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If you have medical certifications and would like to be able to tech a call or drive the ambulance you will need to complete the check off lists below

Department Terminology

EMR- Emergency medical responder. Capable of providing first aid like CPR, Bleeding control and Narcand

EMT- Emergency medical technician. Capable of providing first aid and BLS procedures like assisting in childbirth, administering oral medications and splinting injured body parts

Medic or Paramedic - Capable of providing first aid, BLS advanced life support procedures like IV medications, Intubation and cardiac monitoring. “Medic” is also used as a call sign for responding paramedics and our EMS LTs

Lieutenant or LT - A command rank which general members report to. The LTs report to Captains

Captain or Cap - A command rank which LTs report to. Captains report to the Assistant Chief.

BLS- Basic life support. Ambulance is dispatched with minimum of 1 EMR and 1 EMT.

ALS- Advanced life support. Ambulance is dispatched with crew and a paramedic service.

ALS DIAL- Dispatcher Initiated Auto Launch of a medical helicopter (lifestar) and a BLS and ALS response.

Stage - A request for units to stay a safe distance away from the emergency scene until further notice

MVA – Motor vehicle accident

MCA – Motorcycle accident

TN- Tolland County Mutual Aid Dispatch. 911 answering point for Tolland County and our dispatch center.

CSP- Connecticut State Police

Code 1- Pronouced dead

Signal 55- A discreet way of telling TN to start CSP

FF- Fire Fighter

FF1- Fire Fighter 1 is a training course that teaches the basics of fire ground operations and the skills requried to enter a burning building.

FF2- Fire Fighter 2 is a

Tech a call or Tech - Be the attending EMT responsible for a patients care

LDH - Large Diameter Hose, also called supply line, LDH is 5” hose that is used to send large quantities of water from the water source to the attack units

Hand lines- Hand lines are the smaller lines (1.5” or 2.5”) used to directly fight the fire

Hard Suction - Rigid plastic pipes uses to suck water into a fire truck

SCBA - Self Contained Breathing Apparatus also called Scott Packs. These are the packs that firefighters wear into hazardous conditions which allow them to breathe. They consist of the following parts: PASS alarm, mask, pack, and air bottle.

PASS alarm- Personal Alert Safety System is a loud alarm that will go off if a firefighter does not move, is low on air or if manually activated to alert other firefighters that they are in distress. Click here for audio demonstration