EMS Response codes

[amr_emt_907]

I have been looking everywhere but I was wondering what the ems response codes mean in central Oregon. I mostly listen to La Pine fire and when they dispatch one of the medic units they say something like (this is an Alpha Response etc...)

 

[troymail]

It can vary in different areas but these links (combined with the information you are hearing) may help explain. You can probably match some of all of this up to the dispatches you are hearing.

http://www.emergencydispatch.org/articles/princdocpull03.pdf

https://forums.radioreference.com/kansas-radio-discussion-forum/102146-ems-codes.html

https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Priority_Dispatch_Codes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Priority_Dispatch_System

http://rogersar.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/1022

 

[kd7jfv]

Alpha - Code 1
Bravo - Code 1
Charle - Code 3
Delta - Code 3
Echo - Code 3
Omega - code 1 - you don't hear this much anymore but its basically citizen assist.

Each agency within Central Oregon has customized apparatus assignments based upon the above determinants but thats the basics of the response urgency categories.