Non-emergency 3 digit numbers
Florida interoperability radio capabilities
6 Ws (In order)
EMS terms
Fire Service Apparatus
100

Community services and information hotline

What is 211?

100

Radio protocols with built in mutual aid features and a 700MHz frequency designed to enable cross agency communication regardless of the internal radio frequencies used.

What is Project 25 (P25)

100

1st

What is Where?

100

Fainting

What is Syncope?

100

Fire Engines with built in ladders that allow personnel to climb to reach higher.

What are Ladders?

200

Directory assistance

What is 411?

200

A set of portable towers and repeaters that can be deployed to disaster zones or other locations with limited communication.

What is Mutual Aid Radio Cache (MARC)

200

2nd

What is What?

200

Swelling

What is Edema?
200

A truck which provides additional air supplies to firefighters on scene

What is an Air Truck?

300

Relay service for the deaf and hard of hearing

What is 711?

300

Internet based system that bridges the gap between agencies with incompatible radio systems, enabling real-time communication during critical situations

What is the Florida interoperability network (FIN)?

300

3rd

What is Weapons?

300

Stroke

What is a Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)?

300

Four wheel drive vehicle that can respond to off-road incidents

What is a Brush Truck?

400

Traffic Information Hotline

What is 511?

400

Trailers equipped with various communication technologies like radio, FIN, VoIP, satellite, and cellular, providing versatile communication options in the field?

What is the Emergency Deployable Interoperable Communications System (EDICS)?

400

4th

What is When

400

Stimulating Respiration/Artificial Ventilation

What is Rescue Breathing?

400

A specialty vehicle used exclusively for aircraft firefighting

What is an Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Vehicle (ARFF)?

500

Cell companies' direct line for customer

What is 611?

500

Dedicated channels across all frequencies specifically designed for communications during emergencies

What are the National, State, and Local Mutual aid frequencies?

500

5th and 6th

What is Who and Why?

500

Intoxication from Ethyl Alcohol

What is the abbreviation ETOH?

500

Versatile all in one firefighting rescue unit

What is a Quint?