Codes

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Glossary of terms and abbreviations

“Copspeak, Firespeak, & Medspeak” Jan 2009 by N7YUO

• A-Side or Alpha-Side--------The front or address side of a structure fire
• A & B--------------------------Assault & Battery
• A.C. or Alpha Charlie--------Ass Chewing (military slang)
• A.C.----------------------------Air Craft
• A.C.O.-------------------------Animal Control Officer
• ACCOUNTABILITY-----------Keeping track of the whereabouts of every firefighter
• A.D.C.-------------------------Adult Detention Center (SLCO Jail)
• A.D.W.------------------------Assault with a Deadly Weapon
• AIMS--------------------------Accident Investigation Measuring System
• ALPHA------------------------10-85-A victim’s condition fair
• ALL CLEAR-------------------Fire area searched, no victims discovered
• A.L.S.-------------------------Advanced Life Support (Critical ambulance call)
• A.N.G.------------------------Air National Guard
• A.P.&P.-----------------------Adult Probation & Parole (Probation & Parole Officers)
• A.P.B.-------------------------All Points Bulletin
• A.R.---------------------------Armed Robbery
• A.T.C.-------------------------Air Traffic Control
• A.T.F.-------------------------(Bureau of) Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
• A.T.L--------------------------Attempt To Locate
• Auto-Ped---------------------Auto-Pedestrian accident
• AUX---------------------------AUXiliary unit (Small 4WD fire truck used for grass fires)

• B-Side or Bravo-Side--------The left side of a structure fire (When looking at the front)
• BANDIT-----------------------Subject of surveillance or manhunt
• BATMOBILE------------------Breath Alcohol Tester Mobile unit
• B.&E.--------------------------Breaking & Entering
• B.C.----------------------------Battalion Chief (Fire Chief)
• B.C.I.--------------------------Bureau of Criminal Identification
• BLOOD TECH-------------------Person certified to draw blood from accident victims
• B.L.S.-------------------------------Basic Life Support (Routine ambulance call)
• BOLO-------------------------------Be On the Look Out for
• B.O.T.------------------------------Breach Of Trust (Unauthorized use of a vehicle)
• BRAVO---------------------------10-85-B victim’s condition poor

• C-Side or Charlie-Side------The rear side of a structure fire
• CANINE or K9----------------Police Dog
• C.A.P.-------------------------Civil Air Patrol
• C-COLLAR--------------------Cervical Collar (Used to immobilize injured necks)
• C.C.W.------------------------Carrying a Concealed Weapon
• C.D.L.-------------------------Commercial Driver’s License
• CHARLIE----------------------10-85-C victim’s condition critical
• C.H.F.-------------------------Congestive Heart Failure
• C.I.----------------------------Confidential Informant (Snitch)
• CLOAKED---------------------Police officer in plain unmarked vehicle (Terminology from Star-Trek)
• CLUSTER----------------------A big mess or screwup (From a military profanity: Cluster F_ _ _)
• CODE-R------------------------Rape
• COLES-------------------------Reverse phone directory lists addresses then numbers
• C.P.----------------------------Chief of Police
• C.P.----------------------------Command Post
• C.P.R.-------------------------Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
• C.S.----------------------------Controlled Substance (Drugs)
• C.S.I.-------------------------Crime Scene Investigation
• C.T.---------------------------Complaint Taker (Answers the phone when you call police)
• C.V.A.------------------------Cerebral Vascular Accident (Stroke)
• C.W.P.-------------------------Concealed Weapons Permit
• CYANOTIC--------------------Victim turning blue from lack of oxygen

• D-Side or Delta-Side---------The right side of a structure fire (when facing the front)
• DEFENSIVE MODE-----------Protect other exposures from fire, fight only from the outside
• DELTA-------------------------10-85-D victim’s condition near death
• D-CON-------------------------DeContamination of a person or equipment
• D.F.S.--------------------------Division of Family Services (Actually D.C.F.S.)
• DIAPHRETIC------------------Cold & sweaty (Happens during heart attack)
• D.L.----------------------------Driver’s License
• D.M.V.-------------------------Department of Motor Vehicles
• D.N.R.-------------------------Do Not Resuscitate
• D.O.A.-------------------------Dead On Arrival
• D.O.B.-------------------------Date Of Birth
• D.O.S.-------------------------Driving On Suspension
• D.O.T.-------------------------Department Of Transportation
• D.R.E.-------------------------Drug Recognition Expert
• D.T.----------------------------juvenile DeTention
• D.T.s---------------------------Delirium Tremens (Confusion with trembling & hallucinations)
• D.U.I.--------------------------Driving Under the Influence (Of alcohol or drugs)
• D.W.R.------------------------Division of Wildlife Resources (Fish & game cops)

• EARLY WARNER--------------Portable highway sign used to warn motorists of a hazard
• ECHO--------------------------10-85-E obvious fatality, dead
• E.L.T.--------------------------Emergency Locator Transmitter
• E.M.S.-------------------------Emergency Medical System
• E.M.S. ABUSER--------------fakes injury or illness to get response from EMS
• E.M.T.-------------------------Emergency Medical Technician
• E.O.C.-------------------------Emergency Operations Center
• E.O.D.-------------------------Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• E.T.A.-------------------------Estimated Time of Arrival
• E.T.O.H.----------------------Drunk
• EXTRICATION---------------Removal of a trapped victim

• FAST ATTACK----------------Immediate attack on a fire
• F.I.-----------------------------Field Interrogation
• FIELD CARD------------------Information card filled out during a field interrogation
• FLAMINGOS-------------------(Flame-N-Goes) prison inmates that fight wildfires
• FLASH BANG------------------A grenade used prior to a swat team entry, confuses suspects.
• FLIR----------------------------Forward Looking Infra Red (Helicopter mounted night vision)
• F.R.-----------------------------Financial Responsibility (Liability insurance or the lack of it)
• FRIENDLY---------------------Same as confidential informant
• F.S.T.--------------------------Field Sobriety Test
• F.T.A.--------------------------Failure To Appear (In court to pay fine or make a plea)

• G.I.S.--------------------------Geographical Information System
• G.O.A.-------------------------Gone On Arrival (Not present when police arrive at a location)
• G.P.S.--------------------------Global Positioning System (Locates latitude and longitude)
• GREEN BALL------------------Green traffic signal
• G.S.R.--------------------------Gun Shot Residue test (Used to determine who did the shooting)
• G.S.W.-------------------------Gun Shot Wound
• G.T.A.--------------------------Grand Theft Auto

• H&R----------------------------Hit & Run
• HAZARD FLAG----------------A warning note on the dispatcher’s computer screen
• HAZ-MAT----------------------HAZardous MATerials, or unit that responds to haz-mat situations
• HEAR SYSTEM----------------Hospital Emergency Administrative Radio (155.28 & 155.34)
• HELO--------------------------Helicopter
• HEMATOMA------------------A bump on the head
• HIT-ONE----------------------hazardous materials response unit at Hill AFB
• HOLD SACK------------------to hold surveillance
• H.O.V.-------------------------High Occupancy Vehicle (The car pool lane)

• I.I.I. or TRIPLE-I------------Interstate Identification Index (an agency similar to NCIC)
• I.M.---------------------------Incident Management
• I.M.T.-------------------------Incident Management Team
• I.P.S.--------------------------Independent Professional Services (A low cost mortuary)

• J.R.C.--------------------------Juvenile Receiving Center

• K-9 or CANINE---------------Police Dog

• LONG EYES-------------------Binoculars
• L.Z.----------------------------Landing Zone for helicopter

• M.C.C.-------------------------Mobile Command Center
• M.C.P.-------------------------Mobile Command Post
• M.D.T.-------------------------Mobile Data Terminal
• M.E.----------------------------Medical Examiner (Coroner)
• M.I.----------------------------Myocardial Infarction (Clinical name for a heart attack)
• M.I.C.U.-----------------------Mobile Intensive Care Unit
• MOTOR-----------------------MOTORcycle unit
• M.V.E.D.----------------------Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division (25-Alpha)

• N.C.I.C.-----------------------National Crime Information Center (FBI files)
• N.F.D.-------------------------No Further Description
• NUMBER ONE LANE---------The inside or left lane of travel

• NUMBER 1 CORNER---------________________________
• NUMBER 2 CORNER---------________________________
• NUMBER 3 CORNER---------________________________
• NUMBER 4 CORNER---------South East Corner

• OBVIOUS---------------------OBVIOUS fatality, dead, 10-85-Echo
• O.C.---------------------------Oleo resin Capsicum (Technical name for pepper spray)
• O.C.P.-------------------------Operations Command Post
• O.M.E.------------------------Office of the Medical Examiner (Coroner)

• PAR----------------------------Personnel Accounting & Reporting (Are all firefighters accounted for?)
• P&R----------------------------Parks & Recreation
• P.B.T.--------------------------Portable Breath Tester
• P.C.----------------------------Party Complaining
• P.C.----------------------------Probable Cause
• P.D.----------------------------Property Damage accident
• PERIMITER-------------------to surround an area where a suspect is hiding
• P.I.-----------------------------Personal Injury accident
• P.I.O.--------------------------Public Information Officer (Provides information to news media)
• PIT-----------------------------Persuit Intervention Technique or Precision Immobilization Technique
• PLAN-C------------------------To set up a perimeter or cordon off an area
• P.M.A.-------------------------ParaMedic Aboard the ambulance en route to a hospital
• P.M.R.-------------------------ParaMedic Recovery from the hospital
• P.O.----------------------------Police Officer or Parole Officer from AP&P
• P.O.----------------------------Protective Order
• P.O.C.S.-----------------------Possession Of Controlled Substances (Drugs)
• P.O.S.-------------------------Piece Of Sh_ _ (A beat-up, worthless car)
• POST--------------------------Police Officer Standards & Training (Police Academy)
• P.O.E.-------------------------Port Of Entry (Truck scales near the state line)
• P.R.----------------------------Party Reporting

• RABBIT------------------------Person known to flee from police
• RED-BALL---------------------Red light at intersection
• RED-BALLED------------------Surveillance unit or suspect stopped at red light
• R.I.T.--------------------------Rapid Intervention Team
• R.P.----------------------------Reporting Party or Responsible Party
• R.O.----------------------------Registered Owner

• S.B.I.--------------------------State Bureau of Investigation
• S.E.----------------------------Selective Enforcement
• SERT--------------------------Special Emergency Response Team (SWAT Team)
• S.C.B.A.-----------------------Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (Fireman’s air pack)
• S.O.---------------------------Sheriff’s Office
• STEP--------------------------Selective Traffic Enforcement Patrol
• SUB---------------------------SUBstation
• SWAT-------------------------Special Weapons And Tactics team
• SYNCOPAL EPISODE--------Medical terminology for fainting spell

• TA -----------------------------Traffic Accident
• TAC----------------------------TACtical squad or TACtical channel
• TAGGERS---------------------People spray painting graffiti
• TAG TEAM--------------------Two mobile surveillance units following a target vehicle
• TARGET-----------------------Subject of surveillance or manhunt
• THERMAL IMAGING---------Used to look for warmth, such as a person who is lost or concealed
• T.O.C.--------------------------Traffic Operations Center
• TWIX---------------------------(TWX) a teletype service

• UCAN--------------------------Utah Communications Agency Network
• U.D.I.--------------------------Utah Division of Investigation
• U.D.L.--------------------------Utah Driver’s License
• UDOT--------------------------Utah Department Of Transportation
• U.F.----------------------------Unidentified Female
• U.M.---------------------------Unidentified Male
• U.S.M.-------------------------United States Marshall
• U.S.P.--------------------------Utah State Prison
• U.-TIP-------------------------Utah Truck Inspection Program
• U.T.L.--------------------------Unable To Locate

• VAMPIRE----------------------Nickname for the Blood Tech
• VECC---------------------------Valley Emergency Communications Center
• VIN-----------------------------Vehicle Identification Number

• W.F.A.-------------------------White Female Adult
• W.M.A.------------------------White Male Adult
• WORKING FIRE--------------Actual fire, as compared to smell of smoke or an alarm

• X-------------------------------Female

• Y.R.C.-------------------------Youth Receiving Center

VECC & SALT LAKE FIRE & RESCUE DISPATCH CODES

These are used for dispatching of medical calls. (BLS = Basic Life Support, ALS = Advanced Life Support)

• Alpha: BLS Cold
• Bravo: BLS Hot
• Charlie: ALS Hot, Nearest BLS Cold
• Delta: ALS & BLS Hot
• Echo: All responding units Hot
• Omega: Public Service Call

Code Description

• 001 Abdominal pain/problems
• 002 Allergies/hives/medicine reactions/stings
• 003 Animal bites
• 004 Assault/rape
• 005 Back pain
• 006 Breathing problems
• 007 Burns
• 008 Carbon monoxide poisoning/inhalation
• 009 Cardiac/respiratory arrest
• 010 Chest pain
• 011 Choking
• 012 Convulsions/seizures
• 013 Diabetic problems
• 014 Drowning/diving accident
• 015 Electrocution
• 016 Eye problems
• 017 Falls
• 018 Headache
• 019 Heart problems
• 020 Heat/cold problems
• 021 Hemorrhage
• 022 Industrial/machinery accidents
• 023 Overdose/poisoning/ingestion
• 024 Pregnancy/childbirth/miscarriage
• 025 Psychiatric/behavioral problems
• 026 Specific diagnosis/chief complaint
• 027 Stab/GSW
• 028 Stroke/CVA
• 029 Traffic injury accident
  • 29A TIA Auto
  • 29B TIA Pedestrian
  • 29C TIA Non-motorized vehicle
  • 29D TIA Motorcycle
  • 29E TIA Off-road ATV
• 030 Traumatic injuries, specific
• 031 Unconsciousness/fainting
• 032 Unknown problem
• 033 Diarrhea
• 034 Ear Problems
• 035 Fever
• 097 Air transport team transfer
• 098 Routine Transfer, Other misc
• 099 Transfer, other