Radio Codes For Duress . . . (or I need help now)

[unknown]

I duno, it just seems common sense to me. Same with police, if someone screams they need help, start the calvary then ask questions once they are going. Why waste time?

Key words Here Brent being Common Sense-- in which you would be hard pressed to make me believe the "Help Wanted" sign for dispatchers DOES NOT read: "Those exhibiting Common Sense need not apply!"

[Richard B the EMT]

H E L P :-s

Whats that? Unit 10 please stand by one while I google this............ :wink:

"Quick, what's the phone number for 9-1-1?"

[unknown]

"Quick, what's the phone number for 9-1-1?"

1-765-642-0@@!

[ffemtdrew14]

Our system uses the orange button "man down" feature on our radios, for all Fire, EMS, and Police agencies. If no response from the crew when dispatch inquires if the button was hit in error, everyone is sent. The other method of requesting help is to just say what you need and what unit you are. Although the system uses an ID for each radio and what unit it should be assigned to, every time the radio is keyed up. The county is trying to eliminate all codes, or as much as possible and stressing using plain language.

[Asysin2leads]

Officially, the term is "10-85 Forthwith", which I always thought had a certain Shakespearian tone to it. Sometimes "10-13" is borrowed from police codes sometimes, but if you say "10-13" over the radio, something in close proximity to you had better be on fire, exploding, or have some bullets in it.

[AnthonyM83]

Officially, the term is "10-85 Forthwith", which I always thought had a certain Shakespearian tone to it.

Yeah, I don't think I could get those words out in an emergency....little tricky on the tongue...

[brentoli]

Officially, the term is "10-85 Forthwith", which I always thought had a certain Shakespearian tone to it. Sometimes "10-13" is borrowed from police codes sometimes, but if you say "10-13" over the radio, something in close proximity to you had better be on fire, exploding, or have some bullets in it.

You ask for a weather report when being shot at?

[tskstorm]

10-13

* Advise Weather/Road Conditions

* Officer in need of assistance

* Mental health patient transport

* Officer needs immediate assistance (New York City)

[JPINFV]

As for the radio terminology of "Pan Pan Pan", I believe that is mostly used to announce a mid-air emergency on a plane. "Mayday" is good, and for those still using Morse Code (not on our radios, I hope), the old S O S signal of 3 "Dits", 3 "Dahs", and another 3 "Dits" probably is still around.

PAN PAN PAN is a non-life threatening bad situation (ex: you're in a ship that broke down, but you're not going to crash into anything). This is in contrast to MAYDAY, which is used when an immediate life/vessel threatening emergency exists.

[AnthonyM83]

You ask for a weather report when being shot at?

Gotta know which way the bullets are gonna fly...