23 Emergency 24 Disaster 25 Weather Alert 40 Activate Knox box 50 Fire Alarm 51 Report to Station 52 Off the Radio/In Hq. 53 In route/Responding 54 Under Control 55 Request Police 56 Request Ambulance 57 Request Extricating Equipment 58 Request Power Company 59 Phone ______(Specify) 60 Change Frequency (Specify) 61 Apparatus Accident 62 Mutual Aid 63 On Scene/Arrived 64 Make Inspection 65 Aircraft Accident 66 Aircraft Search 67 Second Alarm 68 General Alarm 69 Special Call 70 Message 71 Returning 72 Working Fire 73 Apparatus Available for Other Assignment 74 Notify Fire Chief 75 Notify Fire Marshall 76 Search and Rescue 79 Give Location 80 All Clear/Clear the call 83 Apparatus Responding, Proceed With Caution 85 Radio Test 86 Prepare Food 87 Firemen Report to your station 99 Aircraft Crash County Ambulance
08 On scene/In area 09 Repeat 11 Come/Going to Headquarters 12 Out of Service 15 Intoxicated 17 Telephone 18 Fight 22 Transport 23 Medical Call 24 Structure Fire 29 Arrest/Warrant 31 MVA 32 Burglar Alarm 34 Officer's Spouse 44 Wrecker 50 Situation OK 55 Ambulance
Groton Town Police 1 Reg. Response 2 Emergency Response 5 Fight 5a Complaint 6 Telephone 7 In Service 8 Out of Service 9 Repeat Last Transmission 10 Fire Department 12 Burglar Alarm 14 Medical Call 15 Come/Going to HQ 16 Assignment 17 MV Registration Info 18 MV Stop 19a MVA No Injuries 19b MVA With Injuries 19c MVA Death involved 19d MVA Crusier involved 20 Disabled MV 21 Location 23 Ambulance 24 Wrecker Service 27 Meet with 28 Traffic Control/Signal 29 Lunch 30 Robbery 31 Status 32 Break In/Theft 33 On Scene/In the area 35 Cancel 37 Meet Officer 38 Suspicious 39 ?? 40 Homicide 44 Transport 46 Report 47 Intoxicated 48 Status O.K. 49 At HQ 51 Dog Pound 50 To Station With Prisoner 55 Bess Eaton 16-7 Assignment Cleared 2020 Burger King 1111 Pizza Palace 77 BeeBees (Mystic) 92 SCO?? (Community Service Officer?) 215 Suspended License Check 743A CO Officer I Infraction R Report D W Warning Charlie -Chief Lima -Leutenant Sierra -Sergeant Yankee -Youth Officer Delta -Detective Unit Tango -Traffic Officer BOLO - Be On the Look Out, for...
Ledyard Police - See CSP
Montville Police - See CSP
New London Police 3 Weapon 4 Robbery 5 Out of Service (?) 6 Burglary 7 MVA 9 Fire 10 Alarm 11 Fight 12 Suspension 15 Police Escort 16 Domestic 18 NCIC/ Check Warrants 19 Missing Person 20 Motor Vehicle Stop 25 Parking Violation 27 Suicide 31 Lunch Break 32 Return to Headquarters 37 Arrest 38 Radio Check 39 Followup 41 Paperwork 49 Location Check 54 Psych. Patient 63 On Arrival 65 Tow Truck 71 Clear, No Report Taken 72 Clear, Report Taken 73 Clear/ Available 77 Prisoner/ Custody (?) 80 Meet with Officer 82 Food Pickup (?) 83 Suspension Check 99 Repeat Message PSR Public Safety Report WW Written Warning
Norwich Police (10 Codes) 01 Help Office Heads 02 Homicide 03 Weapon 04 Received O.K. 05 Sex Offence 06 Robbery 07 Burglar 08 Larceny 09 Assault 10 Unruly People/Mob 11 Fight 12 Domestic Disturbance 13 Dispute 14 File 1 15 Tampering with MV 16 Detective Requested 17 Back Up Officer 18 Photographer Needed 19 Camera Needed 20 Police Woman Needed 21 Supervisor Needed 22 Drug Situation 23 Criminal Mischief 24 Prowler 25 Complaintment 26 Arrest/Prisoner 27 Ambulance 28 Wrecker 29 D W I 30 Parking Violation 31 MV Stop 32 Burglar Alarm 33 MVA 34 Time Check 35 In Service 36 Out of Service 37 Bank alarm 38 Runaway/Missing Person 39 Untimely 40 Medical Examiner Requested 41 Medical Emergency 42 Suicidal Person 43 Drowning 44 State Hospital AWOL 45 Demented Person 46 Intoxicated Person 47 Transport to Detox 49 Bomb Threat 50 Fire Explosion 51 Fire Department/Report of 52 Traffic Detail 53 Repeat Last Message 54 Cancel Last Message 55 Warranted/Wanted Person 56 Lunch 57 Come to Headquarters 58 Telephone 59 Location 60 Location Change 61 Live Wire Down 63 Reckless Endangerment 64 Broken Window 65 AMV 66 Theft/Found Property 67 Cancel Information 68 NCIC Check 69 Licensee Check 70 Registration Check 71 Injured Animal 72 Dog Complaint 73 Go To The City Garage 74 Request Fire/Rescue 75 Suspicious Activity 82 Disable MV 84 Information 88 Priory Use of Radio Code 1-Reg Response Code 2-Urgent Response
Waterford Police 3a Misc. Complaint/Assist public 3b Fight/Assault 04 Telephone 05 Available/In Service 06 UNavailable/Out Service 07 Repeat Message 08 Fire Apparatus 10 Burglar Alarm 11 Weapon 12 Ambulance 13 Come/Going to HQ (a) Briefly 14 Standy Location 15 MV Registration Info 16 MV Stop 17 MVA, (a) Property damage (b) Injury 18 Evading MVA 19 Location 20 Patrol Check 21 Clear Scene 22 Wrecker 23 On Arrival to Scene 26 Traffic Assignment 27 Lunch 28 Robbery 30 Burglary/Theft 32 Search(?) 33 Cancel Response 34 Intoxicated Pedestrian 35 Meet Officer on Duty 36 Suspicious Activity 37a Sensitive Information (Seek Privacy) 38 Distressed/Hysterical Person 39 Intoxicated Operator, MV 40 File 1 Check (Stolen?) 41 NCIC Check (Warrants?) 44 Escort/Transport 47 Disabled MV 50 Structure Fire 54 Homocide 60 Suicide Attempt 61 Deranged Person 85 Radio test 87 Food, Dunkin's Code 1 Respond with the Flow of Traffic Code 2 Respond with Lights/Sirens
American Ambulance
When you hear the dispatcher assign calls, if it's a call not on the daily call sheet (which he'll assign as "Handle patient Brown, call number 23A), he'll dispatch them as: "19 Code 3, 432 in the ED, patient Brown, going to 518" 19 denotes that you are going to a hospital, code three is routine (no lights), 432 is the facility code for WW Backus, and 518 is the facility code for St. Christopher's in Norwich.
The first part of the dispatch denotes how the call originated, who called American to report the call. 17 - Local Police 18 - Provate Residence 19 - Hospital 20 - SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility) 21 - DR's office 22 - State police 23 - 911 call 24 - Local Fire dept. 25 - Neonatal transport 27 - Call at Foxwoods.
Code 1 - Life or death, get there as fast as you can 2 - Not as serious, but use your lights 3 - Routine, go with traffic 4 - Code 1 with a code 3 approach 5 - Code 2 with a code 3 approach
Hospitals start with a 4. 421 Hartford, 431 L&M, 432 Backus, 433 Day Kimball, 471 Yale, 478 Windham
SNF's start with a 5. 511 Hamilton Pavillion, 509 Norwichtown Rehab
Clinics start with a 7. 768 Gambro Dialysis Norwich, 769 Gambro Dialysis New London, 785 RI Renal Westerly, 783 RI Renal Wakefield
There are also ten codes, which are taken from Norwich PD. 10-0 Need police immediately 10-33 MVA 10-42 Suicide attempt 10-45 demented person 10-46 ETOH person (intoxicated) 10-50 Universal precautions 10-51 Fire
Lastly there are special codes... 102A Lift assist 103 Meal break 103L Drink break 104 Out Of Service 105 Special Assignment (errand) 106 Family member 107 Notification (usually to a hospital) 108 Unfound 109 Cancelled 110 Phone call 110A Alphanumeric page 111 Location (what's your 111?) 112 Complete 119 Narcotics (ie the narcs the medics carry)
Plainfield area codes: 523 Haven Healthcare Danielson 524 Haven Healthcare Griswold 529 Villa Maria 530 Westview 533 Matulaitus 540 Village Manor 544 St. Joseph's Living Center 553 Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehab 791 Plainfield Walk-in clinic
American Ambulance Code Summary
Signals
17-Local Police 18-Private 19-Hospital 20-Nursing Home 21-Doctor 22-Ct. State Police 23-911 24-Fire Dept 25-Clinic 26-Neonatal 27-MPTN FD
Codes
1-Life Threatening 2-Urgent 3-Routine 4-Code 1 with Code 3 approach 5-Code 2 with Code 3 approach
Dispatch Codes
10-0 Need PD immediately 10-05 Rape/Sex offense 10-33 MVA 10-42 Suicidal 10-45 Psych Pt. 10-46 ETOH 10-50 Body Substance Isolation 10-51 Fire 10-52 Requesting Supervisor 100 Cardiac Arrest 100D DOA
Assignments
102A- Assist crew 103-Meal 103L- Break 104- Inoperative 105- Special Assignment 106-Family 107- Notification 108- Unfound 109- Cancelled Call 110- Phone Call 110A- Alpha Page 111- Location 112- Assignment Complete 115- Coverage needed at American HQ 116- Coverage needed at MPTN FD 118- Expedite for another call 119- Narcotics (on ambulance)
Location Codes
1-101- American Hq 1-105- Chelsea Fleet Services 1-106- MPTN Complex
Transport Codes
Signal O- On Scene or at location BA- Available BT- Transporting
400 Series Codes- Hospitals ex- 431=Lawrence and Memorial
500 Series Codes- Nursing Homes ex- 560=Westerly Nursing Home
602- Gasoline Pump 603- Diesel Pump
700 Series Codes- Clinics ex- 785= RI Renal Westerly
All vehicles have names rather than numbers. Any designation of American and then a # is a supervisor.
Dispatch Example
Zeus- Responding 24, Code 1 401 W. Town St. for the 10-45, 17 enroute.
UPDATES:
Groton City Police 09 - Repeat 11 - Come/Going to Headquarters 12 - Out of Service 13 - In Service 16 - 17 - Telephone / Call _______(Specify) 18 - Case Number 19 - MV Data Request 20 - MVA 29 - 31 - License Check 34 - Officers Residence 44 - Wrecker 50 - Situation OK / Under Control 55 - Ambulance FD - Fire Department 218A - Traveling Too Fast For Conditions WW - Written Warning BOLO - Be On the Lookout For.... File 5 -
Stonington Police 2 - 3 - Wanted Check 7 - Phone Call / Telephone ____ (Specify) 5 - Alarm 9 - Out of Service / On Scene 10 - In Service 23 - Suspended License Check 26 - Clear 18 - Traffic Stop 19 - 25A - MVA with injuries 25B - MVA no injuries 27 - M/V Data Check 29 - Medical Call 30 - 911 Hang-up / Misdial 31 - 36 - Case Number 37 - Fire BOLO - Be On the Lookout For
Stonington PD Codes: 3 - Wanted Check 5 - Alarm 7 - Phone Call 9 - On Scene 10 - In Service 18 - Traffic Stop 23 - Suspended License Check 25A - MVA with injuries 25B - MVA no injuries 26 - Clear 29 - Medical Call 30 - 911 Hangup/Misdial 37 - Fire (323 is both 3 & 23 on the same person/operator)
