How do you name units?

[timboyle]

Where I first started in Jersey the county radio standardized the unit numbers for the entire county. All units had a four digit call number. Each municipality had a two digit number, based in alphabetical order. There were no agencies from 1 to 10, they started at 11. The next two numbers indicated what type of unit the vehicle was. There was no separation of BLS to ALS. EMS had the designations from 50 to 65. Officer units were 50 to 54, a first responder (non-transport) was 55, ambulances were 56 to 62, rescue (non-transport) units were 63 to 65. Fire units followed from 66 up to 99.

Units were always pronounced.... 5956 was "fifty nine, fifty six"

So an ambulance would be 4257 for instance, first responder unit for another agency would be 1555. Some larger agencies would add hundreds to their unit type numbers ass needed if they exceeded the system..... 59156 would be a transport ambulance too.

[CBEMT]

Fire departments: Rescue

Privates: Squad, Unit, or Med depending which company.

[Timmy]

These numbers are broken down into divisions, hence my division fleet numbers are Goulburn Valley 106 and Goulburn Valley 051 meaning Stretcher Vehicles.

State Wide we have:

10 to 13 - Major Event Specialist Vehicles

014 to 039 - Sedans and Station Wagons

040 to 144 - Stretcher Vehicles

145 to 159 - 4x4 Stretcher Vehicles

160 to 169 - 4WD Twin Cab Utilities

170 to 199 - Caravans/Trailers, Mini-buses & Specialist Vehicles

400 to 499 - Medical Officer

600 to 699 - Registered Nurse

700 to 799 - Ambulance Paramedic

940 to 949 - Advanced Casualty Management Team

950 to 959 - Advanced First Aid Team

[Chief1C]

Unit - Number - Station

Engine - X

Engine - 1 - X

Engine - 2 - X

Ambulance - 1 - X

Ambulance - 2 - X

Ambulance X - BLS

Medic X - Non Transport

MICU X - 1BLS/1ALS Provider Transport

Squad - Fire Dept. Crew Mover or Rescue Vehicle

Rescue - ........

Engine - ........

Tanker - Carries water aka Tender

Truck - Mini Pumper

Brush - Carries brush equipment or booster skid

Ladder - 65' or higher stick

[spenac]

I like ERdocs idea.

So here is our new unit name options.

Larry, Moe, Curly

Cheech, Chong

Butch, Sundance

Good(2 paramedics), Bad(no paramedics), Ugly(mixed crew)

[Richard B the EMT]

I was nostalgic, and still am.

My Volunteer Ambulance Corps did the simple type of numbering of the ambulances, as I am sure many agencies do. The first vehicle purchased was (Service Agency) one, and so forth with each new purchased vehicle getting the next number. Peninsula VAC #1 was a 1967 Cadillac, radio designation (by our agency, not the MARS as mentioned in my last posting) PVAC 1, PVAC 2 was a 1974 Dodge Maxiwagon, PVAC 3 was a 1972 Cadillac, 4, 5, and 6 were Ford E350 based type 3 modulars, gas models, not diesel.

If we had gotten to PVAC 10, we would have started from the bottom again.

The lowest badge was 15, so if our dispatcher heard PVAC 19 on the air, they would know it was me on a personal radio, or any member who would decide to use one of their own would use their badge number. Overall, it was not a great system, but it worked for us at that time.

the Mutual Aid Radio System designator was 94Larry

[mrmeaner]

The finance department named our rigs. They're named after the seven dwarves. This ensures we will never have more than 6 ambulances as no one wants to call in: "Dopey is on scene."

[GBFDEMS174]

my company uses A-11 A-12 A-13 for their BLS Ambulance division and the Fire Division is F-16, F-17,F18,F-21,F-23

in my opinion I believe you should use something like M-1, M-2, M-3, M-4

[wbgraidermom]

we use our station numbers with the last number being different. station number is 970 our Smaller medic trucks are 975 and 980. contact our county 911 and see what numbers are not being used around your area. you are just going to have to do some research. good luck on naming your trucks.

[EMT857]

Where I first started in Jersey the county radio standardized the unit numbers for the entire county. All units had a four digit call number. Each municipality had a two digit number, based in alphabetical order. There were no agencies from 1 to 10, they started at 11. The next two numbers indicated what type of unit the vehicle was. There was no separation of BLS to ALS. EMS had the designations from 50 to 65. Officer units were 50 to 54, a first responder (non-transport) was 55, ambulances were 56 to 62, rescue (non-transport) units were 63 to 65. Fire units followed from 66 up to 99.

Units were always pronounced.... 5956 was "fifty nine, fifty six"

So an ambulance would be 4257 for instance, first responder unit for another agency would be 1555. Some larger agencies would add hundreds to their unit type numbers ass needed if they exceeded the system..... 59156 would be a transport ambulance too.

Monmouth County...

All 59-*** units are Monoc only now they go by 201 - 8**

Currently it's the same first two digits = town 15(freehold)59(ambulance) if the squad is the only in town

If there's two it's 28(marlboro)3(morganville ems)62(ambulance) (28362)or 28(marlboro)1(marlboro ems)57(ambulance) (28158).

50-54 are ems officers

55 first responder unit

56-65 ambulances

66-70 - fire officers

71-84 - Engines

85-89 - Rescue/Salvage/Utility

90-92 - Tower