Onondaga County (NY) Firefighting

ONONDAGA COUNTY FIREFIGHTING



All apparatus use department name followed by 
type equipment 
and unit number.  The only 
specialized numbers are within 
departments with 
more than one station.  

The first numerical digit 
indicates the station.



County Cars 12, 20

Air 1 = OCSD Helicopter



DEPARTMENTS



Air National Guard

Amber

Apulia

Baldwinsville  (2)

Belgium-Cold Springs  (2)

Borodino

Brewerton  (2) 

Camillus

Cicero

Clay  (3)

DeWitt

Delphi Falls

East Syracuse  (2)

Elbridge

Fabius

Fairmount

Fayetteville

Hinsdale

Howlett Hill

Jamesville

Jordan

Kirkville

LaFayette  (2)

Lakeside

Liverpool  (3)

Lyncourt

Lysander  (2)

Manlius  (2)

Marcellus

Mattydale

Memphis

Minoa

Mottville

Moyers Corners  (4)

Navarino

Nedrow

North Syracuse

Onondaga Hill

Onondaga Nation

Otisco

Plainville  (3)

Pompey Hill

Seneca River
Sentinel Heights

Skaneateles  (3)

Solvay  (3)

South Bay

South Onondaga

Southwood

Spafford

Taunton  (2)

Tully  (2)

Warners

FIRE RADIO CODES

In Onondaga County, "10" Codes are no longer used.  
Instead, what
were formerly 10 codes are called signals.  
Popular "signals" are:

Signal 19 - No Lights/Sirens

Signal 32 - Use Caution

Signal 50 - Officer needs assistance

Signal 79 - Property Damage MVA

Signal 80 - Personal Injury MVA

Signal 98 - Minor Fire

Signal 99 - Major Fire


(Signal info courtesy of Steve Dermody.)



HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EMERGENCY CODES

Able:     An emergency in which rescue equipment is

             requested as a precautionary measure.

Baker:    An emergency which may result in a serious

              accident involving an aircraft which, due to the

              size or number of passengers, cannot be handled by

              on-base equipment.

Charlie:  A major accident requiring off airport assistance.


India:    An emergency involving an aircraft inbound to the

            Airport which is expected to land or crash before

            reaching the runway.  

There are four subdivisions:

          North (14); South (32); East (28); West (10).



N:        Hostage situation.


X:        Bomb threat.


Z:        Bomb threat, device found.

With thanks to NF2G.com