I Know I Should Know This But What Is an EMS And A Mutual Aid? There Are Some Other Ones I Do Not Know Like I Saw ie Not Sure What That Is. There Are Some Others But Cant Remember Thanks In Advance.
Couple things, first please do us a favor and do not start each word with a capitol letter.
I think you were asking about "i.e."? Not sure the exact definition (I'm lazy and do feel like going to m-w.com) but it pretty much means "in example". For a really poor example it would be: "There are several different things a person can do to make themselves more attractive to department to hire them (i.e. become a medic, get a degree, etc etc).
"i.e." is the abbreviation for the latin term "id est" or "it is" or "that is"... see needlejockey's example above, it gets the point across.
What he said....
and just throwing this out there, but e.g.- is the abbreviation for the latin phrase, exempla gratia, which means for example.
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Thanks guys, latin never was my strong point. Dropped out and took German instead. Fat lot of good that did me. I can't even remember enough to ask where the bathroom is. Actually i remember everthing but the word "bathroom". Good thing I don't plan on going to Germany eh?
BTW Slickpost, you might be surprised by how many people I come across that use lots of abbreviations and have absolutely no idea what it means. They just roughly know when to use it (and get it wrong plenty too).
"The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
Lt. Ray McCormack, FDNY
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