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THE FINE PRINT:

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How to 'Decode' one of our alerts.

*Type of Alert* Location;City|Information;Talkgroup/Frequency@Current time; Dispatcher ID ###

Please note: For Traffic Collision Pages or Traffic Advisorys/SigAlerts, we follow cities listed by the California Highway Patrol.

We page many incidents here on the site. The bold 3-6 letters are our "Page Identifier's. These tell you what kind of page it is. We do this method to save room on our pages for those receiving Cellphone Text Alerts.

Police Related:

• Shooting (SHOOT)
  
• Stabbing (STB)
  
• Perp Search (PERP)
  
• Foot Pursuit (FPUR)
  
• Vehicle Pursuit (VPUR)
  
• Robbery (211)
  
• Police Activity (PDACT)
  
• Perimeter Setup (PERM)
  
• Officer Down (OFFDOWN)
• Code 3 Run (NO MEDICAL CALLS) (CODE3)
• Includes Officer Assist, High Risk Traffic Stop, etc.
• Barricaded Subject/Standoff (BARR)

Fire Related:

• Commercial Structure Fire (COMM)
  
• Apartment Fire (APT)
• House Fire (HOUSE)
  
• Misc Working Fire (WF)
• NO Vehicle Fires, Large Vehicle fires should be paged under LVF.
  
• Aircraft Alert (AIRCRAFT)
• Greater Alarm (GRTALM)
• LAFD ONLY
  
• Major Emergency Structure Fire (MAJEMG)
• LAFD ONLY
  
• Boat Fire (BOAT)
• Large Vehicle Fire (Tankers, RV's, Semi's) (LVF)
• Suspicious Fire (SFIRE)
• Must be confirmed by Officials suspicious.
  
• Firefighter Down (FFDOWN)
• DOES NOT include Firefighters Badge, Engine Company, City/Department, or Name unless released by Media or Department.
  
• Hazmat (HZMT)
  
• Industrial Accident (IND)
  
• Large Fuel Spill (FUEL)
  
• Water Rescue (WRESC)
• Suspicious Package/Device/Object (SUSP)
  
• Bomb Threat (BOMB)
• Brush Fire (BRUSH)
  

Trauma:

• Trench Rescue (TRENCH)
  
• Cliff/Mountain Rescue (CLIFF)
  
• Overturned Vehicle, Crash with Entrapment/Airsquad/Ejection, Vehicle into Water or Structure (TCRESC)
  
• Electrocution (ELECT)
• Mass Casualty Incident (MCI)
• Must be delared a MCI by Units onscene.
  
• Jumper (JUMP)
• Can be Jumper Up or Down. State type of injuries.
• Airsquad Request (AIR)
  
• Can be for anything not covered. IE: Shooting with Medevac/Airsquad, Fall victim with Medevac/Airsquad, snake bite victim with Medevac/Aiqsquad, ETC.
• Fatal Injury (FATAL)
  
• Can be from any type of incident.Fires, Traffic Collisions, Fall Victims, etc.

Other Incidents:

• Local News (LOCAL)
• Can be Citywide, Statewide, Countrywide, or Worldwide.
  
• Traffic Advisory (TRFC)
• Anything delaying traffic on a freeway/interstate or major street/intersection.
  
• Vessel in Distress (VESSEL)
• Special (SCPL)
• PD or FD Involved MVA, Large Power Outages, Gas Main Breaks, Water Main Breaks, Sinkholes, Water Salvage Operations, and any other Page Worthy News.

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