• 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 or Incinerator Fire - Fire has not extended from compactor or shaft

• 10-28 Subway or railroad fire, emergency or smoke condition

  • CODE 1 - Structural fire

  • CODE 2 - Non-structural fire (e.g. train fire, rubbish on the tracks, etc.)

  • CODE 3 - Non-medical emergency

• 10-31 Assist Civilian - All calls for assistance, other than medical assignments, including good intention calls, calls handled by other agencies, any type of investigation, searches and complaints, elevator emergencies, and lockouts.

• 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

  • CODE 2 - Victim/Patient is NOT breathing - requires resuscitation or may be suffering from a serious, apparently life threatening injury or illness.

  • CODE 3 - Victim/Patient IS breathing with apparently not life threatening illness or injury.

  • CODE 4 - Medical assignment where unit is 10-84, has no patient contact, and EMS is on-scene. This includes when a unit is assigned to protect EMS by diverting or blocking traffic at a highway incident.

  • NO CODE - All others

  • Note: Signal 10-45 with appropriate sub-code shall be transmitted in lieu of signal 10-37 for thermal burn injuries which occur as a direct result of heat from a flame. The officer transmitting signal 10-45 for this type of burn injury shall request response of a Battalion Chief to the scene. Where doubt exists as to which type of signal to transmit, a Battalion Chief shall be requested to respond to the scene.

• 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)

• 10-39 FD units standing by at interagency incident, e.g., standing by at a suspicious package

• 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 Fire related injury

  • CODE 1 - Black tag

  • CODE 2 - Red tag

  • CODE 3 - Yellow tag

  • CODE 4 - Green tag

• 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, Etc.) 8 Engines, 5 Ladders (one being the FAST Unit), 6 Battalion Chiefs (3rd due chief is Safety Officer; 6th due chief is Resource Unit Leader), 2 Deputy Chiefs, 2 Rescue Companies, 2 Collapse Units, 2 SOC Support Trucks, SOC logistics van, Squad 1 with is Technical Response Vehicle, 1 additional Squad, Rescue Battalion, Haz-Mat Battalion, Safety Battalion, Field Communications Unit, Satellite Unit with its associated Engine, RAC Unit, and a Mobile Command Center). Also, a Battalion responds and meets NYPD Aviation to provide Air Recon.

• 10-66 Missing, lost, trapped, or seriously injured member requiring extrication (Increases response by transmission of the next higher alarm, 1 additional deputy chief, 2 battalion chiefs, the collapse unit from the borough of incident, a collapse rescue task force, an additional squad, a SOC Support ladder, a FAST unit, a CFR-D engine, SOC Logistics support van, SOC Compressor truck, SOC Dewatering unit, Public Information officer, EMS division captain, EMS Haz-Tac officer, a BLS ambulance, an ALS ambulance, an EMS Rescue Paramedic ambulance, OMA response physician and a medical officer.) If the cause of the 10-66 is due to a collapse, a signal 10-60 also must be transmitted.

• 10-70 Water supply required - A notification that the first arriving engine has no positive water source.

• 10-75 Request 4 engines, 2 ladders, 2 BC's, a Rescue and Squad, and a FAST truck

• 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 officer, and a lobby control unit.)

• 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 officer, Field Comm unit, and the Safety Operating battalion chief.)

• 10-80 Haz-Mat incident. Incident can be controlled by units already on scene. Haz Mat and the Haz Mat battalion may be special called.

  • CODE 1 - An incident that requires additional resources not carried by regular field units to mitigate a spill or release that requires specialized training, knowledge, equipment or PPE. Transmission of a 10-80 code 1 does not involve contamination of civilians or responders. Box will be filled out to 4 engines, 2 ladders, 2 battalion chiefs, 1 deputy chief, FAST unit, Haz Mat battalion, Haz Mat unit, Haz Mat tech unit, 1 rescue, Haz Tac ambulance, Haz Tac conditions chief, 1 BLS ambulance, Conditions officer.

  • CODE 2 - An incident that involves a spill or release with 4 or less contaminated civilans or responders and requires Haz Mat resources for possible rescue, mitigation and decontamination. Units assigned on a 10-80 code 2 include the assignment of a 10-80 code 1 plus: Safety battalion, Rescue battalion, 3 additional battalion chiefs, Field Comm, 1 additional Haz Mat tech unit, Decon Support unit, Tac unit, Chemical Protective Clothing unit (CPC unit), 1 additional Haz Tac ambulance, BLS ambulance, ALS ambulance, RAC unit, PIO officer, Medical Director.

  • CODE 3 - And incident where 5 or more or responders are contaminated and additional Department resources are needed above the code 2 level. Units assigned on a 10-80 code 3 include the assignment of a 10-80 code 2 plus: Command Chief, 1 additional Deputy chief, 3 additional Haz Tac ambulances, Decon Shower unit, 1 additional Haz Tech unit, 3 additional CPC units, 1 additional RAC unit, Mask Service unit, EMS Deputy chief, BLS ambulances, ALS ambulances.

  • CODE 4 - A mass decontamination response to decontaminate a large number of victims as quickly as possible. A 10-80 code 4 will result in the dispatch of a 10-80 code 3 plus the Mass Decon Task Force. The MDTF is 1 battalion chief, 2 engines, 1 CPC tower ladder, 1 Haz Tac ambulance, 2 Soc Support ladders or HHTUs to monitor victims to determine the need for additional Techincal Decon. For every 250 victims, an additional MDTF will be called.

• 10-84 Announce arrival at box

• 10-86 Fluoroprotein 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 cancelled 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

Revised 3/3/10