PROCEDURE – Land mobile radio communications
K codes
To ensure radio congestion is kept to a minimum, Fire Service personnel
must transmit the appropriate K code message where possible.
Status
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 telepager
K7 at normal station
K8 at residence (on phone)
K9 off RT - state location
K10 re-commissioning appliance
KE unable to proceed (state reason) (spoken as Kay echo).
Support services
K11 (state service required, and if necessary, the reason)
K11-1 police required – confidential.
Intelligence
K12 suspicious nature (deliberate with intent to cause damage).
Appliance movement
K22 is your appliance available for a further call?
K22-1 appliance available to respond to a further call
K22-2 have you any appliances that can be released?
under the Official Information Act
K25 proceed to, and stand-by at (location)
K25-1 appliance standing by awaiting instructions at (location)
K26 appliance will be engaged at incident for (time)
K26-1 appliance still engaged, no additional developments
K28 appliance is to return to station (only to be used by mobilising centre)
Released K28-1 return other or specific responding appliances.
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PROCEDURE – Land mobile radio communications
K codes
Radio procedure
continued
K31 request permission to go off RT (fires and standbys)
K32 on radio test – how do you receive?
K33(1-5) radio test received satisfactorily (readability 1 to 5)
K34 repeat your message
K35 verify address of call
K35-1 request map reference
K36 contact communication centre by telephone
K38 associate this officer to incident (state incident address)
K39 re-transmit your current status (MSU or verbal).
Incident ground command
K41 fatality (indicate number with suffix)
K42 fire suppressed, commencing overhaul
K43 all available manpower fully utilised
K44 command or control point established (OIC and location)
K45 command responsibility change (state name).
Stop messages
K46-1 stop message – false alarm – good intent
K46-2 stop message – false alarm – accidental
K46-3 stop message – false alarm – defective apparatus
K46-4 stop message – false alarm – malicious
K46-5 stop message – alarm agent in attendance
K46-6 stop message – nothing showing on indicator panel
K47 stop message – message unchanged from SitRep
K48 stop message – details to follow.
under the Official Information Act
Trial evacuation
K51 trial evacuation to be carried out at (state location)
K52 (location) was a 111 call received from the premises
K53 (location) evacuation successful.
Arrival message
Released K55 first appliance in attendance – special service incident
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.
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Document Outline
- Introduction
- Procedure
- Mobile signalling units and status messages
- Verbal messages
- Alternative forms of communication
- Message types
- Patient messages
- Phonetic alphabet
- K codes
- Related documents
- Record of amendments