Joint CAD Incident Tracking System

The Joint CAD Incident Tracking system is a partnership between Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency and Clackamas County Communications in the State of Oregon, providing up-to-date information regarding fire and medical-related incidents in both counties.

A link to the Washington County Fire & EMS feed from the RadioReference.com Live Audio Feeds is located on the front page, allowing anyone with an internet connection to both hear and see calls as they are dispatched.

A sceenshot of the Joint CAD Incident Tracking system with calls in both Washington and Clackamas Counties.

Unit IDs

Common & Known Unit IDs

Washington County

Unit ID	Description	Notes
1T	Hillsboro Air Tower	Used during aircraft emergencies
911OPS	3rd Alarm Admin Notification	Used rarely
AIR	Air Trailer	AIR333 out of Sherwood is the only known unit
ALM / ALARM	Alarm Designator	Designates what alarm level the current incident is at (1ALM, 2ALM, etc); one or two letters after ALM will indicate which department (V: TVFR, FG: Forest Grove, etc) – Note that medical calls can have multiple alarms and are designated with an extra M (2ALMM)
ALS	Advanced Life Support Unit	Used during the Oregon International Air Show
AMR	American Medical Response – Notification	Used as a dispatch ID; when a unit is assigned, a three digit combination will be added to this (i.e. AMR262) – In addition, calls within TVF&R’s boundaries that also lie within Multnomah County, POMAR is used instead, indicating a Portland AMR unit (generally M300 or higher)
BR	Brush Rig
C	Battalion Chief / Duty Chief / Chief	Some department duty chiefs have four digit unit IDs instead of C (i.e. Banks:1300)
CINFO	Chief officer notification	Notifies battalion chief / duty chief / chief without paging unit to scene. (i.e. Hillsboro C1 would be C1INFO.)
BOAT	Boat (Water Rescue)	Used when the crew of a Water Rescue unit are on the water
CAR	TVF&R Response Car	Unique – Read about them here
CART	Medical golf cart	Used during the Oregon International Air Show
CAS	Air Truck	Unique Air/rehab unit that responds to assignments in West county districts and responds from Cornelius (Cascade 8)
CHAP	Department chaplain notification	Washington County chaplains may respond with a three or four digit ID TVF&R:2144; Cornelius: 831; etc. During a major event, the designator(s) AF/AC may be present, indicating a need for more than one chaplain; this can also be used if a department-specific chaplain is unavailable, and another is requested from within the county to assist.
COCB	Cornelius Callback	Notification to staff Station 8 (Cornelius Fire)
D2VOL	WCFD#2 Volunteers	Page for volunteers to staff stations; the last letter designates N for North Plains or M for Midway
E	Engine	Units foreign to WCCCA district boundaries are preceded with the first letter of their department (PE (Portland), AUE (Aurora), CE (Canby), etc); In addition, reserve engines are given an R at the end (i.e. E60R)
EOC	Emergency Operations Center	Generally, a facility designed to coordinate resources during larger or prolonged events; Forest Grove Fire & Rescue utilizes a shared trailer with local police called EOC4
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; generally a Type 3 Engine
HFC	Hillsboro Fire Chief	Notifies Hillsboro fire chief of major incidents and fires
HM	Hazmat Unit	TVF&R units HM34 and HM53 respond to hazardous materials incidents in HazMat Region 9
HR	Heavy Rescue	Carries specialized rescue tools that engine companies do not carry. HR51 is located at TVF&R's Tigard Station
HS	Heavy Squad	TVF&R HS66 is the district’s CBRNE unit
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	Investigator	Usually preceded by the department they are assigned to (Hillsboro: HFINV, Forest Grove: FFINV)
LB	Light Brush Rig	Term used by TVF&R, same as brush rig
LIFE	Lifeflight Notification	Denotes standby, activation, and activity of responding Lifeflight helicopters Note that WCCCA may use LIFE and LIFE2 interchangeably, regardless of the responding helo
MED	ALS Medic Unit	Many fire departments in the county have ALS medical / rescue units that can be used to transport patients when MetroWest is not available
METW / MW	MetroWest Ambulance 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; the only exception to this is METWSF, which is for calls in State Forestry areas that are not covered by a fire agency
MX	Medical Examiner	May be followed by a single digit 1-3
ODOT	Department of Transportation Notification	Additional letters may be present on this callsign (ex. ODOTS: Staley's Junction); further, DOT units with 800mhz radios responding on a call may appear with a two digit ID
PACU	Pacific University Security Notification
PDONLY	Police Only Notification	First seen 6/21/14; notification for police response only on a call (e.g. MVA)
PDXOPS	Portland 800 Ops Channel
PIO	Public Information Officer
PU	Pickup	Sometimes doubles as a light brush rig
R	Rescue
RHB	Rehab Unit (Air Truck)
SFOR	Oregon Department of Forestry Notification	State Forestry units usually respond with a separate threedigit ID in CAD (e.g. 436, 439, etc)
SIREN	Station siren activation
SQT	Telesquirt (Aerial Pumper)	Pronounced "Squirt" on dispatch. TVF&R uses SQT34, SQT61, and SQT62 as engine companies
STA	General station page / toneout
STAGE	Stage for incident	Used once so far; most calls that indicate a need to stage are either altered by calltype (i.e. instead of "Trauma", *STAGE CODE1") or hidden completely from the JITS for sensitive nature calls
SUP	Support Vehicle
T	Truck (Aerial Ladder)	Units foreign to WCCCA district boundaries are preceded with the first letter of their department (PT# Portland truck, T211 Lake Oswego Truck 211)
TR	Technical Rescue	Note that TVF&R's technical rescue unit TR51 will usually respond in CAD as USAR51
TENT	First aid tent	Used during the Oregon International Air Show
TIMER	Electronic incident timer
TSKFOR	Task Force	Not quite a full box/1st Alarm response Once exclusive to TVF&R, most departments have now adopted this standard (i.e. Hillsboro: TSKFH, Forest Grove: TSKFG)
TVCFA	Commercial Fire Alarm	Notification used for fire alarms in commercial type buildings
USAR	Urban Search & Rescue
USA	Unified Sewage Agency notification	Clean Water Services (CWS) now owns and operates USA properties
V	Van	Used to haul volunteer personnel or equipment to and from an incident
WCWR	Wash. Co. Water Rescue Notification	Page for water rescue team(s)
WR	Water Rescue	WR59 is located with Boat 59 at Sta. 59 in West LinnWillamette
WT	Water Tender	Some out-of-county units may not have a unit number, using only the fire department's initials (e.g. EVMWT ElsieVinemaple water tender); these units will more than likely not be heard over the air
X	Place holder	When dispatch needs to keep a call active, switch a unit, etc., X is used
YMAMB	Page for Yamhill County Ambulance	Used mostly by Gaston on calls with, or in Yamhill RFPD's area; generally, the ambulance comes from McMinnville, but during peak hours, a Newberg medic unit may respond

Clackamas County

Unit ID	Description	Notes
AMR	American Medical Response - Notification	Actual ambulance numbers are no longer used for initial dispatch - M1 is used instead
AIRL	Airlife Air Ambulance	(may also show as AIRLYF) Now known as AirLink out of Bend - occasionally used when LifeFlight is unavailable
AURORA	Aurora Fire Notification	When a call is received by CCOM in Aurora Fire’s boundary, this unit ID is used
AT	Air Trailer
B / BC / C	Battalion / Duty Chief / 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. 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 (Water Rescue)	Used when the crew of a Water Rescue unit are on the water
CAVOL	Canby Volunteer Page
CH / CHGRP	Department chaplain notification
CTCSEC	Clackamas Town Center Security Page	Notifies mall security of an incident
CUB	Canby Utility Board	Notification to utilities within Canby city limits
D1SUPP	Clackamas Fire Dist. #1 Support	Unique - Call for volunteers within the district (usually on box assignments)
DR	Dive Rescue	There are two DRs in Clackamas County - DR214 in Lake Oswego and DR101 in Gladstone
E	Engine	Units foreign to CCOM district boudaries are followed with the first letter of their depeartment (EP (Portland), EG (Gresham), EC (Corbet), etc)
EM	Emergency Management
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
EMS#	Single person EMS unit for Clackamas Fire	Occasionally runs on both fire and medical calls; EMS1 thru EMS3 have been seen responding on calls
ETIME	Electronic incident timer
GUARD	Oregon Air National Guard page	Used during SAR events
HM	Hazmat Unit
HR	Heavy Rescue	Carries specalized rescue tools that engine companies do not carry
HSQ	Heavy Squad	CCFD#1: HSQ4 is the equivalent of a HR; HSQ5 is a Special Operations unit (Hazmat/CBRNE)
INFO	Information	Information about a call – for dispatchers and responding agencies’ eyes only!
LFSTBY / LF	Lifeflight Notification	Denotes standby, activation, and activity of responding Lifeflight helicopters
LOCOM	Lake Oswego Communications Notification	When a call is received by CCOM in Lake Oswego's limits, this unit ID is used
M	ALS Medic unit	M1 is not a medic unit, but rather an AMR dispatch designator
MC16	Mobile Command	Used by both fire and law enforcement in Clackamas County during large events; may be known as COMM1 or CMD16; housed at Hilltop Station 16 in Oregon City
METCOM	Marion Area Multi Agency Emergency Telecommunications	When a call is received by CCOM in any of METCOM's districts, this unit ID is used
NOTIFY	Hoodland Fire Notification	Used to notify the Hoodland Duty Chief of an incident on or near Mt. Hood
NWGAS	Northwest Natural Gas notification
NSP	National Ski Patrol Notification / Response	Used for incidents on Mount Hood
ODF	Oregon Department of Forestry Notification
OSFM	Oregon State Fire Marshall Notification
PGE	Portland General Electric notification
PH38	Molalla Fire Notification	Page for Molalla Fire photographer
PIO	Public Information Officer
PREV	Clackamas Fire Dist. Fire Investigator
PW	Local public works notification
QRT	Quick Response Team	USFS medical, Ripplebrook Ranger Station area
R	Rescue
RANGER	Oregon State Park Ranger Notification	Park Rangers provide emergency aid to park visitors while emergency responders are en route
RAT	AMR’s Reach & Treat Team	Used in S&R events around the Mt. Hood National Forest
REDCRS	American Red Cross Notification
RH / RHGRP	Rehabilitation Unit (Air)
RRT	Rope Rescue Team	SARRT (Sandy), BRRRT (Boring), ESRRT (Estacada), HDRRT (Hoodland), MORRT (Molalla)
S / SQ	Rescue Squad
SAG	Second Alarm General	Indicates incident level at 2nd Alarm
SLVRTN	Notification for METCOM	A call taken by CCOM routed to METCOM
SR	Search & Rescue Vehicle/Trailer	SR251 is the only unit seen so far; responded to Mt. Hood Wilderness
SQT	Telesquirt
TR	Truck (Aerial Ladder)	Note that like the E(ngine) and R(escue), foreign TRs will have a letter before the unit ID (i.e. TRP25)
TIP	Trauma Intervention Program	Unique to Clackamas County during crisis events
TOW	Tow Company	Used in conjunction with request for a tow and/or Pop-A-Lock
TVFR	Notification for TVF&R	When a call is received for TVF&R within Clackamas County, this ID may be used temporarily
U	Utility
USFS	United States Forest Service notification
WR	Water Rescue Unit
WRTEAM / CCWR	Water Rescue Notification	Page for water rescue team(s)
WATER	Water Tender Callout
WF	Working Fire	WF may be proceeded by either numbers or letters to indicate the department (ex. WF38: Molalla, WFCA: Canby, etc)
WT	Water Tender

Other Units Not Listed

Throughout both counties, there are several units that have not been included in this list. For example, in Washington County, a fire investigator can have a three or four digit unit ID (TVF&R: 2514, Hillsboro: 115, Forest Grove: 4911), but they are not included here. While every attempt is made to identify common unit IDs, this is not a complete database or reference. The best way to know what unit is responding is by keeping an ear on your scanner.

External Links

Joint CAD Incident Tracking System