Franklin County Public Safety Radio IDs

Radio ID structure

Fire IDs

2

5

X

X

X

Y

Z

• Operations IDs are 25xxxyz where:
  • xxx = Station number (ex. 192)
  • y = equipment type where:
    • 1 = Engine
    • 2 = Ladder
    • 3 = Rescue
    • 4 = Squad/ EMS Supervisor
    • 5 = Medic
    • 6 = Chief
    • 7 = Tanker
    • 8 = Bomb Squad
    • 9 = Haz-Mat
    • 0 = Other
  • z = radio type where:
    • 0 = mobile
    • 1 = 1st portable
    • 2 = 2nd portable
    • 3 = 3rd portable
    • 4 = Base station or 4th portable
    • 5 = Station Car
    • 6 = Hose Wagon/Telesquirt
    • 7 = Foam Truck
    • 8 = Personnel Transporter
    • 9 = Extra apparatus.
  • Example: 2519250 is the mobile radio in Medic 192.
  • Example: 2500812 is the 2nd portable on Engine 8.
  • Example: 2501429 is Extra Ladder 14

Police IDs

Columbus Police officers are issued their own portable radios.

• Portable IDs are 254xxxx where:
  • xxxx is the officer's badge number.
  • Badge numbers in the 5000 range are sergeants.
• Mobile IDs are 255xxxy where:
  • xxx is the cruiser number.
  • y is the cruiser type
    • 0 is a regular car
    • 1 is a relief (spare) car
  • Example: 2551760 is car 176
  • Example: 2551701 is car R-170 (a relief car)