Blue Canary: Police officer. Homage to when coal miners took canaries into the mines with them. (Sorry guys - we love you.)
BOB: Battery Operated Boyfriend
Bravo Echo Echo Romeo: BEER
Brothel Sprouts: Genital warts
BVM: Bag Valve Mask
CRT/EMT-I: Cardiac Rescue Tech. Almost a Paramedic
DFO: Done Fell Out
DNR: Do Not Resuscitate
DRT: Dead Right There
DRTASTW: Dead Right There and Stayed That Way
EJ: External Jugular
EMT-B: Emergency Medical Technician - Basic
EMT-P: Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
Engine: The apparatus that holds water and hose
ETOH: Alcohol
FADO: Fire Apparatus Driver Operator
FAG: F-ing Ancient Guy
FIB: Fire Investigation Bureau
FLBs: Funny Little Blips
FNG: F-ing New Guy
FOG: F-ing Old Guy
FTO: Field Training Officer
FUBAR: F-ed up beyond all recognition
Housecoat Mafia: All of those little old ladies standing in the hallway of the retirement home who question you about your patient knowing full well you aren't supposed to tell them a darn thing.
Ladder/Stick/Truck: The apparatus that has a huge ladder on top. Responsible for extrication, search and rescue and forcible entry
LODD: Line of Duty Death
LZ: Landing zone
Medic Unit: 1 EMT-B, 1 EMT-P (ALS)
MVC: Motorvehicle collision
N/V: Nausea/Vomiting
OOS: Out of Service
Paramedic Unit: 1 EMT-I, 1 EMT-P OR 2 EMT-Ps (ALS)
Peanut Butter balls: phenobarbital
PERRL: Pupils equal, round and reactive to light
PNT: Paramedic nap time
PO: Pump Operator (and demi-god)
POV: Privately owned vehicle
Quint: Combined engine and ladder
RTO: Recruit Training Officer
Shit tickets: toilet paper
SOB: Shortness of Breath
Squad: The apparatus that fills air bottles (that's NOT oxygen we're breathing) and carries extrication/entry equipment
Tanker: The apparatus that delivers water to the fireground where there are no fire hydrants
TMI: Too much information
White Cloud: gets no calls or all BS calls in a shift