One of the executive-level leaders in many larger fire departments is the battalion fire chief. Typically, a battalion fire chief has years of experience in the tasks necessary to the smooth running of a fire department.
The SYNC computer, which Ford calls the Accessory Protocol Interface Module (APIM), is housed separately from the head unit, called the Audio Control Module (ACM), and interfaces with all vehicle audio sources as well as the high-speed and medium-speed vehicle CAN-buses.
ISAM. ISAM stands for Indexed Sequential Access Method, a method for indexing data for fast retrieval. ISAM was originally developed by IBM for mainframe computers. Today the term is used for several related concepts: Specifically, the IBM ISAM product and the algorithm it employs.