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+ | ====Washington County==== | ||
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+ | ! align="center" style="background: #8B0000; color: White"| Unit ID | ||
+ | ! align="center" style="background: #8B0000; color: White"| Description | ||
+ | ! align="center" style="background: #8B0000; color: White"| 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 battallion 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 [http://tvfr.com/news/index.aspx 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 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) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 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 specalized 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical,_biological,_radiological,_and_nuclear 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 three-digit 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 / tone-out | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 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 boudaries 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 Linn-Willamette | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | WT | ||
+ | | Water Tender | ||
+ | | Some out-of-county units may not have a unit number, using only the fire department's initials (e.g. EVMWT - Elsie-Vinemaple water tender); these units will more than likely not be heard over the air | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 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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Sandbox test template for WCCCA/C800 radio system notes | Sandbox test template for WCCCA/C800 radio system notes | ||
Revision as of 02:51, 22 June 2014
Washington County
Unit ID | Description | Notes |
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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 battallion 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 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) |
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 specalized 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 three-digit 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 / tone-out | |
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 boudaries 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 Linn-Willamette |
WT | Water Tender | Some out-of-county units may not have a unit number, using only the fire department's initials (e.g. EVMWT - Elsie-Vinemaple water tender); these units will more than likely not be heard over the air |
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 |
Sandbox test template for WCCCA/C800 radio system notes
License | Location | Frequency | Use | Notes |
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DATA | ||||
WQQU811 | Washington County | N/A | MDT Data | These are listed here, without frequencies, for reference only |
WQQV747 | ||||
WQSB543 | ||||
WPEJ994 | ||||
SIMPLEX & INTEROP | ||||
WQKD520 | Washington County | 851.0125 | Nationwide 800Mhz Calling (8CALL90) | These are in the Oregon DB, listed under Common/Shared frequencies |
851.5125 | Nationwide 800Mhz Tac 1 (8TAC91) | |||
852.0125 | Nationwide 800Mhz Tac 2 (8TAC92) | |||
852.5125 | Nationwide 800Mhz Tac 3 (8TAC93) | |||
853.0125 | Nationwide 800Mhz Tac 4 (8TAC94) | |||
WQCZ750 | Washington County | 853.4375 | SIMPLEX 1 | These are 800Mhz simplex frequencies used throughout Clackamas, Washington, Multnomah, and Clark (WA) counties. They do not handle routine or day-to-day traffic. |
851.0375 | SIMPLEX 2 | |||
851.9500 | SIMPLEX 3 | |||
851.1750 | SIMPLEX 4 | |||
853.3875 | MAYDAY | Per RR user DickH, "MAYDAY is for use by a lost or trapped firefighter. There is a 3-positon switch on our portable radios (A,B & C) so no matter which position it is in, we simply turn the selector dial to the farthest clockwise position and it will be on MAYDAY." | ||
851.3250 | OROPS 1 / FIRE-EMS 1 | These are in the Oregon DB, listed under Common/Shared frequencies | ||
851.3875 | OROPS 2 / LAW 1 | |||
851.7500 | OROPS 3 / LOCALGOV 1 | |||
851.7750 | OROPS 4 / FIRE-EMS 2 | |||
851.8000 | OROPS 5 / LAW 2 | |||
852.5375 | WAOPS 1 | These are Washington State interoperability frequencies; they are not currently listed in the Oregon DB and are provided here for reference | ||
852.5625 | WAOPS 2 | |||
852.5875 | WAOPS 3 | |||
852.6125 | WAOPS 4 | |||
852.6375 | WAOPS 5 |