Douglas County (CO)

Fire Unit Definitions

• Air Unit An apparatus that carries a machine to refill S.C.B.A. container at the fire ground/operation
• Battalion Chief Shift Command Officer
• Chief The Fire Chief of the department or on ot the departments executive officers.
• Dive A specialize unit that carries water and ice rescue equipment
• Division Chief Mid-management officer; Battalion Chief reports to Division Chief Division Organization level having responsibility for operations within a defined geographic area. This functional level falls between branch and crews, task forces, strike teams, and/or single resources.
• Engine An apparatus with a permanently mounted fire pump with a capacity of 500 GPM or greater, a water tank of at least 500 gallons, a hose bed, and contains NFPA minimum equipment for a class A pumper/engine.
• Heavy Rescue Squad An apparatus that carries specialized equipment that may include, but is not limited to heavy extrication, trench rescue, urban search and rescue, and confined space, and rapid intervention.
• Light Unit An apparatus that carries an onboard light system used to provide scene illumination.
• Medic Unit ALS Transport Unit in the Fire/Rescue Service.
• West Metro Fire using in place of Rescue or Ambulances.
• Quint An apparatus with a permanently mounted fire pump with a capacity of 500 GPM or greater, a water tank that may be less than 500 gallons, but typically not less than 200 gallons, a hose bed, all NFPA minimum equipment for a class A pumper/engine, carrying a full complement of ground ladders totalling 116 feet, and has a permanently mounted, power operated aerial ladder that may be less than 100 feet in length. Quints may function as either an engine or truck companies.
• Red Leader Airport Crash Rescue apparatus
• RIT The Rapid Intervention Team is to be used to provide for the rescue of firefighters operating at emergency incidents if the need arises.
• Rescue An apparatus that is staffed by fire fighters and carries basic or advanced life support (BLS/ALS) equipment adn personnel; may or may not have transport capability; BLS usually staffed by EMT's; ALS staffed by a minimum of one paramedic and one EMT; most career department rescues are ALS.
• SCAT A light attack apparatus with a booster pump of less than 400 GPM, limited personnel carrying capablity equipped with limited structural firefighting equipment. Is usually limited to structural firefighting but may also respond on wildland fires. Scats may also be known as minipumpers.
• Snorkel A platform ladder truck with a permanently mounted passenger-carrying platform attached to an articulating boom. Carries a full complement of ground ladders totalling 116 feet.
• Squirt Apparatus with a fire pump, a water tank, hose bed, and an aerial device usually less than 75 feet. Normally handles engine type assignments and is similar to a Quint Tender An apparatus that provides a mobile water supply, has a tank capacity greater than 1000 gallons, has a small capacity pump usually between 500 and 750 GPM and carries a limited supply of hose.
• Tower A platform ladder truck with a permanently mounted passenger carrying platform attached to a telescoping aerial ladder and carrying a full complement of ground ladders totalling 116 feet.
• Truck A ladder truck with a permanently mounted, power operated aerial ladder and carries a full complement of ground ladders totalling 116 feet.

SO Codes

• 1 Non-emergency response
• 2 Urgent Response - No Emergency Equipment
• 3 Emergency Response and Equipment
• 4 Officer / Situation is okay
• 5 Traffic Contact
• 6 Wanted Person
• 7 Meal Break
• 8 Arrived A Dead Body BR stands for "Bulletin Report". The term bulletin comes from the old days when things were typed on a typewriter and then put on a clip board for interested persons to view, whether it be private citizens, the press or whoever. The codes are a quick way of giving the dispatcher the final disposition of the call so it can be closed with a disposition in the report. Here's the codes:
  • BR # 1 - Gone on arrival
  • 2 - No criminal activity
  • 3 - False alarm
  • 4 - No response (used by a supervisor only, they do not have, or do not want to commit a resource)
  • 5 - Handled by other agency (fire department, State Patrol, Police Department, etc.)
  • 6 - Field Interview card made on subject(s)
  • 7 - Citation or ticket issued
  • 8 - Not used
  • 9 - Warning given

Lone Tree PD

The first digit represents the shift

• 1=Day
• 2=Swing
• 3=Graves. The next two digits represent the district.If the second two digits are zeros, it is a supervisor. The thrid letter is used if there is more than one car in a district. A "Lima Tango" unit is a Lone Tree PD general patrol unit.
  • A "Lima Mike" unit is a Lone Tree/Park Meadows Mall PD unit.
  • A "Lima Delta" unit is a Lone Tree PD detective unit. The second digit of a Lone Tree designator represents the shift.
    • A unit starting with a 6 is a traffic unit.
    • A unit starting with an 8 is an impact unit or school resource officer.
    • Adam is a patrol unit.
    • Boy is a two-man patrol unit.
    • Mary is a motorcycle unit.
    • Paul is no longer patrol, but an off duty unit.
    • King is a K-9 Unit
    • Lincoln is a shift supervisor or drug taskforce officer.
    • Ida is investigations Command is sheriff admin. The lower the number, the higher up the unit is. (Command 1 is the sheriff).