Book 35 - EMS Field Manual - LAFD Training

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Section 1: Field Procedures 1 Protocols
MISCELLANEOUS
Members shall use the following terms to indicate the urgency of the situation when
requesting police response through Operations Control Dispatch (OCD):
Fire Department needs " H E L P I'
Use this term when there is imminent grave danger to LAFD personnel e.g., members
are being attacked, attack is imminent, or other immediate hazardldanger.
Assigned to response:
ALL AVAILABLE POLICE UNITS IN THE AREA
(one unit dispatched Code 3 and other units ASAP)
FIRE COMPANY
BATTALION CHIEF AND/OR
EMS BATTALION CAPTAIN (if EMS incident)
Fire Department needs " A S S I S T A N C E "
Use this term when there is a large hostile crowd and apparent danger to LAFD
personnel or apparatus.
Assigned to response:
ALL AVAILABLE POLICE UNITS IN THE AREA
(one unit dispatched Code 2 and other units ASAP)
BATTALION CHIEF AND/OR
EMS BATTALION CAPTAIN (if EMS incident)
" B A C K - U P " the Fire Department
Use this term when there are belligerent individuals and a likelihood of physical
altercation.
Assigned to response:
ONE POLICE UNIT ASSIGNED, CODE 2
" M E E T " the Fire Department
Use this term when requesting LAPD to accompany you to a known "trouble area" or
when the Incident Commander requests LAPD for traffic or crowd control.
Assigned to response:
Revised: 512005
ONE POLICE UNIT ASSIGNED, CODE 2