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 (state location) |
| K7 | At normal station |
| K8 | Code not allocated |
| K9 | Off RT – state location |
| K10 | Re-commissioning appliance |
| KE | Unable to proceed (state reason) (spoken as Kay Echo) |
SUPPORT SERVICES
| CODE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| K11 | State service required and reason, if necessary |
| K11-1 | Police required – confidential |
| K11-2 | Police required – urgent, personnel, public or property safety concern |
INTELLIGENCE
| CODE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| K11 | State service required and reason, if necessary |
| K11-1 | Police required – confidential |
| K11-2 | Police required – urgent, personnel, public or property safety concern |
APPLIANCE MOVEMENTS
| CODE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| K20 | Priority message risk to crew safety do not proceed (Com Only) |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| K30 | Request <agency> monitor IGC Liaison |
| K31 | Request permission to go off RT (fires and standbys) |
| K32 | Radio test – how do you receive |
| K33 | Radio test received satisfactorily (Strength 1-5) |
| K34 | Repeat your last message |
| K35 | Verify address of call |
| K35-1 | Request map reference |
| K36 | Contact Communication Centre by phone |
| K37 | Check your mobility |
| K37-1 | Acknowledged K37 |
| K38 | Associate this call sign to incident (state incident address) |
| K39 | Re-transmit your current status (MSU or verbal) |
| K39-1 | Transmit K1 |
INCIDENT GROUND COMMAND
| 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) |
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 |
| K46-7 | False Alarm – undetermined alarm activation |
| K47 | Stop message-message unchanged from informative |
| K48 | Stop message-details to follow by telephone |
| K49 | Stood down by requesting agency |
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 |
FIRE TERMINOLOGY
| SHORT CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| FENZ | Fire and Emergency New Zealand |
| TIC | Thermal Imaging Camera |
| BA | Breathing apparatus |
| SCBA | Self-contained breathing apparatus |
| CABA | Compressed air breathing apparatus |
| LMR | Land mobile radio |
| FCC | Fire control centre |
| FCP | Forward control point |
| IGC | Incident ground communication radio |
| UHF | Ultra-High Frequency, F Band, 470–494 MHz |
| VHF | Very-High Frequency, ESA Band, 75–79 MHz |
| FRR | Fire resistance rating |
| LINZ | Address point |
PATIENT MESSAGES
Sit-Rep 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 |