Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 18:20:25 -0500
From: edisonfd@Gramercy.ios.com (Jim)
To: FIRE-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: Hello again from a lost member..
Message-ID: <199604022320.SAA09017@gramercy.ios.com>

FDNY assistance from BNN-NYC

Our bell codes from days of yore allow us to say a lot in a little space.
The first two digits indicate the Boro of NYC
66- is Manhattan   (Box #'s below 2000)
       & the Bronx    (Box #'s above 2000)
77- is Brooklyn
88- is Staten Island
99- is Queens

For example  66-22-908 would tell our customers w/o any further info that
there is a 2nd alarm fire in Manhattan at 56th Street & 6th Avenue.


There are just under 20,000 box locations in NYC, each having a distinct
address and that box tells the Starfire computer the assignment for initial
& subsequent alarms and relocations for cover assignments.


The second set of digits  e.g   66-22-1742 indicates the alarm level
75 indicates using all hands, generally 3-4 engines, 2-3 ladders, a rescue,
Batt & Deputy Chief
76 indicates a W/F in a hi-rise, there's a lot of hi-rises in NYC  4-5
engines- 4 ladders & lots of S/C
22  indicates a second alarm
33 a third alarm
44 a fourth alarm
55 a fifth alarm

10-45-1  is a fatal
10-45-2  likely to go fatal
10-45-3  serious injury

D/W/H  IS FIRE CONDITION IS DOUBTFUL WILL HOLD
P/W/H  IS FIRE CONDITION IS PROBABLY WILL HOLD WITH PRESENT ASSIGNMENT
F/U/C   IS FIRE UNDER CONTROL

DWG IS A DWELLING   PVT IS PRIVATE AS IN PVT DWG
OMD IS AN OCCUPIED MULTIPLE DWG
BC IS A BATTALION CHIEF
DC IS A DEPUTY CHIEF
S/C  IS SPECIAL CALL
E/T IS AN ENGINE AND TRUCK  AS IN ADD'L E/T S/C
T/L IS TOWER LADDER
COCKLOFT IS THE VOID SPACE BETWEEN TOP FLOOR CEILING AND BLDG ROOF