Language used in Emergancy services

[alphaone]

Recently, whilst talking to some rellies, they told me to explain stuff about the CFS and jobs that I have attended in ENGLISH. Problem is, I forget that they don't know the terms we use and so forget to explain the meaning.
I know it must be frustrating for them, as it was for me when I first started in the CFS. Has anyone else incountered this.

[lilmiss_firey]

yeah.. i hav found it does happen... quite quickly too!!! you don't hav to be in the emergency services (the CFS which i know) that long to pick up their jargon and speak with the abbreviations only..

so when you do talk 2 some1 who is family or a friend you are used to talking normally to them so u expect them to understand the abbreviations because it is part of your own common vocabulary!!... they kinda pick you up pretty quickly with  "Wat's that?"
 

[Blue]

For sure - part of what makes it such a 'club', but certainly must be frustrating or excluding for people outside the service. It's the same with any specialist area, and its certainly a skill to be able to communicate without using jargon when it becomes so much a part of your everyday vernacular.

Personally my pet hate is acronyms 

SACFS uses CABA in accordance with COSO's under an AIIMS structure to establish an IMT that oversees incidents where members may work with SAPOL, SAAS, SASES and others giving SMEACS, and SITREPS on GRN to the OIC who receives information from BOM to determine the FDI, all while listening out for DSU's and following with an AAR.... 

[Camo]

The water is kept in that big box thingie on the back of the truck thingie, which is goes through the pump thingie into the big hose thingie's that squirt the water on the fire thingie.

Dumbed down enough you think?

Its all to do with the thingie 

[Footy]

You seem to know your way around a thingie and how to use it camo

[Blue]

ROFL Camo 

[SA Firey]

When I joined EFS we did Basic Firemanship equal to Level 1.

In a short space of time I realised that you had to SINK a STANDPIPE into the HYDRANT using a TURNCOCK KEY with a length of 64MM hose to get WATER into the APPLIANCE to fill the TANK so you could use the PUMP to put the WET STUFF ON THE HOT STUFF using a 25MM HP Line with a TFT on it at HIGH PRESSURE while the other crews got a KNAPSACK using a FISHTAIL to SUPPRESS the FIRE

Then came the VHF RADIO and ROGER came OVER while STANDBY was OUT and a SITREP with MORE TO FOLLOW but I was instructed to WAIT OUT and I said WILCO but we want to TRANSMIT a SECOND ALARM as the FIRE was not CONTAINED and still OUT OF CONTROL when a crew went to CHECK another appliance who had sent a MAYDAY followed by the GROUP OFFICER with CHECK CHECK CHECK..

And so ends todays lesson

PS Emergency is spelt this way

[mengcfs]

And WILCO is spelt this way

[SA Firey]

Roger Wilco

[5271rescue]

So where do you keep the big hose

[SA Firey]

On a HOSE REEL and in the LOCKERS