the most important ones....US!

[Hazmat206]

135)D/O- District Officer
136)GAW- Gawler
137)ELIZ- Elizabeth
138)CPK- Camden Park
139)GLO- Glen Osmond
140)ADL- Adelaide
141)STM- St Marys
142)MBR- Murray Bridge
143)PAU- Port Augusta
144)BPK- Brooklyn Park
145)APK- Angle Park
146)PAD- Port Adelaide
147)SAL- Salisbury
148)BLP- Beulah Park
149)GLY- Glynde
150)WDV- Woodville
151)LGS- Largs North
152)CDN- Christies Downs
153)OHH- O'halloran Hill
154)GGV- Golden Grove
155)OAK- Oakden
156)TAN- Tanunda
157)PPT- Prospect
158)PPI- Port Pirie
159)PBR- Peterborough
160)WHY- Whyalla
161)CLR- Clare

[Hazmat206]

162)TG- Talk Group

[SA Firey]

163) SDM State Duty Manager
164) DSC Duty State Controller
165) CFSML CFS Media Liason
166) SFEC Standards of Fire & Emergency Cover

[SA Firey]

167) FRAG-Frequent Responders Action Group
168) QRV-Quick Response Vehicle
169) SIG INC-Significant Incident
170) AAS-Air Attack Supervisor
171) AOB-Air Observer
172) SARC-State Air Resource Coordinator
173) SOPO-State Operations Planning Officer
174) SPRINT-A car designed to stop the clock for SAAS

[jaff]

69) EWIS - Emergency Waring and Intercommunication System
70) BGA - Break Glass Alarm
71) DBA - Direct Brigade Alarm
72) RIK - Rapid Intervention Kit
73) RIV - Rapif Intervention
74) DCP - Dry Chemical Powder
75) FIMP -Fire Indictor Mimic Panel
76) USAR - Urban Search and Rescue
77) UI - Urban Interface
78) METOPDOG - (Go on, can you remember it without the manual?)
79) OBAOC - Operate Breathing Apparatus, Open Circuit
80) HOTS - Heat, Oxygen, Toxic, Smoke.

Number (69) EWIS, possibly might be found on a Nuclear submarine or used between bunkers

[boredmatrix]

174) SPRINT-A car designed to stop the clock for SAAS

wait...you left out "a stop-gap designed to get comms out of the $h1t because their co-ords have no freaking clue what they're doing"

nb: this opinion given by a metro paramedic who used to constantly give co-ordinators grief - but has since given up and just does one job at a time, no matter how disgraceful the "co-ordinating" (sic) is.....

[SA Firey]

174) SPRINT-A car designed to stop the clock for SAAS

wait...you left out "a stop-gap designed to get comms out of the $h1t because their co-ords have no freaking clue what they're doing"

nb: this opinion given by a metro paramedic who used to constantly give co-ordinators grief - but has since given up and just does one job at a time, no matter how disgraceful the "co-ordinating" (sic) is.....

I could'nt steal all your thunder Boredy

[boredmatrix]

hehehe

I could prob change the way the world rotates -  but not a snowballs chance in hell of changing some of the woeful practices that have weasled their way into that room......

[SA Firey]

175)NAFC-National Aerial Firefighting Centre
176)AFC-Australian Fire Competency
177)AFF-Aerodrome Fire Firefighter
178)AFO-Aerodrome Fire Officer
179)DCP-Dry Chemical Powder
180)MOU-Memorandum Of Understanding
181)MOS-Manual Of Standards
182)ADG-Australian Dangerous Goods(Code)
183)FSO-Fire Safety Officer
 

[SA Firey]

185)GFDI Grass Fire Danger Index
186)GCO Group Communications Officer
187)GAO Group Admin Officer
188)GLO Group Logistics Officer
189)GEO Group Equipment Officer

[SA Firey]

190)MEDEVAC-One word that describes that YOU filtered UP GOOD THIS TIME
191)ICC-Incident Control Centre

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Revised:

187) Gay-oh!