FDNY Fire 10-Codes

[RWC130 594]

FDNY Fire 10-Codes *Updated

• 10-01 Call your quarters by telephone

• 10-02 Return to quarters

• 10-03 Call the dispatcher by telephone

• 10-04 Acknowledgment

• 10-05 Repeat

• 10-06 Stand by

• 10-07 Verify address

• 10-08 Available on the air

o CODE 1: Used by battalion chiefs when leaving a firehouse to which their fire tickets were redirected

o CODE 2: Used by any unit when they are in service by radio, but not in their first alarm response area

• 10-09 Off the air

• 10-10 Current location

• 10-11 Give a radio test count

• 10-12 First arriving unit give preliminary

• 10-14 Roster staffed engine

• 10-18 Return all units except 1E & 1L

• 10-19 Return all units except 1E or 1L

• 10-20 Proceed to box location at reduced speed

• 10-21 Brush fire

• 10-22 Outside rubbish

• 10-23 Abandoned derelict vehicle fire

• 10-24 Auto fire

• 10-25 Manhole or transformer vault fire

o CODE 1 - Fire extended into building

o CODE 2 - Cover blown

o CODE 3 - Smoke issuing under pressure

o CODE 4 - Transformer fire (manhole or pole mounted)

• 10-26 Food on stove

• 10-27 Compactor fire

• 10-28 Railroad fires

o CODE 1 - NYC Transit System

o CODE 2 - Non NYC Transit system

• 10-31 Clogged incinerator

• 10-32 Defective oil burner

• 10-33 Odor of smoke

o CODE 1 - Caused by nearby working fire, BBQ's, salamanders, Etc.

o CODE 2 - Any other type odor

• 10-34 Sprinkler system emergency

o CODE 1 - Defective equipment

o CODE 2 - Unnecessary alarm

o CODE 3 - Non fire activated

• 10-35 Alarm system emergency

o CODE 1 - Defective alarm

o CODE 2 - Unnecessary alarm

o CODE 3 - Recorded alarm

• 10-36 Automobile accident or emergency

o CODE 1 - Washdown

o CODE 2 - Accident - no injuries or washdown

o CODE 3 - Accident with injuries

o CODE 4 - Accident requiring extrication

o NO CODE - All others

• 10-37 Assist civilian - first aid or other calls for assistance

o CODE 1 - Victim deceased (non-fire related)

o CODE 2 - Victim not breathing - requires resuscitation

o CODE 3 - Victim is breathing with illness or injury

o NO CODE - All others

• 10-38 Carbon monoxide response

o CODE 1 - Detector activation (defective, low-battery, unwarranted)

o CODE 2 - Detector activation - CO incident - Readings 1-9 PPM

o CODE 3 - Detector activation - CO emergency - Readings > 9 PPM

o CODE 4 - No detector activation during incident or emergency (No detector present or did not activate)

• 10-40 Utility emergency

o CODE 1 - Gas

o CODE 2 - Electric

o CODE 3 - Water condition

o CODE 4 - Steam leak

• 10-41 Suspicious fire

o CODE 1 - Occupied building or vehicle

o CODE 2 - Unoccupied building

o CODE 3 - Unoccupied vehicle

o CODE 4 - Vacant building

• 10-44 Request for public ambulance

• 10-45 Serious fire related injury

o CODE 1 - Victim deceased

o CODE 2 - Life threatening serious injury

o CODE 3 - Non-life threatening serious injury

• 10-47 Request police

• 10-48 Request police forthwith for harassment

• 10-51 Cancellation of outside activities

• 10-60 Major emergency (Bldg collapse, train wreck, Etc.)

• 10-70 Water relay required - A notification that the first arriving engine has no positive water source and a water relay is required.

• 10-75 Working Fire - Request 4 engines, 2 ladders, 2 BC's, a Rescue and Squad, and a FAST truck.

• 10-76 High-rise building fire (Response of 5 engines, 5 ladders, 4 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 Operations battalion chief, the Safety Operating battalion chief, a safety coordinator, and a command post engine company)

• 10-77 High-rise multiple dwelling fire (Response of 5 engines, 5 ladders, 3 battalion chiefs, 1 deputy, 1 rescue, 1 squad, the Special Operations battalion chief, a safety coordinator, Field Comm unit, and the Safety Operating battalion chief.)

• 10-80 Haz-Mat incident

o CODE 1 - Small scale hazard (Level 1 Haz-Mat)

o CODE 2 - Large scale hazard (Level 2 or 3 Haz-Mat)

• 10-84 Announce arrival at box

• 10-86 Fluoroprotein Foam Operation

• 10-87 High Expansion Foam Operation

• 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.

• 10-92 Malicious false alarm

• 10-99 Units will operate over 30 minutes