Non-emergency responses - Firehouse Forums

raricciuti · 03-17-2002, 02:10 AM

After reading the posts in this forum regarding code-3 (lights & siren) responses when doing station fills or move-ups, I started wondering what types of calls do departments typically respond non-emergency (code-2) to? A partial list of non-emergency reponses for my department includes: accidents with unknown injuries, CO calls without symptoms, most water conditions, most odor investigations, most wires down (no arcing or fire), and station fills. What types of calls do you answer non-emergency?

pfire21 · 03-18-2002, 02:39 AM

We respond either code 2 or non-code to:

Smoke smells with no visible smoke showing, burning complaints, trash fires with nothing threatened, reports of equipment that "sounds like it is going to blow up" (we get these calls some times

), station fill-ins, and traffic hazard wash downs that do not involve hazardous substances. There are probably some more that I can't think of at the moment.

tom427428 · 03-18-2002, 05:59 PM

my dept goes code 3 to everything unless told by a chief to go signal 12, slowed response no sirens or lights.. even to standby's in towns that are no father than 2 miles away, sounds really silly when you think of it now

BFD196 · 04-07-2002, 06:10 PM

Move ups, oil in the river/storm drain, water conditions, broken pipes, lockouts, and other non life threatining calls get a Code 1 response. Other then those, most stuff is Code 3, oddly enough we don`t have a Code 2.

03-17-2002, 02:10 AM	#1
raricciuti Forum Member Join Date: Jun 1999 Location: Mt. Lebanon, PA 15228 Posts: 121	Non-emergency responses After reading the posts in this forum regarding code-3 (lights & siren) responses when doing station fills or move-ups, I started wondering what types of calls do departments typically respond non-emergency (code-2) to? A partial list of non-emergency reponses for my department includes: accidents with unknown injuries, CO calls without symptoms, most water conditions, most odor investigations, most wires down (no arcing or fire), and station fills. What types of calls do you answer non-emergency? __________________ R.A. Ricciuti Mt. Lebanon Fire Department

03-18-2002, 05:59 PM	#3
tom427428 Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 89	my dept goes code 3 to everything unless told by a chief to go signal 12, slowed response no sirens or lights.. even to standby's in towns that are no father than 2 miles away, sounds really silly when you think of it now __________________ " truck till the casket drops " www.lynbrookfd.org My views and opinions do not represent the views and standards of the Department or Company that I belong to.

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03-18-2002, 02:39 AM	#2
pfire21 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Parma, Idaho Posts: 23	We respond either code 2 or non-code to: Smoke smells with no visible smoke showing, burning complaints, trash fires with nothing threatened, reports of equipment that "sounds like it is going to blow up" (we get these calls some times ), station fill-ins, and traffic hazard wash downs that do not involve hazardous substances. There are probably some more that I can't think of at the moment.

04-07-2002, 06:10 PM	#4
BFD196 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Stamford CT Posts: 250	Move ups, oil in the river/storm drain, water conditions, broken pipes, lockouts, and other non life threatining calls get a Code 1 response. Other then those, most stuff is Code 3, oddly enough we don`t have a Code 2.

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