Fire Department of the City of New York
Radio CODES
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10-01 Call your quarters by telephone
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10-02 Return to quarters
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10-03 Call the dispatcher by telephone
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10-04 Acknowledgment
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10-05 Repeat
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10-06 Stand by
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10-07 Verify address
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10-08 Available on the air
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CODE 1: Used by battalion chiefs when leaving a firehouse to which
their fire tickets were redirected
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CODE 2: Used by any unit when they are in service by radio, but
not in their first alarm response area
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10-09 Off the air
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10-10 Current location
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10-11 Give a radio test count
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10-12 First arriving unit give preliminary
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10-13 Fire Marshall needs police assistance
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10-14 Roster staffed engine
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10-18 Return all units except 1 engine AND 1 ladder
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10-19 Return all units except 1 engine OR 1 ladder
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10-20 Proceed to box location at reduced speed
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10-21 Brush fire
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10-22 Outside rubbish fire
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10-23 Abandoned derelict vehicle fire
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10-24 Auto fire
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10-25 Manhole or transformer vault fire
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CODE 1 - Fire extended into building
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CODE 2 - Multiple covers blown
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CODE 3 - Smoke issuing under pressure
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10-26 Food on stove
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10-27 Compactor fire
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10-28 Railroad fire, smoke or emergency
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CODE 1 - NYC Transit System
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CODE 2 - Non NYC Transit system
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CODE 3 - Power to be shut down
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CODE 4 - Confirm power shut down
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CODE 5 - Emergency in transit
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10-31 Clogged incinerator
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10-32 Defective oil burner
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10-33 Odor of smoke
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CODE 1 - Caused by nearby working fire, BBQ's, salamanders, Etc.
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CODE 2 - Any other type odor
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10-34 Sprinkler system emergency
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CODE 1 - Defective equipment
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CODE 2 - Unnecessary alarm
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CODE 3 - Non fire activated
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10-35 Alarm system emergency
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CODE 1 - Defective alarm
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CODE 2 - Unnecessary alarm
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CODE 3 - Recorded alarm
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10-36 Automobile accident or emergency
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CODE 1 - Wash down
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CODE 2 - Accident - no injuries or wash down
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CODE 3 - Accident with injuries
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CODE 4 - Accident requiring extrication
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NO CODE - All others
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10-37 Assist civilian - first aid or other calls for assistance
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CODE 1 - Victim deceased (non-fire related)
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CODE 2 - Victim not breathing - requires resuscitation
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CODE 3 - Victim is breathing with illness or injury
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NO CODE - All others
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10-38 Carbon monoxide response
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CODE 1 - Detector activation (defective, low battery, unwarranted)
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CODE 2 - Detector activation - CO incident - Readings 1-9 PPM
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CODE 3 - Detector activation - CO emergency - Readings > 9 PPM
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CODE 4 - No detector activation during incident or emergency (No
detector present or did not activate)
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10-40 Utility emergency
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10-41 Suspicious fire
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CODE 1 - Occupied building or vehicle
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CODE 2 - Unoccupied building
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CODE 3 - Unoccupied vehicle
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CODE 4 - Vacant building
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10-44 Request for public ambulance
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10-45 Serious fire related injury
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CODE 1 - Victim deceased
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CODE 2 - Life threatening serious injury
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CODE 3 - Non-life threatening serious injury
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10-47 Request police
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10-48 Request police forthwith for harassment
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10-51 Cancellation of outside activities
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10-60 Major emergency (Bldg. collapse, train wreck, non-airport
plane crash, etc.)
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10-70 Water relay required - The first arriving engine has no positive
water source and a water relay is required.
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10-75 Request 4 engines, 2 ladders, 2 BC's, a Rescue and Squad (Working
fire), FAST Truck
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10-76 Hi rise building fire (Response of 5 engines, 5 ladders, 5
battalion chiefs, 1 deputy, 1 Rescue, Mask Service Unit, Hi-Rise Unit,
Field Comm Unit, a Squad, a Tactical Support unit, a RAC unit, the Special
Operation battalion chief, the Safety battalion chief, and a
command post engine company)
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10-80 Haz-Mat incident
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CODE 1 - Small scale hazard (Level 1 Haz-Mat)
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CODE 2 - Large scale hazard (Level 2 or 3 Haz-Mat)
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10-84 Announce arrival at box
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10-85 Fire Marshall requests Police assistance
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10-86 Foam operations
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CODE 1 - Maximum amount of Flouroprotein foam required
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CODE 2 - Flouroprotein foam required
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CODE 3 - High Expansion foam required
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10-88 Control of fire
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CODE 1 - Doubtful will hold
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CODE 2 - Probably will hold
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CODE 3 - Will hold
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CODE 4 - Under control
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10-91 Emergency with no action taken. Any legitimate request for
assistance where the responding FD units are not required to take any action.
(I.E. police matters; disputes; Etc.) For medical emergencies, any call
where: the patient refuses medical attention (RMA); responding units are
canceled en route because EMS is already on the scene; no FD action is
taken because EMS arrives simultaneously or shortly after FD arrival.
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10-92 Malicious false alarm
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10-99 Units will operate over 30 minutes
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