Whatcom County (WA)

Whatcom County Sheriffs Department

Unit Designators

Adam - Sheriff
Edward - Sheriff
Frank - Ferndale Police
George - Ferndale Police
Sam - Point Roberts and Lumni Tribal Police
Victor - Everson Police

City Of Bellingham

Bellingham Fire Department

Unit Designators

Car 1 - Chief of the department
Car 2 - Assistant Chief
Car 10 - Public Information Officer Training
71 - Training Battalion Chief
72/73 - Training Captains Battalion
1 - On duty operations Battalion Chief
Battalion 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 - Off duty Battalion Chiefs Medical
31 - Medical Services Officer Medical
32 - E.M.S. Quality Assurance Captain, Medical
33 - E.M.S. Training Captains Medical
39 - Medical Program Director-physician
Engines 51-56 - Front line engine companies
Ladder 41 - Front line ladder truck
Engines 57-58 - Reserve engines
Ladder 42 - Reserve ladder truck
Rescue 91 - Specialized rescue vehicle assigned with Ladder 41.
Haz Mat 99 - A large semi tractor/trailer combination unit that carries specialized hazardous materials mitigation equipment for the Whatcom County Specialized Emergency Response Team.
Medic 1-2 - Medic units stationed at Bellingham Station One.
Medic 3 - Medic unit stationed north of Ferndale.
Medic 4 - Medic unit stationed on E. Smith Rd.
Medic 5 - Medic units stationed in Bellingham and staffed by hireback personnel on busy days.
Medic 51-56 - Reserve medic units that are staffed as needed by engine company personnel who have a paramedic on board.
Air One - A SCBA bottle refill system mounted on a truck chassis. Jointly operated by the Bellingham Fire Department and Whatcom County Fire Districts 2, 4, and 8.

In Route / Responding - Beginning to drive to incident location. See also: Response modes: Code Green, Yellow, Red On Scene - Announcing arrival at incident scene. In Quarters - Announcing arrival to regular station. On Radio - Announcing routine departure from regular station. (Can be contacted by radio.) Second Call - Unit is available but busy with training or other task that may delay response. Request for the next closest unit to be dispatched if an incident occurs. First Call - Unit is available again for normal response. Out of Service - Not available for reponse. Do not dspatch unit. Special Request - Request dispatch of a specific unit to respond to the incident. Add - Request dispatch of a specific type of unit to respond to the incident. Exact unit determined by CAD to be the next closest available unit of requested type. Balance of Alarm for... - Request dispatch to upgrade the call type and add appropriate units to bring total resources up to the level for the new call type. Second Alarm - Request dispatch to upgrade the call severity and add a pre determined number of unlike units to the incident. (about twice as many units as the initial alarm.)

Bellingham Police Department

Unit Designators

Adam - ?
David - ?
Paul - Patrol

City of Everson

The city of Everson is dispatched on the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office dispatch frequency, 453.32500

City of Ferndale

The city of Ferndale is dispatched by the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office.

Customs Border Protection

Unit Designators For This Area

100 - Admin
200 - Blaine Units
300 - Bellingham Units
400 - Lynden Units (Guide Meridian Station)
500 - 600 - Sumas Police
700 - 800 - Blaine Police 900 - Air/Marine Units?