FDNY 10 CODES
- 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 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 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 - Wash down
- CODE 2 - Accident - no injuries or wash down
- 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)
- 10-39 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 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, train
wreck, Etc.)
- 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. 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 civilians 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
Technical Decon. For every 250 victims, an additional
MDTF will be called.
- 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 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
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