Whatcom County (WA)

Whatcom County Sheriffs Department

Unit Designators

Adam - Sheriff
Edward - Sheriff
Frank - Ferndale Police
George - Ferndale Police
Sam - Point Roberts and Lumni Tribal Police
Victor - Everson Police

City Of Bellingham

Bellingham Fire Department

Unit Designators

Car 1 - Chief of the department
Car 2 - Assistant Chief
Car 10 - Public Information Officer Training
71 - Training Battalion Chief
72/73 - Training Captains Battalion
1 - On duty operations Battalion Chief
Battalion 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 - Off duty Battalion Chiefs Medical
31 - Medical Services Officer Medical
32 - E.M.S. Quality Assurance Captain, Medical
33 - E.M.S. Training Captains Medical
39 - Medical Program Director-physician
Engines 51-56 - Front line engine companies
Ladder 41 - Front line ladder truck
Engines 57-58 - Reserve engines
Ladder 42 - Reserve ladder truck
Rescue 91 - Specialized rescue vehicle assigned with Ladder 41.
Haz Mat 99 - A large semi tractor/trailer combination unit that carries specialized hazardous materials mitigation equipment for the Whatcom County Specialized Emergency Response Team.
Medic 1-2 - Medic units stationed at Bellingham Station One.
Medic 3 - Medic unit stationed north of Ferndale.
Medic 4 - Medic unit stationed on E. Smith Rd.
Medic 5 - Medic units stationed in Bellingham and staffed by hireback personnel on busy days.
Medic 51-56 - Reserve medic units that are staffed as needed by engine company personnel who have a paramedic on board.
Air One - A SCBA bottle refill system mounted on a truck chassis. Jointly operated by the Bellingham Fire Department and Whatcom County Fire Districts 2, 4, and 8.

In Route / Responding - Beginning to drive to incident location. See also: Response modes: Code Green, Yellow, Red On Scene - Announcing arrival at incident scene. In Quarters - Announcing arrival to regular station. On Radio - Announcing routine departure from regular station. (Can be contacted by radio.) Second Call - Unit is available but busy with training or other task that may delay response. Request for the next closest unit to be dispatched if an incident occurs. First Call - Unit is available again for normal response. Out of Service - Not available for reponse. Do not dspatch unit. Special Request - Request dispatch of a specific unit to respond to the incident. Add - Request dispatch of a specific type of unit to respond to the incident. Exact unit determined by CAD to be the next closest available unit of requested type. Balance of Alarm for... - Request dispatch to upgrade the call type and add appropriate units to bring total resources up to the level for the new call type. Second Alarm - Request dispatch to upgrade the call severity and add a pre determined number of unlike units to the incident. (about twice as many units as the initial alarm.)

Bellingham Police Department

Unit Designators

Adam - ?
David - ?
Paul - Patrol

Customs Border Protection

Unit Designators For This Area

100 - Admin
200 - Blaine Units
300 - Bellingham Units
400 - Lynden Units (Guide Meridian Station)
500 - 600 - Sumas Police
700 - 800 - Blaine Police 900 - Air/Marine Units?