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== Definitions and Acronyms ==
== Definitions and Acronyms ==
Being that we are both a government and emergency management organization, we use a whole lotta jargon. The table below will help volunteers navigate it.
Being that we are both a government '''''and''''' emergency management organization, we use a whole lotta jargon. The table below will help volunteers navigate it.


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|'''Demobilization'''
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|Emergency management demobilization operations are the process of releasing incident responders and resources once the incident response objectives have been met.
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|'''EOC'''
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|"Emergency Operations Center". The physical location from where City of Portland government operates in response to an emergency. See: [[PBEM Emergency Operations Center (EOC)|PBEM Emergency Operations Center]].
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|'''Fire Station Volunteer'''
|'''Fire Station Volunteer'''
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|'''HAM'''
|🥩 A volunteer trained and licensed to operate amateur radio equipment. All AROs are HAMs, but not all HAMs are AROs.
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|'''ICS'''
|'''ICS'''