| Unit ID
| Description
| Notes
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| 911OPS
| 3rd Alarm Admin Notification
| Used rarely
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| AIR
| Air Trailer
| AIR333 out of Sherwood is the only known unit
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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)
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| ALS
| Advanced Life Support Unit
| Used during the Oregon International Air Show
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| 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. AMR212) – 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)
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| BR
| Brush Rig
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| C
| Battalion Chief / Duty Chief / Chief
| Some department duty chiefs have four digit unit IDs instead of C (i.e. Banks:1300)
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| CINFO
| Chief officer notification.
| Notifies battallion chief / duty chief / chief without paging unit to scene. (i.e. Hillsboro C1 would be C1INFO.)
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| BOAT
| Boat (Water Rescue)
| Used when the crew of a Water Rescue unit are on the water
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| CAR
| TVF&R Response Car
| Unique – Read about them here
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| CART
| Medical golf cart
| Used during the Oregon International Air Show
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| CAS
| Air Truck
| Unique - Air/rehab unit that responds to assignments in West county districts and responds from Cornelius (Cascade 8)
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| 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.
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| E
| Engine
| Units foreign to WCCCA district boudaries 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)
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| FDBC
| Fire Defense Board Chief
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| FDL
| Fire Dispatch Liaison
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| GEN4
| Forest Grove General Tones
| Unique – Pages volunteers to staff station(s) and/or apparatus
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| 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.
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| HM
| Hazmat Unit
| TVF&R units HM34 and HM53 respond to hazardous materials incidents in HazMat Region 9.
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| HR
| Heavy Rescue
| Carries specalized rescue tools that engine companies do not carry. HR51 is located at TVF&R's Tigard Station.
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| HS
| Heavy Squad
| TVF&R HS66 is the district’s CBRNE unit
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| IMT
| Incident Management Team Notification
| Notification / page(s) an overhead team consisting of several specialists trained to help mitigate and manage large-scale incidents
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| INFO
| Information
| Information about a call – for dispatchers and responding agencies’ eyes only!
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| INV
| Investigator
| Usually preceded by the department they are assigned to (Hillsboro: HFINV, Forest Grove: FFINV)
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| LB
| Light 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
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| LT
| Light Trailer
| Unique – Light trailer operating out of Cornelius Station 8
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| MED
| ALS Medic Unit
| TVF&R runs three medic units (MED35, MED53, MED61) as a two-man rescue; when MetroWest is not available, these can also be used to transport patients
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| 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
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| MX
| Medical Examiner
|
|
| ODOT
| Department of Transportation Notification
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|
| PACU
| Pacific University Security Notification
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| PIO
| Public Information Officer
|
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| PU
| Pickup
| Sometimes doubles as a light brush rig
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| R
| Rescue
|
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| RHB
| Rehab Unit (Air Truck)
|
|
| SFOR
| Oregon Department of Forestry Notification
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| SIREN
| Station siren activation
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| STA
| General station page / tone-out
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| SQT
| Telesquirt (Aerial Pumper)
| Pronounced "Squirt" on dispatch. TVF&R uses SQT34, SQT61, and SQT62 as engine companies. Cornelius FD uses SQT8 as a truck company.
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| SUP
| Support Vehicle
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| T
| Truck (Aerial Ladder)
| Units foreign to WCCCA district boudaries are preceded with the first letter of their department (PT# - Portland truck, T211 - Lake Oswego Truck 211).
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| TR
| Technical Rescue
| TR03 is at Hillsboro Station 3. TR51 (also a USAR unit) is at TVF&R Tigard Station 51.
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| TENT
| First aid tent
| Used during the Oregon International Air Show
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| TIMER
| Electronic incident timer
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|
| 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)
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| TVCFA
| Commercial Fire Alarm
| Notification used for fire alarms in commercial type buildings
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| USAR
| Urban Search & Rescue
| TR51 (a tech. rescue/USAR unit) is at Sta. 51 in Tigard
|
| USA
| Unified Sewage Agency notification
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|
| V
| Van
| used to haul volunteer personel or equipment to and from an incident
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| 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 Linn-Willamette
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| WT
| Water Tender
|
|
| X
| Placeholder
| 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
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| Unit ID
| Description
| Notes
|
| AMR
| American Medical Response - Notification
| Actual ambulance numbers are no longer used for initial dispatch - M1 is used instead
|
| AIRLYF
| Airlife Air Ambulance
| Now known as AirLink out of Bend - occasionally used when LifeFlight is unavailable
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| AURORA
| Aurora Fire Notification
| When a call is received by CCOM in Aurora Fire’s boundary, this unit ID is used
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| 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)
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| BOEC
| Portland BOEC Notification
| When a call is received by CCOM that originates in Portland Fire & Rescue’s boundary, this ID is used
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| BR
| Brush Rig
|
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| BT
| Boat (Water Rescue)
| Used when the crew of a Water Rescue unit are on the water
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| CAVOL
| Canby Volunteer Page
|
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| CH / CHGRP
| Department chaplain notification
|
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| 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
| 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)
|
| 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
|
| EMS2
| Single person EMS unit for Clackamas Fire
| Occasionally runs on both fire and medical calls
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| ETIME
| Electronic incident timer
|
|
| 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
| Mass Casualty Unit
| Clackamas Fire District's mass casualty unit
|
| NORCOM
| North Marion County Communications Notification
| When a call is received by CCOM in any of NORCOM'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 Station?
| Unknown
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
|
| WT
| Water Tender
|
|
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.
