Polk County (IA)

Des Moines Police Signal 8 is either "out at the station" or "jail"

DMPD Units

100 Series - First Shift
200 Series - Second Shift
300 Series - Third Shift
MC - Mobile Crisis
AR - Animal Control (Animal Rescue League)

DMPD Codes

• Signal 4 - Lunch/Dinner Break
• Signal 5 - Traffic Stop
• Signal 8 - Out at the Station or Jail

CHINA - Child In Need of Assistance

DMPD Numbering

• Unit Numbers: MC?? - Any unit begining with MC refers to a Mobile Crisis unit. Mobile Crisis units are often called to assist officers with calls relating to mental subjects such as suicide threats. The operators of Mobile Crisis units have some sort of formal training and experience in mental health such as psychology or counseling.
• 500 Series - Any unit number in the 500 series is a supervisor.
• 700 Series - Any unit number in the 700 series refers to a detective. (Unit Number)
• Adam - Any unit number followed by "Adam" indicates that the unit is a one man unit.

Polk County Numbering

Polk County 01-150
Windsor Heights PD 200-220
Camp Dodge Security 230-249
Altoona PD 250-275
Johnston PD 300-329
Mitchellville PD 330-340
Polk City PD 350-359
Polk County Attorney 400-409
Emergency Management 410
Polk County SO Reserves 420-439
Pleasant Hill PD 440-460
Ankeny PD 600-699
County Conservation Officers ?
Corps of Engineers Rangers (Saylorville Lake) 710-730
METRO Officers 800-840
State Probation/Parole Officers 900-940
Vetrans Administration Police (Des Moines) 970-979

Polk Co Fire Departments

Altoona 2500-2599
Ankeny  1100-1299
Bondurant 4100-4199
Delaware Township 3300-3399
Elkhart 3500-3599
Granger 2700-2799
Grimes 3700-3799
Johnston 3900-4099
Mitchellville 5700-5799
Pleasant Hill 4300-4399
Polk City 4500-4599
Runnels 4700-4799
Saylor Township 4900-4999
Windsor Heights 5500-5599
**00's are the fire chief
**01-19 officers
**20 attack trucks
**30 engines
**40 pumper/tankers
**50 tankers
**60 aerials/ladders
**70 rescue engines/trucks
**80 ambulances
**90 paramedics

Polk Co. (IA) Fire/EMS

• 11 - Ankeny F.D. - 120 N.W. Ash Dr. @ W. 1st St. (aka County Route F32) & across from S.W. Maple St.,Ankeny (KDS685/KDS686) (The front of the Sta. faces W. 1st St.)
• 12 - Ankeny F.D. - 665 S.E. Oralabor Rd. (aka State Route 160) between N.E. 19th Ln. & Windover Dr.,Ankeny (KDS685/KDS686)
• 22 - Northern Warren V.F.D. - 2300 R63 Hwy. (aka S.W. 9th St.) @ Bronze St.,Norwalk (Warren Co.) (KBC203)
• 25 - Altoona City F.D. - 950 Venbury Dr. across from Elmwood Ct.,Altoona (WGC820/WPGJ304)
• 27 - Granger V.F.D. - 1906 Main St. between State St. (aka County Route F31) & Broadway St.,Granger (Dallas Co.)
• 32 - Clive Fire/EMS - 8505 Harbach Blvd. across from N.W. 85th St.,Clive (KBS928)
• 33 - Delaware Township V.F.D. - 3992 E. Broadway Ave. between E. 38th St. & E. 46th St.,Des Moines
• 35 - Elkhart V.F.D. - 260 N.W. Main St. between N.W. Shaw Ave. & N.W. Lincoln Ave.,Elkhart
• 36 - Northern Warren V.F.D. - 6304 S.W. 7th St. @ Lally St.,Des Moines
• 37 - Grimes V.F.D. - 200 S. James St. across from S.E. 2nd St.,Grimes
• 39 - Johnston F.D. - 6373 Merle Hay Rd. between N.W. 63rd Pl. & N.W. 64th Pl.,Johnston
• 40 - Johnston F.D. -
  • Current Sta. - 10225 N.W. 62nd Ave. @ N.W. 103rd St.,Johnston (WQFT622)
  • Former Sta. - 6015 N.W. 62nd Ave. between N.W. 59th Ct. & Meadow Crest Dr.,Johnston
• 41 - Bondurant V.F.D. -
  • Current Sta. - 101 Grant St. N. between 1st St. N.W. & 1st St. S.E.,Bondurant
  • Former Sta. - 100 Lincoln St. N.E. between 2nd St. N.E. & Dead End,Bondurant (The Sta. sits at the Dead End)
• 41 - Urbandale F.D. - 7100 Douglas Ave. between 70th St. & 72nd St.,Urbandale
• 42 - Urbandale F.D. - 3927 121st St. between Ridgemont Dr. & Douglas Pkwy.,Urbandale
• 43 - Pleasant Hill V.F.D. - 5151 Maple Dr. between N. Hickory Blvd. & N. Shadyview Blvd.,Pleasant Hill (KEL530/KEO227)
• 45 - Polk City F.D. - 309 W. Van Dorn St. @ 4th St.,Polk City
• 47 - Runnells-Camp Township V.F.D. - 104 Brown St. between W. McKinney St. & W. Hancock St.,Runnells
• 49 - Saylor Township V.F.D. - 211 N.W. 54th Ave. @ N.W. 2nd St. (aka State Route 415),Des Moines (KXL222/WNBZ900)
• 57 - Mitchellville V.F.D. - 110 2nd St. N.E. between Central Ave. N. (aka County Route S27) & Park Ave. N.E.,Mitchellville (WQDZ998)

Misc.

Terminology

• iMobile = In car mobile computer (not in all squad cars)

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