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  2. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, response codes are used to describe a mode of response for an emergency unit responding to a call. They generally vary but often have three basic tiers: Code 3: Respond to the call using lights and sirens. Code 2: Respond to the call with emergency lights, but without sirens. Alternatively, sirens may be used if necessary ...

  3. Hospital emergency codes - Wikipedia

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    Code blue: life-threatening medical emergency; Code brown: external emergency (disaster, mass casualties etc.) Code orange: evacuation; Code purple: bomb threat; Code red: fire; Code yellow: internal emergency; MET call: a medical emergency that is not cardiac or respiratory arrest

  4. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    Ten-codes, officially known as ten signals, are brevity codes used to represent common phrases in voice communication, particularly by law enforcement and in citizens band (CB) radio transmissions. The police version of ten-codes is officially known as the APCO Project 14 Aural Brevity Code. [1]

  5. List of emergency telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    10 111: 10 177: Emergency in Cape Town – 107; Mobile phones – 112. Sudan: 999: Traffic police – 777 777. South Sudan: 999 Tanzania: 112: 114: 115: Police – 999. Togo: 117: 8200: 118 Tristan da Cunha: 999: 911: 999 Tunisia: 197: 190: 198: National guard – 193. Uganda: 112: 911: 112: Police – 999; Fire – 999. Western Sahara: 150 ...

  6. Medical Priority Dispatch System - Wikipedia

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    The MPDS codes allow emergency medical service providers to determine the appropriate response mode (e.g. "routine" or "lights and sirens") and resources to be assigned to the event.

  7. Emergency Response Guidebook - Wikipedia

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    The Emergency Response Guide is intended to give first responders (firefighters, police officers) prompt advice during the initial stages of an emergency, such as a fire or chemical leak resulting from a transportation accident, such as a train derailment or crash involving a truck.

  8. Police code - Wikipedia

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    Examples of police codes include "10 codes" (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes, or other status codes. These code types may be used in the same sentence to describe specific aspects of a situation. Codes vary by state, county, and agency.

  9. List of SIP response codes - Wikipedia

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    These codes are grouped according to their first digit as "provisional", "success", "redirection", "client error", "server error" or "global failure" codes, corresponding to a first digit of 1–6; these are expressed as, for example, "1xx" for provisional responses with a code of 100–199.

  10. Incident Command System - Wikipedia

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    The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of emergency response providing a common hierarchy within which responders from multiple agencies can be effective.

  11. U.S. Air Force Emergency Management - Wikipedia

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    The Emergency Management (EM) career field is the United States Air Force 's (USAF) primary organization responsible for implementing an installation-level EM program. Emergency Managers, also known by the Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) 3E9X1, are the Air Force's subject matter experts for all non-medical Chemical, Biological, Radiological and ...