10 code for post ems runs

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Dom67

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I am not a responder but is there a 10 code that is used as a shortcut for "engine x taking time to decon, restock and document".

Seems like a lot of chatter for a routine notification.
 
Dom67 said:
I am not a responder but is there a 10 code that is used as a shortcut for "engine x taking time to decon, restock and document".
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Taking a guess at this,
It could possibly be 10-9? Then 10-8 when the Engine is back in service.
 
The 10-29 Signal was and I believe still is used when a FDNY Company is on an EMS run and will be operating for more than 1 Hour because CPR is being performed by the FDNY members of that unit. I used it once when I was the Captain of Engine 26 and we responded to a cardiac in a Health Club Gym. I member of Engine 26 drove the ambulance to the old Saint Vincent Hospital in the West Greenwich Village, so that both EMS Paramedics on the ambulance could stay in the back of the ambulance to treat the patient. We got her to Saint Vincent's alive, but I heard later she could not be saved. Not the proper use of the 10-29 signal, but we were out of service and out of our normal response area for well over 1 full hour. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
 
captaindewey50267021@gm said:
The 10-29 Signal was and I believe still is used when a FDNY Company is on an EMS run and will be operating for more than 1 Hour because CPR is being performed by the FDNY members of that unit. I used it once when I was the Captain of Engine 26 and we responded to a cardiac in a Health Club Gym. I member of Engine 26 drove the ambulance to the old Saint Vincent Hospital in the West Greenwich Village, so that both EMS Paramedics on the ambulance could stay in the back of the ambulance to treat the patient. We got her to Saint Vincent's alive, but I heard later she could not be saved. Not the proper use of the 10-29 signal, but we were out of service and out of our normal response area for well over 1 full hour. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
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10-99 Units will operate over 30 minutes
 
captaindewey50267021@gm said:
The 10-29 Signal was and I believe still is used when a FDNY Company is on an EMS run and will be operating for more than 1 Hour because CPR is being performed by the FDNY members of that unit. I used it once when I was the Captain of Engine 26 and we responded to a cardiac in a Health Club Gym. I member of Engine 26 drove the ambulance to the old Saint Vincent Hospital in the West Greenwich Village, so that both EMS Paramedics on the ambulance could stay in the back of the ambulance to treat the patient. We got her to Saint Vincent's alive, but I heard later she could not be saved. Not the proper use of the 10-29 signal, but we were out of service and out of our normal response area for well over 1 full hour. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
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10-29 is currently the code for an elevator emergency. Code 1 occupied, code 2 unoccupied.
 
Sorry my mistake the correct code is 10-99 and yes, it means the unit will be operating more then :30 minutes and not 1 Hour as I stated.
Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.
 
I don't know why a company can't just return to Qtrs to restock and decon without all the glitsy announcements over the air. Just remain on the box until you're finished. Then hit the AQ button at the HW desk.

It's amazing how many companies are "OOS to restock and decon" but as soon as a 1st due run is announced over the air, they are miraculously deconned and "available for that box."
 
I spent alot of time in very busy units in the FDNY. Sometimes you just need a catch a break from what is often a mundane EMS run. We first and foremost are firefighters or fire officers we accept being busy with fires as truly part of the job. I once worked as a covering Captain in Brooklyns very active Squad 1, we had 7 "jobs" all hands or greater in one night tour, on one summer night in the early 1990's. Once we got back to the firehouse at about 3:00 A.M. we were dispatched to an EMS run for a woman unconscious, that turned out to be a woman that had been sick for a week and decided she need EMS at 3:00 AM. The point is this what is need is more EMS ambulances and EMS Medics and EMTs not using FDNY fire units for often mundane regular medical problems that fire units are unable to transport. There are alot of bad pathogens out there clean up fully A.S.P. and take enough time to clean things up if at all possible. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired,
 
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