Weber County Fire Paging Question

[K5KNT]

I'm just returning to public safety monitoring after being away from the hobby for over 20 years. I'm currently listening to Weber County via Broadcastify. When what appears to be a fire/EMS page is broadcast it usually includes a phonetic such as "zulu" (most commonly heard), "charlie", and "delta". I'm guessing these are some sort of response codes but I can't figure out what and I haven't been able to find a listing.

I'm hoping someone here can enlighten me on what these are and if there are any others.

Thanks,

Kent, K5KNT

 

[gldavis]

Is the phonetic at the end of the broadcast, or the beginning? Is there a number associated with the phonetic, or is it stand alone?
I don't listen to Weber Co much, so I'm not sure witch direction to guide you in.

 

[K5KNT]

It is usually at the end and standalone. Something like this, "Engine [#], ambulance[ #], [nature of call, i.e. cardiac arrest], [address], Echo".
EDIT to change the example to one I just heard. I don't recall hearing "Echo" before.

 

[enosjones]

Echo is dead (10-85Echo), unless it’s the end of a call sign, or the middle of one.

 

[N7OLQ]

Sometime you will hear priority dispatch codes to communicate medical condition, but those are 3 character.

Priority Dispatch Codes - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

 

[Spadinator]

Zulu is an unknown response. The others start with alpha and go to echo alpha being the least and echo being the worst.

 

[K5KNT]

Zulu is an unknown response. The others start with alpha and go to echo alpha being the least and echo being the worst.

So similar to the 10-Code 10-85 suffix? That would make sense. Thank you.

 

[gldavis]

I would assume, that is correct. By any chance, do you know which Talk Group you are listening to? Or is it a conventional channel? Or should I not be asking?

 

[K5KNT]

I don't know. I was listing to a Broadcastify feed and it didn't show any information. I've now got my AirSpy R2 working with unitrunker2.x so I'll watch for that information.

 

[K5KNT]

I would assume, that is correct. By any chance, do you know which Talk Group you are listening to? Or is it a conventional channel? Or should I not be asking?

I believe the Talk Group is Weber Fire 1.

 

[pmstewart]

If your hearing the dispatch from a computer generated voice is is coming from talkgroup 5600 on the UCA trunk and yes it's Weber Fire 1.

 

[K5KNT]

Thanks, I will pay attention to the talkgroup number next time.

 

[enosjones]

Salt Lake does that a little too on their paging channels, it's in computer voice

 

[pmstewart]

I've noticed that VECC now has their own version .....its female instead of male and seems to be dispatching mostly for unified fire.

 

[Spadinator]

It saves them a dispatcher. The info is entered into the computer and it is then auto dispatched to the correct agency.

 

[N7OLQ]

I hate it. No voice emotion to grab your attention, and only vague info on the problem. I'm surprised Fire & EMTs think the dispatch info is sufficient to be prepared when they arrive.

 

[Spadinator]

They will tell them to switch to an ops channel where they will get all the info they need. It just saves time in dispatching.

 

[gldavis]

I don't think we've answered the original question. So I ask now, what is Zulu? Charlie and Delta, I think we've covered. But, Zulu?
side note: 10-85=Victims Condition Code/ A=Fair, B=Poor, C=Serious, D=Critical, and E=Fatality. (Gallows humor, it is interesting how some responders will sometimes qualify an Echo condition, as in "Obvious Echo", or "Definitely Echo", or my personal favorite, I heard one time, "there is not doubt what-so-ever, he is Echo."

 

[Spadinator]

Zulu is unknown problem. Either they don’t have enough information or the caller is not giving them enough to classify the call.

 

[N7OLQ]

(Gallows humor, it is interesting how some responders will sometimes qualify an Echo condition, as in "Obvious Echo", or "Definitely Echo", or my personal favorite, I heard one time, "there is not doubt what-so-ever, he is Echo."

I've heard a variety of these also. I think it is their way of qualifying their non-medically qualified opinion, "I'm no doctor, but..."