Common Incident Types
100 – Fire
111 – Building Fire
113 – Cooking fire involving the contents of a cooking vessel without fire extension beyond the vessel. (Food on the Stove)
114 – Chimney or flue fire originating in and confined to a chimney or flue. Excludes fires that extend beyond the chimney
121 – Fire in mobile home used as a fixed residence. Includes mobile homes when not in transit and used as a structure for residential purposes; and manufactured homes built on a permanent chassis.
131 – Passenger vehicle fire. Includes any motorized passenger vehicle, other than a motor home (136) (e.g., pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, buses).
132 – Road freight or transport vehicle fire. Includes commercial freight hauling vehicles and contractor vans or trucks. Examples are moving trucks, plumber vans, and delivery trucks.
138 – Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire. Includes dirt bikes, specialty off-road vehicles, earth-moving equipment (bulldozers), and farm equipment.
141 – Forest, woods, or wildland fire. Includes fires involving vegetative fuels, other than prescribed fire (632), that occur in an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and the like. Also includes forests managed for lumber production and fires involving elevated fuels such as tree branches and crowns. Excludes areas in cultivation for agricultural purposes such as tree farms or crops (17x series).
151 – Outside rubbish, trash, or waste fire not included in 152–155. Excludes outside rubbish fires in a container or receptacle (154).
154 – Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire. Includes waste material from manufacturing or other production processes. Excludes materials that are not rubbish or have salvage value (161 or 162).
300 – Rescue and Emergency Medical Service Incident
311 – Medical assist. Includes incidents where medical assistance is provided to another group/agency that has primary EMS responsibility.
321 – EMS call. Includes calls when the patient refuses treatment. Excludes vehicle accident with injury (322) and pedestrian struck (323).
322 – Motor vehicle accident with injuries. Includes collision with other vehicle, fixed objects, or loss of control resulting in leaving the roadway.
324 – Motor vehicle accident with no injuries
341 – Search for person on land. Includes lost hikers and children, even where there is an incidental search of local bodies of water, such as a creek or river
352 – Extrication of victim(s) from vehicle. Includes rescues from vehicles hanging off a bridge or cliff
400 – Hazardous Condition (No Fire)
411 – Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill (flash point below 100 degrees F at standard temperature and pressure (Class I)).
412 – Gas leak (natural gas or LPG). Excludes gas odors with no source found (671).
424 – Carbon monoxide incident. Excludes incidents with nothing found (736 or 746)
444 – Power line down. Excludes people trapped by downed power lines (372).
463 – Vehicle accident, general cleanup. Includes incidents where FD is dispatched after the accident to clear away debris. Excludes extrication from vehicle (352) and flammable liquid spills (411 or 413).
500 – Service Call
521 – Water (not people) evacuation. Includes the removal of water from basements. Excludes water rescues (360 series).
554 – Assist invalid. Includes incidents where the invalid calls the FD for routine help, such as assisting a person in returning to bed or chair, with no transport or medical treatment given.
600 – Good Intent Call
611 – Dispatched and canceled en route. Incident cleared or canceled prior to arrival of the responding unit. If a unit arrives on the scene, fill out the applicable code.
622 – No incident found on arrival at dispatch address.
631 – Authorized controlled burning. Includes fires that are agricultural in nature and managed by the property owner. Excludes unauthorized controlled burning (561) and prescribed fires (632).
651 – Smoke scare, odor of smoke, not steam (652). Excludes gas scares or odors of gas (671).
700 – False Alarm and False Call
733 – Smoke detector activation due to malfunction.
736 – Carbon monoxide detector activation due to malfunction.
743 – Smoke detector activation (no fire), unintentional. Includes proper system responses to environmental stimuli such as non-hostile smoke.
800 – Severe Weather and Natural Disaster
814 – Lightning strike (no fire). Includes investigation.
Incident Type Series
| Series | Heading |
| 100 | Fire |
| 200 | Overpressure Rupture, Explosion, Overheat (No Fire) |
| 300 | Rescue and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Incidents |
| 400 | Hazardous Condition (No Fire) |
| 500 | Service Call |
| 600 | Good Intent Call |
| 700 | False Alarm and False Call |
| 800 | Severe Weather and Natural Disaster |
| 900 | Special Incident Type |
For calls involving fire and EMS, use the fire codes. Always use the lowest numbered series that applies to the incident.