Fire
Department of the City of New York
Radio
"10 CODES"
- 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
- CODE
1: Used by battalion chiefs when leaving a firehouse to which their fire
tickets were redirected
- 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
- 10-13
Fire Marshall needs police assistance
- 10-14
Roster staffed engine
- 10-18
Return all units except 1 engine AND 1 ladder
- 10-19
Return all units except 1 engine OR 1 ladder
- 10-20
Proceed to box location at reduced speed
- 10-21
Brush fire
- 10-22
Outside rubbish fire
- 10-23
Abandoned derelict vehicle fire
- 10-24
Auto fire
- 10-25
Manhole or transformer vault fire
- CODE
1 - Fire extended into building
- CODE
2 - Multiple covers blown
- CODE
3 - Smoke issuing under pressure
- 10-26
Food on stove
- 10-27
Compactor fire
- 10-28
Railroad fire, smoke or emergency
- CODE
1 - NYC Transit System
- CODE
2 - Non NYC Transit system
- CODE
3 - Power to be shut down
- CODE
4 - Confirm power shut down
- CODE
5 - Emergency in transit
- 10-31
Clogged incinerator
- 10-32
Defective oil burner
- 10-33
Odor of smoke
- CODE
1 - Caused by nearby working fire, BBQ's, salamanders, Etc.
- CODE
2 - Any other type odor
- 10-34
Sprinkler system emergency
- CODE
1 - Defective equipment
- CODE
2 - Unnecessary alarm
- CODE
3 - Non fire activated
- 10-35
Alarm system emergency
- CODE
1 - Defective alarm
- CODE
2 - Unnecessary alarm
- CODE
3 - Recorded alarm
- 10-36
Automobile accident or emergency
- CODE
1 - Wash down
- CODE
2 - Accident - no injuries or wash down
- CODE
3 - Accident with injuries
- CODE
4 - Accident requiring extrication
- NO
CODE - All others
- 10-37
Assist civilian - first aid or other calls for assistance
- CODE
1 - Victim deceased (non-fire related)
- CODE
2 - Victim not breathing - requires resuscitation
- CODE
3 - Victim is breathing with illness or injury
- NO
CODE - All others
- 10-38
Carbon monoxide response
- CODE
1 - Detector activation (defective, low battery, unwarranted)
- CODE
2 - Detector activation - CO incident - Readings 1-9 PPM
- CODE
3 - Detector activation - CO emergency - Readings > 9 PPM
- CODE
4 - No detector activation during incident or emergency (No detector
present or did not activate)
- 10-40
Utility emergency
- CODE
1 - Gas
- CODE
2 - Electric
- CODE
3 - Water condition
- CODE
4 - Steam leak
- 10-41
Suspicious fire
- CODE
1 - Occupied building or vehicle
- CODE
2 - Unoccupied building
- CODE
3 - Unoccupied vehicle
- CODE
4 - Vacant building
- 10-44
Request for public ambulance
- 10-45
Serious fire related injury
- CODE
1 - Victim deceased
- CODE
2 - Life threatening serious injury
- 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, non-airport plane crash, etc.)
- 10-70
Water relay required - The first arriving engine has no positive water source
and a water relay is required.
- 10-75
Request 4 engines, 2 ladders, 2 BC's, a Rescue and Squad (Working fire), FAST
Truck
- 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)
- 10-80
Haz-Mat incident
- CODE
1 - Small scale hazard (Level 1 Haz-Mat)
- CODE
2 - Large scale hazard (Level 2 or 3 Haz-Mat)
- 10-84
Announce arrival at box
- 10-85
Fire Marshall requests Police assistance
- 10-86
Flouroprotein Foam Operation, transmitted for operations requiring foam
concentrate in addition to that carried by units on scene. The assignment
includes: two foam carriers*; one satellite unit*; foam tender* and two foam
coordinators (battalion chiefs).
[*the assigned engine company or it's designated backup responds with the
unit.]
- 10-87
High Expansion Foam Operation. The assignment includes: two foam carriers*;
one satellite unit*; high-expansion foam unit* and two foam coordinators
(battalion chiefs). [*the assigned engine company or it's designated backup
responds with the unit. The foam tender does not respond on this signal.]
- 10-88
Control of fire
- CODE
1 - Doubtful will hold
- CODE
2 - Probably will hold
- CODE
3 - Will hold
- CODE
4 - Under control
- 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
UPDATED 6/12/2004