Thunder Bay District County (ON)

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Codes/Units/Station Lists

     Geraldton Fire Department 
           Five Trucks  
             Pumper #1
             Pumper #2
             Heavy Rescue #3
             Command #5
             Scout #

EMS Apparatus Listing

6050 6051 6053 6055 6061 6083 6093 6094 6095 6112 6113 6114 6115 6116 6117 6118 6119 6120 6121 6122 6123 6205 6313 6342 6343

Ministry of Transportation (Greenstone)

49A is Geraldton/Nakina
49B is Longlac/Caramat
49C is Jellicoe/Beardmore

CANADIAN TRIAGE AND ACUITY SCALE (CTAS) NATIONAL GUIDELINES

CTAS Level 1 - Patients need to be seen by a physician immediately 98% of the time.
CTAS Level 2 - Patients need to be seen by a physician within 15 minutes 95% of the time.
CTAS Level 3 - Patients need to be seen by a physician within 30 minutes 90% of the time.
CTAS Level 4 - Patients need to be seen by a physician within 60 minutes 85% of the time.
CTAS Level 5 - Patients need to be seen by a physician within 120 minutes 80 % of the time.

Brevity Codes for OPP and Ambulance

10- 1 Receive Poorly
10- 2 Receive Well
10- 3 Stop Transmitting
10- 4 Acknowledgment
10- 5 Relay
10- 6 Busy/Standby
10- 7 Out of Service/Off Duty
10- 8 In Service
10- 9 Repeat Message
10-10 Permission To Talk To Other Unit
10-11 Disturbance/Assault/Fight
10-12 Drunk Person
10-13 Weather/Roads
10-14 Noise Complaint
10-15 Suspicious Person/Vehicle
10-16 Pick Up Prisoner
10-17 Fire/Fire Department
10-18 Expedite Assignment
10-19 Return To Station
10-20 Location
10-21 Call By Phone
10-22 See Complainant
10-23 Indecent Act/Exposure
10-24 Person Using Firearm
10-25 Gas/Asphyxiation Complaint
10-26 Detaining Subject - Expedite
10-27 License Check
10-28 Vehicle Registration Check
10-29 Check Records For Wanted
10-30 Improper Use Of Radio
10-31 Sickness/Injured Person
10-32 Vehicle To Be Towed
10-33 911 Activation - Emergency
10-34 Alarm - Other
10-35 Major Crime Alert
10-36 Correct Time
10-37 Theft
10-38 Investigation Alert
10-39 Purse Snatching
10-40 Stolen/Recovered Vehicle
10-41 Break & Enter
10-42 Armed Robbery
10-43 Sexual Assault
10-44 Homicide/Murder
10-45 Sudden Death
10-46 Suicide/Attempt
10-47 Fraud
10-48 Convoy Or Escort
10-49 Treats/Obscene Calls
10-50 M.V.A./M.V.C.
- PD = Property Damage
- PI = Personal Injury
- H&R = Hit & Run
10-51 Tow Truck
10-52 Ambulance
10-53 Supervisor/Sergent
10-54 Identification Unit
10-55 Domestic Disturbance
10-56 Missing Person
10-57 Barking/Vicious Dog
10-58 Lost/Found/Seized Property
10-59 Mental Health Act AKA - MHA
10-60 Subject Negative
10-61 Subject Has Record - Not Wanted
10-62 Subject Possibly Wanted
10-63 Positive Hit
10-64 Use Extreme Caution
10-65 Assist Re: 10-64
10-66 Subject Under Observation
10-67 Subject Parolee
10-68 Subject In Charged Category
10-69 Clear To Copy Message
10-70 Subject In Probationary Category
10-71 Subject In Refused Category
10-72 Subject In Prohibited Category
10-73 Subject In Elopee Category
10-74 Subject Is Missing
10-75 Subject In Pointer Person Category
10-76 Narcotic Control Act
10-77 Emergency Landing
10-78 Assist Officer - Emergency
10-79 Hostage - Extortion
10-80 Special Situation
10-81 Parental Abduction
10-82 Stalking
10-83 Infectious Disease
10-84 Demonstration/Strike
10-85 General Broadcast
10-86 Compassionate To Locate
10-87 Drugs
10-88 K9 Unit Required
10-89 Tactical Unit Required
10-90 Bank Alarm
10-91 Armored Car
10-92 Person In Custody
10-93 Road Block
10-94 Operation Red Leaf
10-95 Driving/Traffic Complaint
10-96 Warrant Execution
10-97 Drivers License Suspended
10-98 Marine Accident
10-99 Officer Update Your Status
10-100 Bomb Threat

Commonly Heard Acronyms: Ontario Provincial Police:

ANI/ALI Auto Number Indicator/Auto Location Indicator
B&E Break and Enter
CDSA Controlled Drugs & Substances Act
CIB Criminal Investigation Bureau
CNI Criminal Name Index
CPIC Canadian Police Information Center
CRC Collision Reporting Center
DL Drivers License
DOA Dead on Arrival
DOB Date of Birth
EDP Emotionally disturbed person
EMS Emergency Medical Service
ERT The Emergency Response Team
ETA Estimated time of arrival
FAC Firearms Acquisition Certificate
GOA Gone on arrival
HB Highway Breath
HBD Has been drinking
HTA Highway Traffic Act
HQ Headquarters
IDENT Forensic Identification Unit
K9 Canine Unit
Marker License plate
MHA Mental Health Act
MVA Motor Vehicle Accident
MVC Motor Vehicle Collision
MWS Mobile Work Station
NCIC National Crime Information Center
NICHE See RMS
OMPPAC Ontario Municipal and Provincial Police Automation Co-operative
PD Property Damage
PDS Police Dog Services
PI Personal Injury
P.A.C.T. Police and Community Together
RO Registered Owner
RMS Records Management System
S.A.V.E. Snowmobile, ATV, Vessel Enforcement Team
SIU Special Investigations Unit
SOCO Scene of Crime Officer
S.R.U. Search and Recovery Unit
TAC Tactical Operations - TAC Ch. or TAC Talkgroup
TSV Traffic Services
T.R.U. Tactics and Rescue Unit
T.T.C.I. Technical Traffic Collision Investigator
VSA Vital Signs Absent
YB Youth Bureau
YO Young Offender

Criminal Name Index Caution Flags:

FLAG ALPHA Subject Believed Armed
FLAG CHARLIE Subject Believed To Have Contagious Disease
FLAG ECHO Subject Believed Escapee
FLAG FOXTROT Subject Believed To Have Had Previous Family Violence
FLAG MIKE Subject Believed Mentally Ill
FLAG SIERRA Subject Believed Suicidal
FLAG VICTOR Subject Believed Violent

Criminal Name Index and Related Codes

Violence 302-345
Sex 346
Robbery 356-360
Break & Enter 371-375
Theft-Vehicle 386-392
Theft 403-426
Fraud 448-452
Offensive Weapon 493-499
Arson 510
Failing To Attend 512
Other Criminal Code 536
Drugs 538-561 (Also CDSA - Controlled Drugs & Substances Act)
Other Federal Statutes 574
Driving 700
Possible Drunk Driver - 253

Ontario Ambulance 10 Codes

10-3 All Vehicles stop Transmitting
10-4 Acknowledged
10-6 Busy-Stand by unless Urgent
10-7 Arrived(or OUT of Service)
10-8 Departed (or IN service)
10-9 Repeat last Transmission
10-13 Unable to reply (Relative near by etc)
10-19 Return to Base
10-20 Whats your Location?
10-21 Phone by Landline or Cellular
10-25 Non-Violent Psychiatric Patient
10-26 Call is canceled
10-27 Hostage Taking or SWAT Standby
10-34 Whats the Hospital status
10-36 Emergency is CLOSED (Critical care Bypass)
10-37 Emergency is OPEN to Code 3's only (ReDirect Considerations)
10-38 Emergency is CLEAR
10-50 Violent Psychiatric Patient
10-100 Bomb Threat
10-200 Have Police Attend (often abbreviated to 10-2's)
10-2000 Send Police IMMEDIATELY

CODE 1 Any non-important call
CODE 2 Scheduled call
CODE 3 Prompt call, not life threatening, lights and siren optional
CODE 4 Life Threatening, lights on, siren optional
CODE 5 Obviously dead (Rigidity, Decomposition, Vivisection, Decapitation...)
CODE 6 Legally dead
CODE 7 Unstaffed at station
CODE 8 Standby at location
CODE 9 Unit in for servicing (Not Usable)
CODE 19 non-essential call