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Washington County

Unit ID	Description	Notes
1T	Hillsboro Air Tower	Used during aircraft emergencies
911OPS	3rd Alarm Admin Notification	Used rarely
AIR	Air Trailer	AIR333 out of Sherwood is the only known unit
ALM / ALARM	Alarm Designator	Designates what alarm level the current incident is at (1ALM, 2ALM, etc); one or two letters after ALM will indicate which department (V=TVFR, FG=Forest Grove, etc) – Note that medical calls can have multiple alarms and are designated with an extra M (2ALMM)
ALS	Advanced Life Support Unit	Used during the Oregon International Air Show
AMR	American Medical Response – Notification	Used as a dispatch ID; when a unit is assigned, a three digit combination will be added to this (i.e. AMR262) – In addition, calls within TVF&R’s boundaries that also lie within Multnomah County, POMAR is used instead, indicating a Portland AMR unit (generally M300 or higher)
BR	Brush Rig
C	Battalion Chief / Duty Chief / Chief	Some department duty chiefs have four digit unit IDs instead of C (i.e. Banks:1300)
CINFO	Chief officer notification.	Notifies battallion chief / duty chief / chief without paging unit to scene. (i.e. Hillsboro C1 would be C1INFO.)
BOAT	Boat (Water Rescue)	Used when the crew of a Water Rescue unit are on the water
CAR	TVF&R Response Car	Unique – Read about them here
CART	Medical golf cart	Used during the Oregon International Air Show
CAS	Air Truck	Unique - Air/rehab unit that responds to assignments in West county districts and responds from Cornelius (Cascade 8)
CHAP	Department chaplain notification	Washington County chaplains may respond with a three or four digit ID - TVF&R:2144; Cornelius: 831; etc. During a major event, the designator(s) AF/AC may be present, indicating a need for more than one chaplain; this can also be used if a department-specific chaplain is unavailable, and another is requested from within the county to assist.
COCB	Cornelius Callback	Notification to staff Station 8 (Cornelius Fire)
D2VOL	WCFD#2 Volunteers	Page for volunteers to staff stations; the last letter designates N for North Plains or M for Midway
E	Engine	Units foreign to WCCCA district boudaries are preceded with the first letter of their department (PE (Portland), AUE (Aurora), CE (Canby), etc); In addition, reserve engines are given an R at the end (i.e. E60R)
EOC	Emergency Operations Center	Generally, a facility designed to coordinate resources during larger or prolonged events; Forest Grove Fire & Rescue utilizes a shared trailer with local police called EOC4
FDBC	Fire Defense Board Chief
FDL	Fire Dispatch Liaison
GEN4	Forest Grove General Tones	Unique – Pages volunteers to staff station(s) and/or apparatus
HB	Heavy Brush Rig	Carries more water, tools, manpower, etc than a standard BR - Generally a Type 3 Engine
HFC	Hillsboro Fire Chief	Notifies Hillsboro fire chief of major incidents and fires.
HM	Hazmat Unit	TVF&R units HM34 and HM53 respond to hazardous materials incidents in HazMat Region 9.
HR	Heavy Rescue	Carries specalized rescue tools that engine companies do not carry. HR51 is located at TVF&R's Tigard Station.
HS	Heavy Squad	TVF&R HS66 is the district’s CBRNE unit
IMT	Incident Management Team Notification	Notification / page(s) an overhead team consisting of several specialists trained to help mitigate and manage large-scale incidents
INFO	Information	Information about a call – for dispatchers and responding agencies’ eyes only!
INV	Investigator	Usually preceded by the department they are assigned to (Hillsboro: HFINV, Forest Grove: FFINV)
LB	Light Brush Rig	Term used by TVF&R, same as brush rig.
LIFE	Lifeflight Notification	Denotes standby, activation, and activity of responding Lifeflight helicopters - Note that WCCCA may use LIFE and LIFE2 interchangeably, regardless of the responding helo
MED	ALS Medic Unit	Many fire departments in the county have ALS medical / rescue units that can be used to transport patients when MetroWest is not available.
METW / MW	MetroWest Ambulance Notification / Unit	Used to dispatch an ambulance on a call; once the unit is assigned, they become MW (i.e. MW51, MW76, etc) – The letter after the METW(A/B/C/D/E/F) has no real meaning to how or what units are dispatched; the only exception to this is METWSF, which is for calls in State Forestry areas that are not covered by a fire agency
MX	Medical Examiner	May be followed by a single digit 1-3
ODOT	Department of Transportation Notification	Additional letters may be present on this callsign (ex. ODOTS: Staley's Junction); further, DOT units with 800mhz radios responding on a call may appear with a two digit ID
PACU	Pacific University Security Notification
PDONLY	Police Only Notification	First seen 6/21/14; notification for police response only on a call (e.g. MVA)
PDXOPS	Portland 800 Ops Channel
PIO	Public Information Officer
PU	Pickup	Sometimes doubles as a light brush rig
R	Rescue
RHB	Rehab Unit (Air Truck)
SFOR	Oregon Department of Forestry Notification	State Forestry units usually respond with a separate three-digit ID in CAD (e.g. 436, 439, etc)
SIREN	Station siren activation
SQT	Telesquirt (Aerial Pumper)	Pronounced "Squirt" on dispatch. TVF&R uses SQT34, SQT61, and SQT62 as engine companies.
STA	General station page / tone-out
STAGE	Stage for incident	Used once so far; most calls that indicate a need to stage are either altered by calltype (i.e. instead of "Trauma", *STAGE CODE1") or hidden completely from the JITS for sensitive nature calls
SUP	Support Vehicle
T	Truck (Aerial Ladder)	Units foreign to WCCCA district boudaries are preceded with the first letter of their department (PT# - Portland truck, T211 - Lake Oswego Truck 211).
TR	Technical Rescue	Note that TVF&R's technical rescue unit TR51 will usually respond in CAD as USAR51
TENT	First aid tent	Used during the Oregon International Air Show
TIMER	Electronic incident timer
TSKFOR	Task Force	Not quite a full box/1st Alarm response - Once exclusive to TVF&R, most departments have now adopted this standard (i.e. Hillsboro: TSKFH, Forest Grove: TSKFG)
TVCFA	Commercial Fire Alarm	Notification used for fire alarms in commercial type buildings
USAR	Urban Search & Rescue
USA	Unified Sewage Agency notification	Clean Water Services (CWS) now owns and operates USA properties
V	Van	used to haul volunteer personnel or equipment to and from an incident
WCWR	Wash. Co. Water Rescue Notification	Page for water rescue team(s)
WR	Water Rescue	WR59 is located with Boat 59 at Sta. 59 in West Linn-Willamette
WT	Water Tender	Some out-of-county units may not have a unit number, using only the fire department's initials (e.g. EVMWT - Elsie-Vinemaple water tender); these units will more than likely not be heard over the air
X	Placeholder	When dispatch needs to keep a call active, switch a unit, etc., X is used
YMAMB	Page for Yamhill County Ambulance	Used mostly by Gaston on calls with, or in Yamhill RFPD's area; generally, the ambulance comes from McMinnville, but during peak hours, a Newberg medic unit may respond

Sandbox test template for WCCCA/C800 radio system notes

License	Location	Frequency	Use	Notes
DATA
WQQU811	Washington County	N/A	MDT Data	These are listed here, without frequencies, for reference only
WQQV747
WQSB543
WPEJ994
SIMPLEX & INTEROP
WQKD520	Washington County	851.0125	Nationwide 800Mhz Calling (8CALL90)	These are in the Oregon DB, listed under Common/Shared frequencies
		851.5125	Nationwide 800Mhz Tac 1 (8TAC91)
		852.0125	Nationwide 800Mhz Tac 2 (8TAC92)
		852.5125	Nationwide 800Mhz Tac 3 (8TAC93)
		853.0125	Nationwide 800Mhz Tac 4 (8TAC94)
WQCZ750	Washington County	853.4375	SIMPLEX 1	These are 800Mhz simplex frequencies used throughout Clackamas, Washington, Multnomah, and Clark (WA) counties. They do not handle routine or day-to-day traffic.
		851.0375	SIMPLEX 2
		851.9500	SIMPLEX 3
		851.1750	SIMPLEX 4
		853.3875	MAYDAY	Per RR user DickH, "MAYDAY is for use by a lost or trapped firefighter. There is a 3-positon switch on our portable radios (A,B & C) so no matter which position it is in, we simply turn the selector dial to the farthest clockwise position and it will be on MAYDAY."
		851.3250	OROPS 1 / FIRE-EMS 1	These are in the Oregon DB, listed under Common/Shared frequencies
		851.3875	OROPS 2 / LAW 1
		851.7500	OROPS 3 / LOCALGOV 1
		851.7750	OROPS 4 / FIRE-EMS 2
		851.8000	OROPS 5 / LAW 2
		852.5375	WAOPS 1	These are Washington State interoperability frequencies; they are not currently listed in the Oregon DB and are provided here for reference
		852.5625	WAOPS 2
		852.5875	WAOPS 3
		852.6125	WAOPS 4
		852.6375	WAOPS 5