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|- style="background: #666666" | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
− | + | | align="center" | 1T | |
− | + | | align="center" | Hillsboro Air Tower | |
− | + | | Used during aircraft emergencies | |
|- style="background: #777777" | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
− | + | | align="center" | 911OPS | |
− | + | | align="center" | 3rd Alarm Admin Notification | |
− | + | | Used rarely | |
|- style="background: #666666" | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
− | + | | AIR | |
− | + | | Air Trailer | |
− | + | | AIR333 out of Sherwood is the only known unit | |
|- style="background: #777777" | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
− | + | | 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) | |
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | ALS | ||
+ | | Advanced Life Support Unit | ||
+ | | Used during the Oregon International Air Show | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | 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) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | BR | ||
+ | | Brush Rig | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | C | ||
+ | | Battalion Chief / Duty Chief / Chief | ||
+ | | Some department duty chiefs have four digit unit IDs instead of C (i.e. Banks:1300) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | CINFO | ||
+ | | Chief officer notification. | ||
+ | | Notifies battallion chief / duty chief / chief without paging unit to scene. (i.e. Hillsboro C1 would be C1INFO.) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | BOAT | ||
+ | | Boat (Water Rescue) | ||
+ | | Used when the crew of a Water Rescue unit are on the water | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | CAR | ||
+ | | TVF&R Response Car | ||
+ | | Unique – Read about them [http://tvfr.com/news/index.aspx here] | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | CART | ||
+ | | Medical golf cart | ||
+ | | Used during the Oregon International Air Show | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | CAS | ||
+ | | Air Truck | ||
+ | | Unique - Air/rehab unit that responds to assignments in West county districts and responds from Cornelius (Cascade 8) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | 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. | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | COCB | ||
+ | | Cornelius Callback | ||
+ | | Notification to staff Station 8 (Cornelius Fire) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | D2VOL | ||
+ | | WCFD#2 Volunteers | ||
+ | | Page for volunteers to staff stations; the last letter designates N for North Plains or M for Midway | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | 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) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | FDBC | ||
+ | | Fire Defense Board Chief | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | FDL | ||
+ | | Fire Dispatch Liaison | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | GEN4 | ||
+ | | Forest Grove General Tones | ||
+ | | Unique – Pages volunteers to staff station(s) and/or apparatus | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | HB | ||
+ | | Heavy Brush Rig | ||
+ | | Carries more water, tools, manpower, etc than a standard BR - Generally a Type 3 Engine | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | HFC | ||
+ | | Hillsboro Fire Chief | ||
+ | | Notifies Hillsboro fire chief of major incidents and fires. | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | HM | ||
+ | | Hazmat Unit | ||
+ | | TVF&R units HM34 and HM53 respond to hazardous materials incidents in HazMat Region 9. | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | HR | ||
+ | | Heavy Rescue | ||
+ | | Carries specalized rescue tools that engine companies do not carry. HR51 is located at TVF&R's Tigard Station. | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | HS | ||
+ | | Heavy Squad | ||
+ | | TVF&R HS66 is the district’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical,_biological,_radiological,_and_nuclear CBRNE] unit | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | IMT | ||
+ | | Incident Management Team Notification | ||
+ | | Notification / page(s) an overhead team consisting of several specialists trained to help mitigate and manage large-scale incidents | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | INFO | ||
+ | | Information | ||
+ | | Information about a call – for dispatchers and responding agencies’ eyes only! | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | INV | ||
+ | | Investigator | ||
+ | | Usually preceded by the department they are assigned to (Hillsboro: HFINV, Forest Grove: FFINV) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | LB | ||
+ | | Light Brush Rig | ||
+ | | Term used by TVF&R, same as brush rig. | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | 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. | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | MX | ||
+ | | Medical Examiner | ||
+ | | May be followed by a single digit 1-3 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | PACU | ||
+ | | Pacific University Security Notification | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | PDONLY | ||
+ | | Police Only Notification | ||
+ | | First seen 6/21/14; notification for police response only on a call (e.g. MVA) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | PDXOPS | ||
+ | | Portland 800 Ops Channel | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | PIO | ||
+ | | Public Information Officer | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | PU | ||
+ | | Pickup | ||
+ | | Sometimes doubles as a light brush rig | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | R | ||
+ | | Rescue | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | RHB | ||
+ | | Rehab Unit (Air Truck) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | SFOR | ||
+ | | Oregon Department of Forestry Notification | ||
+ | | State Forestry units usually respond with a separate three-digit ID in CAD (e.g. 436, 439, etc) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | SIREN | ||
+ | | Station siren activation | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | SQT | ||
+ | | Telesquirt (Aerial Pumper) | ||
+ | | Pronounced "Squirt" on dispatch. TVF&R uses SQT34, SQT61, and SQT62 as engine companies. | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | STA | ||
+ | | General station page / tone-out | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | SUP | ||
+ | | Support Vehicle | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | 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). | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | TR | ||
+ | | Technical Rescue | ||
+ | | Note that TVF&R's technical rescue unit TR51 will usually respond in CAD as USAR51 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | TENT | ||
+ | | First aid tent | ||
+ | | Used during the Oregon International Air Show | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | TIMER | ||
+ | | Electronic incident timer | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | 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) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | TVCFA | ||
+ | | Commercial Fire Alarm | ||
+ | | Notification used for fire alarms in commercial type buildings | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | USAR | ||
+ | | Urban Search & Rescue | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | USA | ||
+ | | Unified Sewage Agency notification | ||
+ | | Clean Water Services (CWS) now owns and operates USA properties | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | V | ||
+ | | Van | ||
+ | | used to haul volunteer personnel or equipment to and from an incident | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | WCWR | ||
+ | | Wash. Co. Water Rescue Notification | ||
+ | | Page for water rescue team(s) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | WR | ||
+ | | Water Rescue | ||
+ | | WR59 is located with Boat 59 at Sta. 59 in West Linn-Willamette | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | X | ||
+ | | Placeholder | ||
+ | | When dispatch needs to keep a call active, switch a unit, etc., X is used | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | 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==== | ||
+ | {| border="2" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! align="center" style="background: #32CD32; color:white"| Unit ID | ||
+ | ! align="center" style="background: #32CD32; color:white"| Description | ||
+ | ! align="center" style="background: #32CD32; color:white"| Notes | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | AMR | ||
+ | | American Medical Response - Notification | ||
+ | | Actual ambulance numbers are no longer used for initial dispatch - M1 is used instead | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | AIRL | ||
+ | | Airlife Air Ambulance | ||
+ | | (may also show as AIRLYF) Now known as AirLink out of Bend - occasionally used when LifeFlight is unavailable | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | AURORA | ||
+ | | Aurora Fire Notification | ||
+ | | When a call is received by CCOM in Aurora Fire’s boundary, this unit ID is used | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | AT | ||
+ | | Air Trailer | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | 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) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | BOEC | ||
+ | | Portland BOEC Notification | ||
+ | | When a call is received by CCOM that originates in Portland Fire & Rescue’s boundary, this ID is used | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | BR | ||
+ | | Brush Rig | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | BT | ||
+ | | Boat (Water Rescue) | ||
+ | | Used when the crew of a Water Rescue unit are on the water | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | CAVOL | ||
+ | | Canby Volunteer Page | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | CH / CHGRP | ||
+ | | Department chaplain notification | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | CTCSEC | ||
+ | | Clackamas Town Center Security Page | ||
+ | | Notifies mall security of an incident | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | CUB | ||
+ | | Canby Utility Board | ||
+ | | Notification to utilities within Canby city limits | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | D1SUPP | ||
+ | | Clackamas Fire Dist. #1 Support | ||
+ | | Unique - Call for volunteers within the district (usually on box assignments) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | DR | ||
+ | | Dive Rescue | ||
+ | | There are two DRs in Clackamas County - DR214 in Lake Oswego and DR101 in Gladstone | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | E | ||
+ | | Engine | ||
+ | | Units foreign to CCOM district boudaries are followed with the first letter of their depeartment (EP (Portland), EG (Gresham), EC (Corbet), etc) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | EM | ||
+ | | Emergency Management | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | ETIME | ||
+ | | Electronic incident timer | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | GUARD | ||
+ | | Oregon Air National Guard page | ||
+ | | Used during SAR events | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | HM | ||
+ | | Hazmat Unit | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | HR | ||
+ | | Heavy Rescue | ||
+ | | Carries specalized rescue tools that engine companies do not carry | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | HSQ | ||
+ | | Heavy Squad | ||
+ | | CCFD#1: HSQ4 is the equivalent of a HR; HSQ5 is a Special Operations unit (Hazmat/CBRNE) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | INFO | ||
+ | | Information | ||
+ | | Information about a call – for dispatchers and responding agencies’ eyes only! | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | LFSTBY / LF | ||
+ | | Lifeflight Notification | ||
+ | | Denotes standby, activation, and activity of responding Lifeflight helicopters | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | LOCOM | ||
+ | | Lake Oswego Communications Notification | ||
+ | | When a call is received by CCOM in Lake Oswego's limits, this unit ID is used | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | M | ||
+ | | ALS Medic unit | ||
+ | | M1 is not a medic unit, but rather an AMR dispatch designator | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | NOTIFY | ||
+ | | Hoodland Fire Notification | ||
+ | | Used to notify the Hoodland Duty Chief of an incident on or near Mt. Hood | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | NWGAS | ||
+ | | Northwest Natural Gas notification | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | NSP | ||
+ | | National Ski Patrol Notification / Response | ||
+ | | Used for incidents on Mount Hood | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | ODF | ||
+ | | Oregon Department of Forestry Notification | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | OSFM | ||
+ | | Oregon State Fire Marshall Notification | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | PGE | ||
+ | | Portland General Electric notification | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | PH38 | ||
+ | | Molalla Fire Notification | ||
+ | | Page for Molalla Fire photographer | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | PIO | ||
+ | | Public Information Officer | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | PREV | ||
+ | | Clackamas Fire Dist. Fire Investigator | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | PW | ||
+ | | Local public works notification | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | QRT | ||
+ | | Quick Response Team | ||
+ | | USFS medical, Ripplebrook Ranger Station area | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | R | ||
+ | | Rescue | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | RANGER | ||
+ | | Oregon State Park Ranger Notification | ||
+ | | Park Rangers provide emergency aid to park visitors while emergency responders are en route | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | RAT | ||
+ | | AMR’s Reach & Treat Team | ||
+ | | Used in S&R events around the Mt. Hood National Forest | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | REDCRS | ||
+ | | American Red Cross Notification | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | RH / RHGRP | ||
+ | | Rehabilitation Unit (Air) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | RRT | ||
+ | | Rope Rescue Team | ||
+ | | SARRT (Sandy), BRRRT (Boring), ESRRT (Estacada), HDRRT (Hoodland), MORRT (Molalla) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | S / SQ | ||
+ | | Rescue Squad | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | SAG | ||
+ | | Second Alarm General | ||
+ | | Indicates incident level at 2nd Alarm | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | SLVRTN | ||
+ | | Notification for METCOM | ||
+ | | A call taken by CCOM routed to METCOM | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | SR | ||
+ | | Search & Rescue Vehicle/Trailer | ||
+ | | SR251 is the only unit seen so far; responded to Mt. Hood Wilderness | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | SQT | ||
+ | | Telesquirt | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | 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) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | TIP | ||
+ | | Trauma Intervention Program | ||
+ | | Unique to Clackamas County during crisis events | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | TOW | ||
+ | | Tow Company | ||
+ | | Used in conjunction with request for a tow and/or Pop-A-Lock | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | TVFR | ||
+ | | Notification for TVF&R | ||
+ | | When a call is received for TVF&R within Clackamas County, this ID may be used temporarily | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | U | ||
+ | | Utility | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | USFS | ||
+ | | United States Forest Service notification | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | WR | ||
+ | | Water Rescue Unit | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | WRTEAM / CCWR | ||
+ | | Water Rescue Notification | ||
+ | | Page for water rescue team(s) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | WATER | ||
+ | | Water Tender Callout | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- style="background: #666666" | ||
+ | | WF | ||
+ | | Working Fire | ||
+ | | WF may be proceeded by either numbers or letters to indicate the department (ex. WF38: Molalla, WFCA: Canby, etc) | ||
+ | |- style="background: #777777" | ||
+ | | WT | ||
+ | | Water Tender | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
|} | |} |
Revision as of 13:30, 22 June 2014
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 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 |
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 |