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Prince William County Police

Police Unit IDs and 10-Codes

Unit IDs and Districts

  • The dividing line between Adam District (West) and Baker District (East) is Hoadly Road.
PWC Police Identifiers
  • 100-199 Lieutenants
  • 200-399 1st Sergeants
  • 400-599 Sergeants
  • 1000-2999 Patrol
  • 3000-3999 CID
  • 442x: Canine
  • 45xx: Crash Investigation Units
  • 48xx: Motors
  • 5xxx: Adminsitrative Division
  • 6xxx: Animal Control and Parking Enforcement
  • 70xx: Town of Occoquan Units
  • 71xx: Town of Haymarket Units
  • 72xx: Town of Dumfries Units
  • 74xx: Town of Quantico Units
  • 75xx: PWC DFR Fire Marshalls
  • 9xxx: Park Rangers and other non sworn personel
  • Unit numbers are unique to that officer and his rank and division in the department and do not reflect beat or district.

PWC Police Ten-Codes

Prince William County Police now uses Plain Language in radio communications. The previous codes are as follows:

  • 10-1: Unable to copy
  • 10-2: ?
  • 10-3: Hold radio traffic
  • 10-4: OK, good copy
  • 10-5: Relay, transport
  • 10-6: Busy
  • 10-7: Out of service
  • 10-8: In service
  • 10-9: Repeat radio traffic
  • 10-10: Fight
  • 10-11: Warrant
  • 10-12: Stand by, wait/stop
  • 10-13: Officer in trouble (Signal 13)
  • 10-14: ?
  • 10-15: ?
  • 10-16: Domestic disturbance
  • 10-17: Complainant, w/complaint
  • 10-18: ?
  • 10-19: Return to....
  • 10-20: Location
  • 10-21: Phone, phone call
  • 10-22: Disregard
  • 10-23: On the scene
  • 10-24: ?
  • 10-25: Meet
  • 10-26: ?
  • 10-27: Operator license info.
  • 10-28: Vehicle registration info.
  • 10-29: Wanted/warrant status
  • 10-30: Improper use of radio
  • 10-31: ?
  • 10-32: Gun, w/gun
  • 10-33: ?
  • 10-34: ?
  • 10-35: ?
  • 10-36: ?
  • 10-37: Suspicious vehicle
  • 10-38: Vehicle, traffic stop
  • 10-39:
  • 10-40: Drugs, drug use
  • 10-41: Begin time of duty
  • 10-42: End time of duty
  • 10-43: On foot, portable
  • 10-44: ?
  • 10-45: ?
  • 10-46: Disabled vehicle
  • 10-47: ?
  • 10-48: ?
  • 10-49: ?
  • 10-50: Auto accident
  • 10-51: Tow truck, wrecker needed
  • 10-52: ?
  • 10-53: ?
  • 10-54: ?
  • 10-55: Drunk driver
  • 10-56: Intoxicated, Drunk in public
  • 10-57: Hit and run accident
  • 10-58: Traffic control
  • 10-59: ?
  • 10-60: ?
  • 10-61: ?
  • 10-62: ?
  • 10-63: ?
  • 10-64: ?
  • 10-65: ?
  • 10-66: ?
  • 10-67: ?
  • 10-68: ?
  • 10-69: ?
  • 10-70: ?
  • 10-71: ?
  • 10-72: ?
  • 10-73: ?
  • 10-74: Negative
  • 10-75: Suspicious person
  • 10-76: Enroute
  • 10-77: ?
  • 10-78: ?
  • 10-79: ?
  • 10-80: Stolen vehicle
  • 10-81: Arrest, subject in custody
  • 10-82: ?
  • 10-83: Visitor, subject present
  • 10-84: ?
  • 10-85: ?
  • 10-86: ?
  • 10-87: ?
  • 10-88: ?
  • 10-89: ?
  • 10-90: Alarm
  • 10-91: ?
  • 10-92: Sexual Assault
  • 10-93: ?
  • 10-94: ?
  • 10-95: ?
  • 10-96: Mental subject
  • 10-97: ?
  • 10-98: With/in Police Cruiser, not on duty
  • 10-99: Wanted Subject

Prince William County Fire/Rescue

Prince William County Fire and Rescue is a combination system made up of both career and volunteer members. Together with the independent Fire Departments of the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park. They are dispatched by the Prince William County Department of Emergency Communications. The Quantico MCB Fire and Emergency Services department runs mutual aid for calls in Prince William County and uses the NCR 500 series for their unit Designators.

Prince William Fire Stations

  • 501 Manassas City Fire - 9322 Centreville Road (Manassas, 20110)
  • 501 Manassas City Rescue - (Closed - Replaced by Fire Station 521)
  • 502 Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton VFD - 1306 F Street (Woodbridge, 22191)
  • 503 Dumfries-Triangle RS - 3800 Graham Park Road (Dumfries, 22026)
  • 503 Dumfries-Triangle VFD - 18321 Jefferson Davis Highway (Triangle, 22172)
  • 504 Gainesville District Station - 14450 John Marshall Highway (Gainesville, 20155)
  • 505 Nokesville VFD - 12826 Marsteller Drive (Nokesville, 20181)
  • 506 Coles District Station - 13712 Dumfries Road (Manassas, 20112)
  • 507 Lake Jackson VFD - 11310 Coles Drive (Manassas, 20112)
  • 508 Yorkshire VFD - 8277 Patton Lane (Manassas, 20111)
  • 509 Manassas Park City Fire - 9080 Manassas Drive (Manassas Park, 20111)
  • 510 Dale City VFD - 14998 Birchdale Avenue (Woodbridge, 22193)
  • 511 Stonewall Jackson VFD - 7814 Garner Drive (Manassas, 20109)
  • 512 Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton VFD - 2170 Montgomery Avenue (Woodbridge, 22191)
  • 513 Dale City VFD - 13511 Hillendale Drive (Woodbridge, 22193)
  • 514 Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton VFD - 12400 Hedges Run Drive (Woodbridge, 22192)
  • 515 Evergreen Station - 3510 James Madison Highway (Haymarket, 20169)
  • 516 Buckhall VFD - 7190 Yates Ford Road (Manassas, 20111)
  • 517 Dumfries-Triangle VFD - 15219 Holleyside Drive (Montclair, 22026)
  • 518 Dale City VFD - 5849 Dale Boulevard (Woodbridge, 22193)
  • 519 PWC DFR Training Academy - 13101 Public Safety Dr (Nokesville, 20181)
  • 520 Dale City VFD - 3171 Prince William Parkway (Woodbridge, 22192)
  • 521 Manassas City Fire -10306 Dumfries Road (Manassas, 20110)
  • 522 West End - 11600 Balls Ford Road, Manassas (Under Construction)
  • 523 Dumfries-Triangle VFD - 16530 River Ridge Blvd (Woodbridge, 22191)
  • 524 Antioch Station - 5901 Antioch Road (Haymarket, 20169)
  • 525 Nokesville VFD - 9405 Linton Hall Road (Bristow, 20136)
  • 526 Davis Road Station - 5022 Davis Ford Road (Woodbridge, 22191)
  • 527 Potomac Shores/Dumfries Area --FUTURE PROJECTED STATION--
  • 528 Spriggs Rd/Dumfries Rd Area --FUTURE PROJECTED STATION--
  • 529 Minnieville Rd/Summit School Dr Area --FUTURE PROJECTED STATION--


Quantico MCB Fire and Emergency Services

  • 531 Quantico Fire/EMS - 2045 Barnett Avenue (Quantico, 22134)
  • 532 Quantico Fire/EMS - 69 Bauer Rd (Quantico, 22134)
  • 533 Quantico Fire/EMS - (Quantico, 22134)

Battalions

  • 501- Stations 4,5,11,15,22,24,25 -Responds from Station 504
  • 502- Stations 13,14,17,18,26 -Responds from Station 514
  • 503- Stations 2,3,10,12,20,23 -Responds from Station 523
  • 504- Stations 6,7,8,16 -Responds from Station 507
  • 506- OWL VFD -Responds from Station 502
  • 581- Stations 1,21 - City of Manassas
  • 589- Station 9 - City of Manassas Park

Other Operations Units

  • Division Chief 500 - Responds from Station 526
  • Operations 500 -
  • Safety 504 - Serves Battalion 504
  • Safety 510 - Fire/Rescue Hq (Health and Safety)

Google Map of Fire Station Locations[1]


  • 501 (both VFC and VRS), 521 are in the City of Manassas
  • 509 is in the City of Manassas Park
  • 531, 532, 533 are on Quantico MCB. They have and use their own radio frequencies for any on base emergencies.

Prince William County Fire Department Unit Designation

Prince William County uses the Metro Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG or COG) unit numbering system. Units are designated by unit type followed by COG number then station number, ex: E-508 would be E=Engine 5=PWC COG number and 08=Staition number. If a station has multiple units of the same type you will see an additional letter at the end, ex: E-518A and E-518B would be Engine 518-Alpha and Engine 518 Bravo. In some cases the the unit type can be 2 letters, ex: FE-501 or TW-525 would be Foam Engine 501 and Tower 525.

The COG jurisdiction numbers are as follows:

  • 0 - Washington, DC
  • 1 - Arlington, VA
  • 2 - Alexandria, VA
  • 3 - MWAA (Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire Department)
  • 4 - Fairfax County, VA (Including the City of Fairfax and Fort Belvoir AB)
  • 5 - Prince William County, VA (including the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and Quantico MCB)
  • 6 - Loudoun County, VA
  • 7 - Montgomery County, MD
  • 8 - Prince George's County, MD
  • 9 - Frederick County, MD
  • 10 - Currently Unassigned
  • 11 - Fauquier County, VA
  • 12 - Culpeper County, VA

Unit letter designations (This list is not complete):

  • C - Chief (C502)
  • DC - Deputy Chief (DC508)
  • AC - Assistant Chief (AC512)
  • BC - Battalion Chief (BC591)
  • A - Ambulance (A510)
  • M - Medic (M501)
  • E - Engine (E505)
  • FE - Foam Engine (FE501)
  • X - Attack (X503)
  • K - Tanker (K516)
  • T - Truck (T511)
  • TW - Tower (TW525)
  • R - Rescue (R504)
  • TSU - Technical Support Unit (TSU510)
  • B - Brush (B525)
  • Z - Boat (Z502)
  • MSU - Mass Casualty Unit (MSU524)

Radio IDs

Prince_William_County_RID/UIDs

Old Prince William County Police Beat Map

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2018 Prince William County Police Beat Map

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