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Joint CAD Incident Tracking System
This list is constantly changing and being updated with the appropriate information. It is also in alphabetical order.
Joint CAD Incident Tracking System
Unit ID | Description | Notes |
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ALM/ALARM | Alarm Designator | Designates what alarm level the current incident is at (1ALM, 2ALM, etc) – Note that medical calls can have multiple alarms and are designated with an extra M (2ALMM) |
AMR | American Medical Response – Notification | CCOM: M205 thru M207 are normally used by CCOM as an initial dispatch ID, not necessarily indicating that unit will respond WCCCA: Used as a dispatch ID; when a unit is assigned, a three digit combination will be added to this (i.e. AMR212) – In addition, calls within TVF&R’s boundaries that also lie within Multnomah County, POMAR is used, indicating a Portland AMR unit (generally M300 or higher) |
AURORA | Aurora Fire / NORCOM Notification | When a call is received by CCOM in Aurora Fire’s boundary, this unit ID is used |
AT/AIR | Air Trailer | |
B/BC/C | Battalion, Duty Chief, or Chief | Only Lake Oswego uses B for chief designation (Battalion 1) – Note that some department duty chiefs have four digit unit IDs instead of BC (i.e. 1300:Banks, 2501:Hoodland, 3809:Molalla) |
BOEC | Portland BOEC Notification | When a call is received by CCOM that originates in Portland Fire & Rescue’s boundary, this ID is used |
BR | Brush Rig | |
BT/BOAT | Boat/water rescue craft | |
CAR | TVF&R Response Car | Unique – Read about them here |
CAS | Air Truck | Unique - Air/rehab unit that responds to assignments in West county districts and responds from Cornelius (Cascade 8) |
CAVOL | Canby Volunteer Page | |
CH/CHAP/CHGRP | Department chaplain notification | Washington County chaplains may respond with a three or four digit ID - TVF&R:2144, 2145; Cornelius: 831; etc. |
COMM1 | Clackamas Fire Mobile Command Vehicle | Unique - Generally responds on larger incidents within District 1 |
CTCSEC | Clackamas Town Center Security Page | Notifies mall security of an incident |
D1SUPP | Clackamas Fire Dist. #1 Support | Unique - Call for volunteers within the district (usually on box assignments) |
DR | Dive Rescue | |
E | Engine | There are several variants of this ID – CCOM IDs foreign units with the agency AFTER the type, whereas WCCCA establishes identity BEFORE type. CCOM Examples: EP (Portland), EG (Gresham), EC (Corbet), etc |
EMS | Volunteer page for EMS | When more EMS manpower is needed, this is used, followed by a two-letter department identifier – EMSCA (Canby), EMSMO (Molalla), etc |
FDBC | Fire Defense Board Chief | |
FDL | Fire Dispatch Liaison | |
GEN4 | Forest Grove General Tones | Unique – Pages volunteers to staff station(s) and/or apparatus |
HB | Heavy Brush Rig | Carries more water, tools, manpower, etc than a standard BR |
HM | Hazmat Unit | |
HR | Heavy Rescue | The Swiss Army Knife of your local fire department! :) |
HS/HSQ | Heavy Squad | TVF&R: HS66 is the district’s CBRNE unit CCFD#1: HSQ4 is the equivalent of a HR; HSQ5 is a Special Operations unit (Hazmat/CBRNE) |
IMT | Incident Management Team Notification | Notification / page(s) an overhead team consisting of several specialists trained to help mitigate and manage large-scale incidents |
INFO | Information | Information about a call – for dispatchers and responding agencies’ eyes only! |
INV / PREV | Fire Investigator | Washington County uses the former, while Clackamas uses the latter |
LB | Light Brush Rig | |
LFSTBY/LF/LIFE | Lifeflight Notification | Denotes standby, activation, and activity of responding Lifeflight helicopters |
LT | Light Trailer | Unique – Light trailer operating out of Cornelius Station 8 |
M/MED | ALS Medic unit | Like the E(ngine) ID, M(edic) uses the same foreign naming conventions discussed above (i.e. NBM20 – Newberg Medic 20) |
METW/MW | MetroWest Notification / Unit | Used to dispatch an ambulance on a call; once the unit is assigned, they become MW (i.e. MW51, MW76, etc) – The letter after the METW(A/B/C/D/E/F) has no real meaning to how or what units are dispatched |
MX | Medical Examiner | |
NOTIFY | Hoodland Fire Notification | Used to notify the Hoodland Duty Chief of an incident on or near Mt. Hood |
NWGAS | Northwest Natural Gas notification | |
ODF / SFOR | Oregon Department of Forestry Notification | |
ODOT | Department of Transportation Notification | |
PGE | Portland General Electric notification | |
PH38 | Molalla Fire Station? | Unknown |
PIO | Public Information Officer | |
PU | Pickup | Sometimes doubles as a BR |
PW | Local public works notification | |
QRT | Quick Response Team | Unknown |
R | Rescue | |
RAT | AMR’s Reach & Treat Team | Used in S&R events around the Mt. Hood National Forest |
REDCRS | American Red Cross Notification | |
RH/RHB/RHGRP | Rehabilitation Unit (Air) | |
RRT | Rope Rescue Team | |
S/SQ | Rescue Squad | |
SIREN | Station siren activation | |
STA | General station page / tone-out | |
SQT | Telesquirt | |
SUP | Support Vehicle | |
T/TR | Truck | |
TIMER/ETIME | Electronic incident timer | |
TSKFOR | Task Force | Not quite a full box/1st Alarm response |
TIP | Trauma Intervention Program | Unique - Clackamas Count |
U | Utility | |
USAR | Urban Search & Rescue | |
USA | Unified Sewage Agency notification | |
USFS | United States Forest Service notification | |
V | Van | |
WR/WRTEAM/WCWR/CCWR | Water Rescue Notification & Response | |
WATER | Water Tender Callout | |
WT | Water Tender |