Utah POST Dispatch Terms with
Complete Solutions
Abandonment - ANSWER-Leaving a Pt who is known to be in life threatening condition.
Includes starting treatment and then letting someone w/ less training take over resulting
in further injury or decline of pt.
ADA - ANSWER-American with Disabilities Act
AFIS - ANSWER-Automated Fingerprint Identification System
Aggravated Assault - ANSWER-Any person who intentionally causes serious bodily
injury to another or uses a dangerous weapon or other means of force likely to produce
death or seriously bodily injury.
ALI - ANSWER-Automatic Location Identification
ALS - ANSWER-Advanced Life Support
ANI - ANSWER-Automatic Number Identification
AOA - ANSWER-Angle of Arrival - Technology used in locating cel phones
AP&P - ANSWER-Adult probation and parole
Arson - ANSWER-Intentional setting of a fire to a building or other property to defraud or
for any other illegal or malicious purpose.
ATL - ANSWER-Attempt to locate
Automatic Aid - ANSWER-Predetermined area in which two or more fire departments
have agreed, in advance, to protect by dual initial response and will automatically be
dispatched by the appropriate agency w/ out require a request from the other agency.
AVL - ANSWER-Automatic Vehicle Location - A means of determining the location of
publice safety vehicles, usually utilitzing GPD
BAC - ANSWER-Blood Alcohol Content
Backfire - ANSWER-Sometimes called 'control fire' - its a deliberate setting of fire in the
path of a spreading wild land fire in order to stop the spread of the main fire.
Bailiff - ANSWER-Court executive officer, usually a deput sheriff
