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*Fair Oaks (sta 8): "eight hundred"  
 
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*Units that begin with a 9, like 970B, are used county wide as over-flow patrol units. You can tell what station they're assigned to by looking at the second digit in their designator. Example: 970B is from West Springfield, Station 7 - 950B would be from Reston, Station 5. Shift Differentiation: Daywork - "Baker" unit (e.g. "eight-hundred baker") is daywork assigned to area 800 Evenings - "Charlie" unit (e.g. "four-ten charlie") is evening unit assigned to area 410 Midnights - "Adam" unit (e.g. "two-forty adam") is midnight unit assigned to area 240 X-ray unit - special assignment or traffic enforcement (e.g. "Xray 2x" - station 2 xray 3x - "station 3" etc etc) Set units - bike team or special assignment (e.g. "Set 45" - mason, "Set 21" - mt vernon) Squad Supervisors (usually 1 sgt and 1 lt per squad) use a "car" designator (e.g. "car-two adam" = station 2 midnight LT, "car-twenty adam" = station 2 midnight sgt, "car-three baker" = station 3 daywork lt, "car-thirty baker" = station 3 daywork sgt). CIS units are station level detectives (e.g. "CIS 21" = station 2 detective ) CIB units are department level detectives (major crimes etc. designators differentiate between divisions (auto squad, robbery etc) Wagon unit is designated by ending in an 8 - (e.g. "418 adam" is a midnight unit assigned to area 410 with the wagon) Double units are designeted by ending with a 9 (e.g. X029 is a double special assignment unit in Mt. Vernon, "two-nineteen adam" is a double unit in area 210/211)
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*Units that begin with a 9, like 970B, are field units and cover as backup to the entire district. You can tell what station they're assigned to by looking at the second digit in their designator. Example: 970B is from West Springfield, Station 7 - 950B would be from Reston, Station 5.  
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Midnights- "Adam" unit (e.g. "two-forty adam") is midnight unit assigned to area 240 Daywork- "Baker" unit (e.g. "eight-hundred baker")is daywork assigned to area 800 Evenings- "Charlie" unit(e.g."four-ten charlie")is evening unit assigned to area 410 
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X-ray unit - special assignment or traffic enforcement (e.g. "Xray 2x" - station 2 xray 3x - "station 3" etc etc) Set units - bike team or special assignment (e.g. "Set 45" - mason, "Set 21" - mt vernon) Squad Supervisors (usually 1 sgt and 1 lt per squad) use a "car" designator (e.g. "car-two adam" = station 2 midnight LT, "car-twenty adam" = station 2 midnight sgt, "car-three baker" = station 3 daywork lt, "car-thirty baker" = station 3 daywork sgt). CIS units are station level detectives (e.g. "CIS 21" = station 2 detective ) CIB units are department level detectives (major crimes etc. designators differentiate between divisions (auto squad, robbery etc) Wagon unit is designated by ending in an 8 - (e.g. "418 adam" is a midnight unit assigned to area 410 with the wagon) Double units are designeted by ending with a 9 (e.g. 219A "two-nineteen adam" is a double unit in area 210/211)
  
 
==Fairfax County Police Radio Codes==
 
==Fairfax County Police Radio Codes==

Revision as of 12:36, 16 October 2009

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Codes/Units/Station Lists/Info

Fairfax County Fire Stations

  • 401 McLean
  • 402 Vienna
  • 403 City of Fairfax
  • 404 Herndon
  • 405 Franconia
  • 407 Training Academy
  • 408 Annandale
  • 409 Mount Vernon
  • 410 Bailey's Crossroads
  • 411 Penn Daw
  • 412 Great Falls
  • 413 Dunn Loring
  • 414 Burke
  • 415 Chantilly
  • 416 Clifton
  • 417 Centreville
  • 418 Jefferson
  • 419 Lorton
  • 420 Gunston
  • 421 Fair Oaks
  • 422 Springfield
  • 423 West Annandale
  • 424 Woodlawn
  • 425 Reston
  • 426 Edsall Road
  • 427 West Springfield
  • 428 Seven Corners
  • 429 Tysons Corner
  • 430 Merrifield
  • 431 Fox Mill
  • 432 Fairview
  • 433 City of Fairfax
  • 434 Oakton
  • 435 Pohick
  • 436 Frying Pan
  • 437 Kingstowne
  • 438 West Centreville
  • 439 North Point
  • 440 Fairfax Center
  • 441 Crosspointe

Fairfax County Fire/Rescue Radio Codes

Sometimes you will hear activity status codes if a unit is voicing its status over the radio rather than the MDT. Status abbreviations: AIQ - Available In Quarters AOR - Available On Radio Activity Codes (there are many, many more, but these are probably the most common):

  • 11 - Returning to quarters
  • 32 - Administrative
  • 33 - Procuring Food
  • 40 - Transfer for coverage
  • 56 - District Familiarization

Fairfax County Police Patrols and Shifts

A listing of patrols, shifts, and special unit designations.

  • Sully Station (sta 1): All designators in the "one-hundred" range
  • Mt. Vernon (sta 2): All designators in the "two-hundred" range
  • McLean (sta 3): "three hundred" Mason (sta 4): "four-hundred"
  • Reston (sta 5): "five-hundred"
  • Franconia (sta 6): "six hundred"
  • W. Spfld (sta 7): "seven hundred"
  • Fair Oaks (sta 8): "eight hundred"
  • Units that begin with a 9, like 970B, are field units and cover as backup to the entire district. You can tell what station they're assigned to by looking at the second digit in their designator. Example: 970B is from West Springfield, Station 7 - 950B would be from Reston, Station 5.

Shift Differentiation: Midnights- "Adam" unit (e.g. "two-forty adam") is midnight unit assigned to area 240 Daywork- "Baker" unit (e.g. "eight-hundred baker")is daywork assigned to area 800 Evenings- "Charlie" unit(e.g."four-ten charlie")is evening unit assigned to area 410

X-ray unit - special assignment or traffic enforcement (e.g. "Xray 2x" - station 2 xray 3x - "station 3" etc etc) Set units - bike team or special assignment (e.g. "Set 45" - mason, "Set 21" - mt vernon) Squad Supervisors (usually 1 sgt and 1 lt per squad) use a "car" designator (e.g. "car-two adam" = station 2 midnight LT, "car-twenty adam" = station 2 midnight sgt, "car-three baker" = station 3 daywork lt, "car-thirty baker" = station 3 daywork sgt). CIS units are station level detectives (e.g. "CIS 21" = station 2 detective ) CIB units are department level detectives (major crimes etc. designators differentiate between divisions (auto squad, robbery etc) Wagon unit is designated by ending in an 8 - (e.g. "418 adam" is a midnight unit assigned to area 410 with the wagon) Double units are designeted by ending with a 9 (e.g. 219A "two-nineteen adam" is a double unit in area 210/211)

Fairfax County Police Radio Codes

10-codes, signal codes

Fairfax County uses plain language mostly. 10-Codes:

  • 10-33 - emergency traffic to follow
  • 10-3 - used to "hold" channel during major incident response
  • 10-26 - request backup, non emergency
  • 10-26I - request backup, emergency
  • 10-61 - Dead
  • 10-29 - want/warrant
  • 10-30 - suspended driver
  • 10-28 - vehicle registration
  • 10-17 - warrant check, warrant hit, warrant service

Signal Codes:

  • 1 Contact--By Phone
  • 1A Give Me Your Phone No.
  • 1I Contact--By Phone At Once
  • 2 Contact--By Teletype
  • 3 Report To ---
  • 3I Report To --- Immediately
  • 4 Meet Complainant For Full Report
    • 6D Driving Drunk In Auto
    • 6P Drunk Pedestrain
    • 6X Drunk
  • 7 Larceny
    • 7S Larceny, Shoplifter
  • 9 Property Damage Accident
    • 9I Personal Injury Accident
    • 9F Fatal Accident
  • 10 Ambulance Run
    • 10F Fatal, Dead On Arrival
  • 11 Hit & Run, Property Damage
    • 11I Hit & Run, Personal Injury
    • 11F Hit & Run, Fatal Injuries
  • 12 Jail Break
  • 13 Police Officer In Trouble
    • 13I Police Station Trouble
  • 15 Unlawful Assembly
    • 15F Fight In Progress
    • 15R Riot
  • 16 Leaving My Area To ---
  • 17 Road Check At ---
  • 18 House Check At ---
  • 19 Radar Set-Up At ---
  • 20 Traffic Complaint
  • 21 Trespassing
  • 22 Abandon Auto
  • 23 Alarm Sounding
  • 24 Animal Case
    • 24D Dog Bit
  • 25 Assault
  • 26 Assault
  • 27 Bad Check
  • 27 Breaking & Entering
    • 27S Breaking & Entering, Safe Job
    • 27I Breaking & Entering In Progress
  • 28 Escort
  • 29 Family Trouble
  • 30 Fire Alarm
    • 30A Fire Alarm -- Auto
  • 31 Firearm Violation
  • 32 Juvenile Case
  • 34 Mental Case
  • 35 Missing Person Or Runaway
  • 36 Murder
  • 37 Open Window Or Door
  • 38 Lost/Found Property
  • 39 Prowler
  • 40 Robbery
    • 40I Robbery In Progress
  • 41 Service
  • 42 Sex Offense Other Than Rape
    • 42R Rape
  • 43 Stake-Out
  • 44 Stolen Auto
    • 44R Stolen Auto Recovered
  • 45 Suicide
    • 45A Suicide Attempt
  • 46A Suspicious Auto
  • 46P Suspicious Person
  • 46W Suspicious Person W/Weapon
  • 47 Vandalism 48 Warrant
  • 49 Bomb Threat
  • 50 Loud Party
  • 51 Phone Threat
  • 52 No Units Available
  • 53 Miscellaneous
  • 54 Disorderliness