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  2. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    Code 1: A time critical event with response requiring lights and siren. This usually is a known and going fire or a rescue incident. Code 2: Unused within the Country Fire Authority. Code 3: Non-urgent event, such as a previously extinguished fire or community service cases (such as animal rescue or changing of smoke alarm batteries for the ...

  3. Hospital emergency codes - Wikipedia

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    Code red: fire. Code yellow: internal emergency. MET call: a medical emergency that is not cardiac or respiratory arrest. Code pink: a mother is going into labor unexpectedly, or there is a newborn medical emergency. Victoria, Australia. Emergencies (Public Hospital services) Code Red - Fire/Smoke. Code Orange - Evacuation.

  4. What Does "Code" Mean At The Hospital? - WebMD

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    Code Red indicates smoke or fire; Code Black indicates a bomb threat or active shooter scenario, and Code Blue refers to a cardiopulmonary arrest. Colors, numbers, or other designations may follow ...

  5. Cons. Takeaway. Hospitals often use code names to alert staff to an emergency. Code blue means a medical emergency. Code red means fire or smoke. Code black typically means there is a bomb threat ...

  6. Flame detector - Wikipedia

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    Flame detector. A flame detector is a sensor designed to detect and respond to the presence of a flame or fire, allowing flame detection. Responses to a detected flame depend on the installation, but can include sounding an alarm, deactivating a fuel line (such as a propane or a natural gas line), and activating a fire suppression system.

  7. What Is a Code Blue? - WebMD

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    Fire or Smoke. A hospital may identify situations where there is smoke, the smell of smoke, or a fire sighting as a code red. The code can also be used to indicate the sound of a fire or smoke alarm.

  8. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    Ten-code. Ten-codes, officially known as ten signals, are brevity codes used to represent common phrases in voice communication, particularly by US public safety officials and in citizens band (CB) radio transmissions. The police version of ten-codes is officially known as the APCO Project 14 Aural Brevity Code.[1]

  9. Triage tag - Wikipedia

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    Typical triage tag used for emergency mass casualty decontamination.. A triage tag is a tool first responders and medical personnel use during a mass casualty incident.With the aid of the triage tags, the first-arriving personnel are able to effectively and efficiently distribute the limited resources and provide the necessary immediate care for the victims until more help arrives.