LCD RADIO CODE

[sefrischling]

It may be annoying to you, but it's all perfect English to them

As long as everyone involved knows what's going on its perfectly acceptable.

It all makes sense to me ... but I do here for clarification over there air where I live with some regularity. I live on the border of where New London meets Valley Shore. It is mostly plain English, but some plain English isn't apparently the same plain English.

Every once in a while you hear vollies using CSP codes, which most others know, as its the primary radio code system used by the municipal PDs, but in general those codes have no place in the fire service and it throws others off.

 

[Adamwalsh627]

I strongly disagree with some of the protocols.

protocol 28 for strokes. Alert and breathing normally under 35 is an alpha, but everything else is a Charlie. Stroke calls should definitely have some Delta's. There are studies about all of this, but still it is a life threatening emergency.

Ok, so we have a stroke as a Charlie, but we have fluid leaks at a MVA as a Charlie too?

I believe co alarms and fluid leaks should be hot, but only a bravo. I know towns that go hot on co alarms and towns that go cold. Even though it's reported as no sickness, a hazardous condition still exists in the structure.

Agencies should only respond cold for fire calls that are truly not an emergency. Animal Rescue, sewer problem, homeowner assistance, etc. CO alarms, fluid leaks, others are pushing it.

 

[PJH]

Question for you, have you been trained as a NAEMD?

 

[nhfdcadet]

strokes are charlies because there is literally nothing a paramedic can do in the field to change the outcome of the stroke that cannot be provided at the bls level.
and CO alarms arent emergencies unless there is illness, fluid leaks arent emergencies unless they are threatening a waterway.

Take an EMD class youll understand it all a lot better

 

[firerick100]

I notice some dispatch centers use these EMD codes like LCD and some do not such as Wolcott, Middlebury,Newtown which are some of the towns i monitor, is it up to the department wether to use them or not.

 

[PJH]

For NAEMD, it is up to the dispatch center in how they want to implement dispatching.

The actual response and determinist ion of resources is based on a standard and approved by the local medical control Doctor/system.

Recommended responses to chief complaints as determined by th callers information is determined by medical research in emergency care and a standards committee that is well represented by ER docs, paramedics, EMTs, nurses, specialists etc.

The final say is determined locally within the framework.

The system itself was developed by an ER doctor in Salt Lake who still has a hand in it.

It is a pretty good system and much more in depth than Power Phone which is/was based in CT.

As for the fire stuff mentioned above, we never went emergent to those calls. As stated, they are truely a non-emergency situation unless something else is going on that warrants an immediate intervention.

 

[nhfdcadet]

I notice some dispatch centers use these EMD codes like LCD and some do not such as Wolcott, Middlebury,Newtown which are some of the towns i monitor, is it up to the department wether to use them or not.

if you listen to wolcott ambulance (dispatched by campion) they do use emd codes
and we only stopped giving emd codes for middlebury last week, as well as the rest of the towns we dispatch. however we still EMD the call

 

[Mork]

TPD codes

Note for some (unknown) reason, they pt a 2- before all the codes. e.g. a 220 is a distubance


01 Abandoned Motor Vehicle 64 Request Camera
02 Accident Motor Vehicle 65 Request Detective Division
03 Accident Other 66 Request Fire Department
04 Alarm 67 Request ID Equipment
05 Animal Call 68 Request Medical Exam
06 Assist State Police 69 Request Narcotic
08 Bad Check 70 Request Supervisor
09 Burglary 71 Request Wrecker
11 Call Headquarters a) Request (Specify)
12 Civilian Request b) Rotation
13 Claim vs. City 74 Sally Port
14 Complaint Unfound a) Open Door
15 Criminal Mischief b) Close Door
16 Criminal Trespass 75 Serving Warrant
17 Cruiser Disable 76 Shoplifting
19 Disturbance Other 77 Sidewalk Fall
20 Domestic Disturbance 78 Soliciting
21 Driver License Listing 79 Stand By
23 Enroute To Call 80 Stolen Vehicle
24 Escaped Person 81 Suspicious Circumstances
26 False Alarm 82 Suspicious Persons
27 Fire/Smoke/Gas, Etc. 83 Suspicious Vehicle
29 Gassing Vehicle 85 Threatening
31 Harassment 86 Traffic Violation
32 Hazardous Materials Spill 87 Transport (state if female)
33 Hit and Run 88 Unit Arrived At Scene
35 Indecent Exposure 89 Unit Cleared From Scene
36 Intoxicated Person 90 Unit Off Air
38 Larceny 91 Unit On Air
39 Liquor Complaint 92 Unwanted Person
40 Location of Unit 93 Assault
41 Loitering 94 Hold-up
42 Lunch/Coffee 95 Robbery
44 Mental Unstable Person 96 Sexual Assault
45 Missing Person 97 Shots Fired
46 Motor Vehicle Stop 98 Weapons (gun) Reported
48 Narcotics 99 Weapons (other) Reported
49 Neighborhood Dispute
50 Noise Complaint 400 Bomb Complaint
51 Notify Chief/Deputy 410 Untimely Death
52 Notify Mayor 440 Suicide
53 Open Door 450 Homicide
54 Parking Complaint 500 Emergency Radio Clearance
55 Prowler Complaint 600 Officer Need Assistance
57 Radio Check 650 Officer Injured
58 Radio Frequency Change
59 Registration Listing 1 Prefix Designates Unit to
60 Report Scene Situation Headquarters
61 Report To Headquarters 2 Prefix Designates Headquarters
63 Request Ambulance to Unit
Fire
23 Rescue 59 Phone
30 Arrived on the scene 71 Returning to quarters
33 Medical Emergency 79 Location
50 Fire 80 Assignment completed
52 Off the radio 85 Radio test
53 On the radio 100 Drill
54 Fire under control 200 Non-emergency

Last updated and/or verified 10/20/2015

 

[a417]

strokes are charlies because there is literally nothing a paramedic can do in the field to change the outcome of the stroke that cannot be provided at the bls level.

...other than definitive airway control, cardiac dysrythmia control, and seizure control? nothing?

it's ok, I know what you are saying...