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United States[edit] In the United States, response codes are used to describe a mode of response for an emergency unit responding to a call. They generally vary but often have three basic tiers: Code 3: Respond to the call using lights and sirens. Code 2: Respond to the call with emergency lights, but without sirens.
Ten-codes, officially known as ten signals, are brevity codes used to represent common phrases in voice communication, particularly by US public safety officials and in citizens band (CB) radio transmissions. The police version of ten-codes is officially known as the APCO Project 14 Aural Brevity Code. [1]
Chicago Fire Department truck, circa 1909. The volunteer fire department was disestablished on August 2, 1858, when the city council passed the ordinance organizing the paid City of Chicago Fire Department. Organization Chicago firefighters responding to a call on Michigan Ave. wearing pre-2006 turnout gear. Bureaus
The Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.Founded in 1797 and established in 1859, the Baltimore City Fire Department covers an area of 81 square miles (210 km 2) of land and 11 square miles (28 km 2) of water, with a resident population of over 640,000 and a daytime population of over ...
The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department is the fire department of the City of Atlanta and provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the city of Atlanta, Georgia. [2] The department is responsible for an area of 132.6 square miles (343 km 2) with over 519,000 residents. [2] As of January 21, 2021, the Fire Chief is ...
The Yonkers Fire Department ( YFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Yonkers, New York, United States. The department currently responds to approximately 15,000 emergency calls annually. [1] The current Chief of Department/Fire Commissioner is Anthony Pagano. [2]
On June 30, 2023, Fire Chief Scott Goldstein left MCFRS for a fire and rescue department in Cowlitz County, Washington. Goldstein had been chief since June 2015. Stations and Apparatus. The county is broken into five battalions, with a total of 36 fire stations and 2 rescue squads.
Police code. A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include "10 codes" (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes, or ...