Covering Fire, Rescue, EMS, Law Enforcement Incidents as they happen in the DC Metro Area for Washington, D.C. and the counties of Montgomery & Prince George's in Md., and Loudoun, Fairfax, Alexandria, in NoVa. List of commonly used abbreviations in incident posts:
WSF working structure fire
ALM alarm
ALS Advanced Life Support (Paramedics)
AMB or AMBO Ambulance
APT Apartment
BLDG Building
BLS Bas
ic Life Support
BSMT Basement
CMD command
COMM Commercial Building
DWH Doubtfull Will Hold (may go to next Alarm)
ENTRAP Entrapment (in vehicle after accident, or in house fire)
EOG end of group
EOR end of row
EXP Exposure
FF Firefighter
FM or FRM Frame
GSW Gun Shot Wound
HELO Helicopter (medevac)
HVY heavy
IAO In the area of
IFO In front of
INJ Injured, injury
INV Involved
K/D Knocked, knocked down
LSO line(s) in service operating
LZ Landing Zone
M/A mutual aid
MC motorcycle
MOG middle of group
MOR middle of row
MOS Member of service
MULT Multiple
MVA motor vehicle accident
MVC motor vehicle collision
O/S on scene
OMD occupied multiple dwelling
RID Rapid Intervention Detail
RIT Rapid Intervention Team
ROF report of fire
RPTING Reporting
RPTS Reports
RQST request
SFD single family dwelling
SMK smoke
U/C Under control
U/D Update
Ever wondered what the Maryland trauma patient categories mean? Explanations of patient Priority and Category (i.e. Pri 1 Cat B ) designations have been added to the "DESCRIPTION" section of this page. (Click "ABOUT" under the banner then "DESCRIPTION".) TRAUMA PATIENT CATEGORIES
Trauma patients are assigned both a priority and a category. The category determines where the pt is transported and how. CATEGORY A
(To trauma center, consider medevac if faster/beneficial)
Glasgow Coma Score
