Battalions & Unit Identifiers
Call Signs
Radio Codes
Department Apparatus Lists
Fire Department Battalions & Unit Identifiers
FIRST BATTALION:
10x - Bellerose
11x - Bellerose Terrace
12x - Floral Park
13x - Floral Park Centre
14x - Garden City
15x - Garden City Park
16x - Mineola
17x - New Hyde Park
18x - South Floral Park
19x - Stewart Manor
26x - Mineola VAC (KRX583)
SECOND BATTALION:
20x - Baldwin
21x - Freeport
22x - Island Park
23x - Long Beach
24x - Oceanside
25x - Point Lookout-Lido
26x - Mineola VAC (KRX583)
27x - Malverne Volunteer Ambulance
28x - Bellmore-Merrick E.M.S.
29x - Wantagh-Levittown VAC
THIRD BATTALION:
30x - Hewlett
31x - Inwood
32x - Lawrence-Cedarhurst
33x - Meadowmere Park
34x - Valley Stream
35x - Woodmere
FOURTH BATTALION:
40x - East Rockaway
41x - Lakeview
42x - Lynbrook
43x - Malverne
27x - Malverne Volunteer Ambulance
44x - Rockville Centre
FIFTH BATTALION:
50x - Bayville
51x - East Norwich
52x - Glen Cove
53x - Glenwood
54x - Locust Valley
55x - Oyster Bay & Atlantic Steamers
56x - Roslyn
57x - Sea Cliff
58x - Syosset
59x - Roslyn Highlands
SIXTH BATTALION:
60x - Bellmore
61x - East Meadow
62x - Levittown
63x - Massapequa
64x - Merrick
65x - North Bellmore
66x - North Massapequa
67x - North Merrick
68x - Seaford
69x - Wantagh
SEVENTH BATTALION:
70x - Elmont
71x - Franklin Square-Munson
72x - Hempstead
73x - Roosevelt
74x - South Hempstead
75x - Uniondale
76x - West Hempstead
EIGHTH BATTALION:
80x - Albertson
81x - East Williston
82x - Great Neck - Alert
83x - Great Neck - Vigilant
84x - Plandome
85x - Port Washington
86x - Williston Park
87x - Manhasset-Lakeville
NINTH BATTALION:
90x - Bethpage
91x - Carle Place
92x - Farmingdale
93x - Hicksville
94x - Jericho
95x - Plainview
96x - Westbury
97x - South Farmingdale
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Fire Department Call Signs
KAV466 - South Farmingdale
KB61492 - Nassau County Fire Academy
KBH354 - Rockville Centre
KBJ970 - Long Beach
KBL515 - Island Park
KBW814 - Hempstead
KC2072 - Merrick
KCK525 - Freeport
KDA694 - Meadowmere Park
KDB416 - Port Washington
KDP449 - Westbury
KDP986 - Garden City
KEB486 - Baldwin
KEB533 - Glenwood Hook & Ladder
KEB681 - Elmont
KEB914 - Levittown
KEB965 - Massapequa
KEC211 - Farmingdale
KEC352 - Valley Stream
KEC563 - Franklin Square & Munson
KEC697 - East Meadow
KEC829 - Great Neck - Vigilant
KEC859 - Wantagh
KEC910 - Roslyn
KEC960 - Hewlett
KEC961 - North Merrick
KED266 - Malverne
KED283 - Glen Cove
KED347 - Hicksville
KED396 - Uniondale
KED405 - New Hyde Park
KED554 - Oceanside
KED586 - Syosset
KED622 - East Rockaway
KED745 - Bethpage
KED747 - North Bellmore
KED761 - West Hempstead
KED820 - Mineola
KED847 - Roosevelt
KED865 - Locust Valley
KED868 - Bellmore
KEE204 - Great Neck - Alert
KEE209 - Lynbrook
KEE323 - Floral Park
KEE610 - Sea Cliff
KEE625 - Woodmere
KEE666 - Seaford
KEE716 - Plainview
KEE844 - Oyster Bay
KEE866 - East Norwich
KEE877 - Lakeview
KEF283 - Inwood
KEF863 - Manhasset-Lakeville
KEG254 - Nassau County Fire Communications Center
KEG292 - Roslyn Highlands
KEG312 - Lawrence-Cedarhurst
KEG503 - Jericho
KEH415 - North Massapequa
KEH987 - Carle Place
KEJ695 - Point Lookout-Lido Beach
KEU924 - South Hempstead
KFG436 - Roosevelt
KGJ777 - Garden City Park
KGN521 - Williston Park
KMB273 - Atlantic Steamers
KNAI887 - Sea Cliff
KNBW729 - Bellmore
KNCC591 - Great Neck
KO2419 - Garden City
KQO275 - East Williston
KRX583 - Nassau County Fire Communications Center (Ambulance Dispatch)
KSQ816 - Stewart Manor
KTI552 - Floral Park Centre
KTO545 - Hempstead
KTR672 - South Floral Park
KUY519 - Syosset
KUY628 - Bellmore-Merrick Ambulance
KVC483 - Lakeview
KVF582 - Bellerose Terrace
KVF763 - Albertson
KVF798 - Elmont
KWE641 - Bellerose
KXL311 - Freeport
KYQ359 - Garden City Park
KZE501 - Plandome
WIG946 - Massapequa
WIH284 - Plainview
WNAM372 - Wantagh
WPAG265 - Hicksville
WPBC526 - Bellmore-Merrick E.M.S.
WPCH271 - Bayville
WZX982 - COUNTY OPERATIONS
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Fire Department Radio Codes
Signal - meaning
1 - No unnecessary radio use
3 - Unit involved in accident
4 - Unit disabled
5 - Activate traffic signals
6 - Stand by for orders
7 - Release men in station
8 - Still alarm
9 - Emergency/rescue
9A - Ambulance Call
10 - Working fire/clear the frequency
11 - Call...by landline
12 - Fire under control
12A - Self-contained breathing apparatus no longer needed
13 - Return to quarters
14 - Request police for traffic
14A - Request police ambulance
14M - Request police - mental case
14R - Request police rescue
15 - Radio check
16 - Request doctor
17 - Unit out of service
18 - Unit in service
19 - Leaving district
20 - Returning to district
21 - Responding to scene
21/Code 1 - AEMT on board (ambulance)
21/Code 2 - EMT on board (ambulance)
22 - Arrived at scene
23 - Message received
24 - Request fire marshal - routine
25 - Request fire marshal immediately
25D - Request fire marshal - Death at scene
25HM - Request fire marshal - Haz Mat
26 - Request Health Department
27E - Request LIPA - Electric
27G - Request Keyspan - Gas
27H - Request Highway Department
27R - Request Long Island Railroad
27W - Request Water Authority
28 - Refill air bottles
29 - Request chaplain
30 - Request refreshments at scene
31 - Request fuel at scene
32 - General alarm
33 - Request mutual aid
34 - Invalid in building
35 - Switch to countywide frequency
36 - Switch to battalion frequency
37 - Switch to unit-to-unit frequency
38 - Training/drill
39 - Verify alarm location
40 - Give unit location
41 - Sound horns/evacuate building
49 - D.O.A.
50 - Request police - disturbance
61 - No driver*
61C - No crew*
71 - Company meeting
72 - Company drill
72B - Company drill at NCFSA
73 - Rescue company meeting
74 - Rescue company drill
74B - Rescue company drill at NCSFA
75 - Officers' meeting
76 - Department meeting
77 - Department drill
77B - Department drill at NCSFA
78 - Funeral
79 - Drill team meeting
80 - Parade
81 - Assistant fire inspectors' meeting
82 - Fund drive
83 - Chauffeur/operator training
84 - Clean up
85 - Uniform inspection
86 - Blood drive
87 - Physical exam
88 - Softball game/practice
89 - Picnic/outing
90 - Tour of Fire Communications HQ
91 - Fireman's Home
99/99A - Unnecessary/False Alarm*
*not used by all departments (reserved for local department use)
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Hempstead Fire Department Signals:
5 - Activate HQ traffic signal
10 - Contact Dispatcher
11 - Report to location
12 - Respond to scene with caution
12A - Respond to scene with caution - no siren
13 - False Alarm/return to HQ
14 - Clear the scene when all apparatus is ready/return to HQ
15 - Request Doctor at Location
16 - Request Chief at Location
17 - Request Police at scene
18 - Request Fire Marshal (Routine Investigation)
19 - Request Fire Marshal (Immediate Investigation)
18 - Request Fire Marshall
20 - Out of service at location
21 - Request LIPA/Brooklyn Union at Location
22 - Request Health Department at Location
23 - Request LIRR power shut down
24 - Tank empty - request feeder lines from additional engines
25 - Hydrant charged, line charged
25C-In-Line Pumping Completed/Lines Hooked up and charged
26 - Apparatus DNR/No Driver
32 - Fire Hydrant Damaged at Location
99 - Apparatus Unable to Respond/Breakdow
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Fire Department Apparatus Lists
The links below are to the apparatus pages of Nassau County Fire Departments and Ambulance
Companies that have them. Apparatus
lists are always handy when monitoring fire calls. If you know of a department apparatus
web page not listed here, please click
here
and send me its URL.
Albertson Fire Department (800)
Atlantic Beach Rescue (236)
Atlantic Steamer Fire Company (550)
Baldwin Fire Department (200)
Bayville Fire Company (500)
Bellerose Fire Department (100)
Bellmore-Merrick EMS (280)
Bellmore Fire Department (600)
Bethpage Fire Department (900)
Farmingdale Fire Department (920)
Floral Park Fire Department (120)
Franklin Square & Munson Fire Department (710)
Garden City Fire Department (140)
Glen Cove Fire Department (520)
Hempstead Fire Department (720)
Hewlett Bay Fire Department (300)
Hicksville Fire Department (930)
Jericho Fire Department (940)
Levittown Fire Department (620)
Long Beach Fire Department (230)
Lynbrook Fire Department (420)
Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department (870)
Massapequa Fire Department (630)
Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps (260)
North Bellmore Fire Department (650)
North Merrick Fire Department (670)
Oceanside Fire Department (240)
Oyster Bay Fire Company #1 (550)
Point Lookout-Lido Fire Department (250)
Port Washington Fire Department (850)
Roslyn Rescue Fire Company (560)
Seaford Fire Department (680)
South Farmingdale Fire Department (970)
South Hempstead Fire Department (740)
Stewart Manor Fire Department (190)
Valley Stream Fire Department (340)
Wantagh Fire Department (690)
Williston Park Fire Department (860)
Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps (290)
Woodmere Fire Department (350)
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