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Permalink Reply by Chad Furr on March 22, 2009 at 8:37pm

what do you mean and what do you want toknow. That is kind of a vague question to me. SOrry

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Permalink Reply by PFC Harmon on March 22, 2009 at 8:48pm

it depends on the area and districts, most small places don't have multiple alarms. I was assuming you was asking about a 2 or 3 alarm fire"

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Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on March 22, 2009 at 9:39pm

Do you mean the difference between a still, box, 1st, 2nd etc.
We don't use still, which meant a single engine response anymore.
Didn't really use the term box alarm here.
Basically, the bigger the number, the bigger the fire which means more equipment and manpower is needed.

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Permalink Reply by Joey on March 22, 2009 at 9:48pm

I have no idea i thought there where different alarms for the intensity of a fire or where it is located

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Permalink Reply by Paul Young on March 22, 2009 at 9:53pm

A Still Alarm-normally one Engine / Truck
Box Alarm - 2-3 Engines and a Truck
One Alarm - 3-4 Engines , Truck, Chief officers
Two Alarm - duplicate the one alarm and so on and so on.
This applies in cities with several companies (stations)
in rural or fire districts, it is widely varied.
Hope this helps

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Permalink Reply by Deanna on March 23, 2009 at 12:12am

Really it depends on what part of the country you are in and what type of department. Rural is different from city and vice versus.

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Permalink Reply by Cody Baker on March 23, 2009 at 2:11am

Our alarms are pretty simple.

City Fire- One Whistle- Brush, Tanker, Rescue
County Fire- Two Whistles Brush, Tanker, Ambulance, Rescue
Rescue- Three Whistles-- All Responde

Tornado or Nuclear- 3-5 Minutes Will Repeat if Needed
8:00 PM Whistle Blows and Law Enforcement will Radio In, Pagers for Emergency Personal will go off... Stateing it is now 8:00... Pagers may go off if there is something going on... Such as Meetings, Times... Meaning the time Dispatch has and Officers or EMT's enroute will Radio on their time.

Codes:
Sheriffs Deputies are addressed as this...
Crowley 1- Sheriff
Crowley 2- Undersheriff
Crowley 3- K-9 Unit
Crowley 4- DUI Enforcer
Crowley 5,6,7,8,9 and 10

EMS Go By This:

701-NREMT- Paramedic
702- Paramedic
703- EMT- I
704-
705-
706-
707-

This is pretty much a run down of how our Sheriff Department, Fire Department, and Alarms work.

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