Norfolk City (VA)

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Radio Communications Protocol (2019)

Fail Soft Condition A.1.B.2.3.Should the radio system lose its redundant central controllers, the system will default to a Fail Soft condition. In the Fail Soft condition, radios will emit an audible beep every 10 seconds, and all displays will indicate fail-soft, either by the words Fail Soft, or the initials F. S. Under the Fail Soft condition, all radios on the 800 MHz system will automatically be assigned to a pre-determined system resource by the user's selected talk-group. Personnel operating on their assigned talk-group will continue to communicate in the same manner prior to the failure. Trunking features such as the emergency button will cease to be functional during the Fail Soft condition. System Down Condition1.2.3.A System Down condition occurs when the 800 MHz system fails beyond the Fail Soft capability. All radios will emit an audible beep every 10seconds and a continuous tone when the radio button is depressed. If portable and mobile radios are both inoperable, the display should be checked for Out of Range

During the System Down condition, users of the 800 MHz system will be unable to communicate until the system has been brought back into normal operation. When this condition occurs, all police personnel and telecommunicators are to switch to the Portsmouth Mutual Aid talk group and maintain extreme minimum communications, and will remain there until instructed by the telecommunicator to a specific NPSAC/Orion talk-group. The telecommunicator will conduct a roll call of units to determine status and location. The telecommunicator will shall advise police personnel when the system had returned to normal status and to return to their normally assigned talk-groups.

Radio Talk Around Procedures .The radio talk around feature allows communications between radio devices when personnel are outside the range of the repeater towers. This frequency is a non-trunked conventional channel with limited range, and is to be used only when personnel travel outside this jurisdiction or as otherwise needed within this jurisdiction. Talk around is an FCC authorized channel and is shared with non-law enforcement agencies; personnel should be aware that this frequency is not secure.

Out of City Mutual Aid Radio Procedures (CALEA 81.2.4.d) When a Norfolk Police unit leaves the city and requires police assistance under non-emergency conditions (e.g. coordinating a suspect search) from Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, or Suffolk, the Norfolk unit, after coordinating with the telecommunicator, will select the radio mutual aid talk-group for the agency from which assistance is required. The telecommunicator in the Norfolk ECC who is responsible for the unit's primary talk-group, will monitor the talk-group for the city to which the unit is responding. Attachment A identifies the participating cities' mutual aid talk-groups. Assistance from the state police and cities not listed on Attachment A that do not have compatible communications systems will have to be coordinated via telecommunicators. Norfolk units communicating on a mutual aid talk-group will identify themselves as, "Norfolk Police Unit "The telecommunicator from the other agency will then respond to the unit requesting assistance. If an emergency situation prevents the units from safely switching to the other city's mutual aid talk-group (e.g., a vehicle pursuit) the telecommunicator will, upon request, cross patch the requesting unit directly into the appropriate jurisdiction's mutual aid talk-group.1.2.When this task is performed by the telecommunicator, units should be aware that the entire talk-group will be operating on the mutual aid talk-group. Consequently, units will only make this request when they feel they may not safely perform this task themselves. Once the involved officer may safely do so, he or she will advise the telecommunicator to switch the talk-group back to its normal operation. Police units from any of the aforementioned cities entering Norfolk will request assistance via the telecommunicator, who will relay the type of situation (e.g.,vehicle pursuit), location of entry (e.g., Downtown Tunnel) and other pertinent information (e.g. vehicle description and license number) on main talk-groups. As deemed appropriate and if it can be safely accomplished, telecommunicators will coordinate shifting of units to the Norfolk Mutual Aid talk-group. Other city units will identify themselves as, "Virginia Beach Police Unit Norfolk units will

Codes/Units/Station Lists

Fire Station Locations and Equipment Updated 5/27/09

Station 1-Wood St & St. Pauls Blvd

Engine 1, Ladder 1, Medic 1, Battalion 1, Fire Car 8, Boat 1, Fieldcom 1, Air Unit

Station 2-25th St & Church St

Engine 2, Medic 2

Station 3-E. Virginia Beach Blvd & Monticello Ave

CLOSED

Station 4-Poplar Hall Dr & Honaker Ave

Engine 4, Medic 4 MMRS Medical Response Trailer MMRS Communications Tower Trailer [1]

Station 5-Unused

Station 6-Colley Ave & Fairfax Ave

Engine 6, MIRT Support 3, MIRT Fire Pump, LUF-60 trailer

Station 7-W. 43rd St & Hampton Blvd

Engine 7, Ladder 7, Medic 7, Rescue Company 1, Hazmat 1, Utility 7, Hazmat support trailer

Station 8-E. Berkley Ave & Frederick St.

Engine 8, Ladder 8, Medic 8

Station 9-Thole St. near Granby St.

Engine 9, Ladder 9, Medic 9, Battalion 2

Station 10-E. Virginia Beach Blvd & Azalea Garden Rd.

Engine 10, Ladder 10, Medic 10

Station 11-Verdun Ave. near Lafayette Blvd.

Engine 11, Medic 11

Station 12-W. Little Creek Rd. & Harrison Rd.

Engine 12, Medic 12

Station 13-Maple Ave & Osborne Rd

Engine 13, Ladder 13, Medic 13, Boat 13, Brush 1

Station 14-Norview Ave & Edward St

Engine 14, Ladder 14, Medic 14, Rescue Company 2, Battalion 3, Utility 14, Tech rescue support trailer

Station 15-Fishermans Rd near Sturgis Rd

Engine 15

Station 16-Camellia Rd near E. Little Creek Rd.

Engine 16, Medic 16

Engine, Ladder or Medic 18 is the designation of a spare truck while being used by the training division.

Medic 3 or 6 is the designation used for medic units assigned for special event coverage.

NFR-NPD channel usage

NFR

Dispatch- units dispatched, unit status, general information

Tac 2- EMS Ops, any call that is EMS related. The units dispatched respond and use this channel on scene. Also used for disposition enroute to hospital (arrived,patient care turned over, OOS or drug box refill)

Tac 3 - Fires, Accidents involving extrication or pin not on the Interstate. Confined Space Rescue Ops, HazMat, Water rescues, Gas leaks.

Tac 4 - Overflow for Tac 3

Tac 5 - Service calls, vehicle fires, wires down, brush fires, open burning,

Tac 6- Interstate accidents, car fires. Airport calls. Mutual Aid. Airport Fire will come up on Tac 6 to advise units of the situation.

Tac 7- Admin, Talkaround, Inspections.

Tac 8- Overflow Tac, Training.

Tac 9- Same as 8

Tac 10- Same as 8

Tac 11- Same as 8.

NPD

1st, 2nd ,3rd Dispatch- units are dispatched, dispositions, general information, traffic stops

Detective Dispatch- Detectives, Forensics, Marine units, K9 units are dispatched and told what precinct channel to switch to. Also calls are broadcasted, traffic stops, general information

1st, 2nd, 3rd, Detective Alternate channels- Either car to car, talkaround, if a Signal 98 (clear the air) is given, Calls are Dispatched on the Alternate channel until the Signal 98 is deemed cleared on Dispatch, or vice versa.

1st,2nd,3rd Tacs- Car to Car, Talkaround, prolonged events, Special events.

Admin/Towing- Information about Warrants,

Response Codes

Dispatcher will normally broadcast the response code for Code 3 and some Code 2 calls. Code 1 calls are decided by a dispatcher or shift commander, etc.

Code 3 - Lowest Priority, no lights or siren

Code 2 - Fights, etc., anything involving life in danger, lights and sirens

Code 1 - Highest priority, lights and sirens

Norfolk PD Callsign Identifiers

1xx - -1st Patrol Division units

Major neighborhoods serviced by the First Patrol Division include: Berkley, Brambleton, Broad Creek, Campostella, Downtown, Elizabeth Park, Ingleside, NRHA Public Housing Communities, Old Huntersville, Poplar Halls, River Forest Shores,

18x,28x,38x- School Resource Officers

2xx - 2nd Patrol Division units

Major neighborhoods serviced by the Second Patrol Division include: Areas surrounding the Norfolk International Airport, (Airport Police handle all calls within the Airport) Denby Park, E. Little Creek Road, East Ocean View, Fox Hall, Norview / Five Points, Willoughby,

3xx - 3rd Patrol Division units

Major neighborhoods serviced by the Third Patrol Division include: 21st Street Corridor, Ballentine, Coleman Place, Colonial Place, Edgewater, Estabrook, Fairmont Park, Ghent, Highland Park, Lafayette, Lakewood, Lamberts Point, Larchmont, Lochaven, Naval Base (Base Police handle calls within confines of the base), North Shore, Old Dominion University (ODU has their own PD, NPD is used for mutual aid) Park Place, Roland Park, Sherwood Forest, Suburban Park, Talbot Park, Titustown, Villa Heights, Wards Corner, West Ghent,

Animal Control - 411-419 (Detective Main)

PHx units- Public Housing

K-9 Units - 420-440 (Detective Main)

Traffic Units, Motorcycles - 450-480 (Detective Main)

Detectives (Plain clothes , Vice , Narcotics , Robbery , Homicide etc.)- 500-900

Any number ending in "0"; 120 ,220 ,340 ,560 ,780 etc.- Sergeants

Norfolk Signal Codes

2 Assist
3 Request assistance
4 Acknowledgment
5 See complainant
6 Officer not acknowledging
7 Out of service
8 In service
9 Arrived at scene
10 Cancel
11 Officer involved
12 General broadcast
13 Utility defect
14 Reuest services
15 Prisoner in Custody
16 Confirmed Want
17 Possible want
18 Subject with communicable disease
19A Report to VA Beach & Tidewater
19B Report to Granby & 21st
19C Report to Thole & Granby
19D Report to Tidewater & Thole
19E Report to Southern Shopping Ctr.
19F Report to Military & E Little creek
19G Report to Willowood & Granby
19H Report to Lafayette & Tidewater
20 Location
21 Phone
22 Computer check�person
23 Computer check�vehicle
24 Computer check�property
25 Radio check
26 Radio check�OK
27 Radio check�poor
28 Stand by
29 Weapon involved
30 Request city wrecker
31 Request contract wrecker
32 Request police wrecker
33 Owner requests wrecker
34 Recall
35 Switch to subfleet
36 Correct time
37 Request supervisor
38 Violent subject
39 Suicidal subject
40 Terminally ill subject
41 Special call-in
42 Activate trench rescue
43 No smoke or flames visible
44 Smoke visible
45 Flames visible
46 Flames visible
47 Fully involved
48 Request additional fire units
49 Dispatch second alarm
50 Dispatch third alarm
51 Burn victim
52 Smoke inhalation victim
53 Fire fatality
54 Activate Hazmat response
55 Declare Hazmat phase
56 Odor of gas
57 Odor of smoke
98 Emergency�stand by
99 Officer needs help

Norfolk City (VA)

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Contents

Emergency Communication Center

Codes/Units/Station Lists

Fire Station Locations and Equipment Updated 5/27/09

NFR-NPD channel usage

Norfolk PD Callsign Identifiers

Norfolk Signal Codes

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