K Codes
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| K0 | Not available |
| K1 | Proceeding to incident |
| K2 | In attendance at incident |
| K3 | On RT outside normal turnout area |
| K4 | On RT inside normal turnout area |
| K5 | On RT available at incident |
| K6 | On Pager |
| K7 | At normal station |
| K8 | At residence (on phone) |
| K9 | Off RT – state location |
| K10 | Recommissioning appliance |
| KE | Unable to proceed (state reason) (spoken as Kay Echo) |
Support Services
| CODE | DESCRIPTION |
| K11 | (State service required, and if necessary, the reason) |
| K11-1 | Police required – confidential. |
| K12 | Suspicious nature (deliberate with intent to cause damage). |
Intelligence
| CODE | DESCRIPTION |
| K12 | Suspicious nature (deliberate with intent to cause damage). |
Appliance Movements
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| K22 | Is your appliance available for a further call? |
| K22-1 | Appliance available to respond to a further call |
| K22-2 | Any appliances that can be released? |
| K25 | Proceed to, and standby at (state location) |
| K25-1 | Appliance standing by and awaiting instructions at (state location) |
| K26 | Appliance still engaged at incident for (state time) |
| K26-1 | Appliance still engaged, no additional developments |
| K28 | Appliance is to return to station |
| K28-1 | Return further or specific responding appliances |
Radio Procedure
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| K31 | Request permission to go off RT (fires and standbys) |
| K32 | Radio test – how do you receive |
| K33 | Radio test received satisfactorily |
| K34 | Repeat your last message |
| K35 | Verify address of call |
| K35-1 | Request map reference |
| K36 | Contact Communication Centre by phone |
| K38 | Associate this call sign to incident (state incident address) |
| K39 | Re-transmit your current status (MSU or verbal) |
Incident Ground Communications
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| K41 | Fatality (indicate number with suffix) |
| K42 | Fire suppressed, commencing overhaul |
| K43 | All available manpower utilized |
| K44 | Command or control point established (state OIC and location) |
| K45 | Command responsibility changed to (state name) |
| K46-1 | Stop message-false alarm good intent |
| K46-2 | Stop message-false alarm accidental |
| K46-3 | Stop message-defective apparatus |
| K46-4 | Stop message-malicious |
| K46-5 | Stop message-alarm agent in attendance |
| K46-6 | Stop message-nothing showing on indicator panel |
| K47 | Stop message-message unchanged from informative |
| K48 | Stop message-details to follow by telephone |
STOP MESSAGES
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| K46-1 | Stop message-false alarm good intent |
| K46-2 | Stop message-false alarm accidental |
| K46-3 | Stop message-defective apparatus |
| K46-4 | Stop message-malicious |
| K46-5 | Stop message-alarm agent in attendance |
| K46-6 | Stop message-nothing showing on indicator panel |
| K47 | Stop message-message unchanged from informative |
| K48 | Stop message-details to follow by telephone |
Trial Evacuations
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| K51 | Trial evacuation to be held at (state location and time) |
| K52 | 111 call received from (state location) |
| K53 | Evacuation successful |
Arrival Messages
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| K55 | First appliance in attendance-special service call |
| K66 | First appliance in attendance-non property fire |
| K77 | First appliance in attendance-nothing showing investigating further |
| K88 | First appliance in attendance-property fire apparently small |
| K99 | First appliance in attendance-property fire well involved |
Patient Messages
SitRep messages about patients are to contain the following on each patient:
* age
* sex
* status
* chief complaint
* treatment (e.g. CPR, First response duties).
Fire and Emergency personnel will use the following patient status codes to
communicate the status of casualties at incidents.
Status | Patient condition | Stability | Potential to deteriorate | Special criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zero | deceased | |||
| one | critical, extreme | unstable | obvious | under active resuscitation to maintain airway, breathing, or circulation (e.g. airway obstruction) uncontrolled haemorrhage needs definitive medical intervention on arrival at hospital |
| two | serious | unstable | probable | not under active resuscitation, but airway, breathing, or circulation at risk needs definitive medical intervention within 10 minutes of arrival at hospital |
| three | moderate | stable | unlikely | |
| four | minor | stable | none |