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
10-14 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
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 - Cover blown
- CODE 3 - Smoke issuing under pressure
- CODE 4 - Transformer fire (manhole or pole mounted)
10-26 Food on stove
10-27 Compactor fire
10-28 Railroad fires
- CODE 1 - NYC Transit System
- CODE 2 - Non NYC Transit system
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 - Washdown
- CODE 2 - Accident – no injuries or washdown
- 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, plane crash, train wreck, etc.)
10-66 Firefighter Maydays / Emergencies
10-70 Water relay required – A notification that 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, and a FAST truck (Working fire)
10-76 High-rise building fire (Response of 5 engines, 5 ladders, 4 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 Operations battalion chief, the Safety Operating battalion chief, a safety coordinator, and a command post engine company)
10-77 High-rise multiple dwelling fire (Response of 5 engines, 5 ladders, 3 battalion chiefs, 1 deputy, 1 rescue, 1 squad, the Special Operations battalion chief, a safety coordinator, Field Comm unit, and the Safety Operating battalion chief.)
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
10-86 Fluoroprotein Foam Operation
10-87 High Expansion Foam Operation
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 (CPR in Progress)
