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The following chart is what the Sycamore Fire Department uses for an outline when
being dispatched for emergency calls. Each description has a set standard of
emergency vehicles/personnel responding.

In Sycamore, we use the terms 'Still Alarm' and 'Full-Still Alarm' in our inital emergency call.
Each alarm is divided into 2 categories; Ambulance & Fire. A detailed explanation follows:

*Still Alarm Ambulance - Any ambulance call that only requires one ambulance crew to respond.

*Full-Still Alarm Ambulance - Any ambulance call that:

~Requires more than one crew (ambulance crew + another crew for manpower)
~Another unit was out on a previous call
~Any call out of the district of Sycamore

*Still Alarm Fire - Any fire call that only requires one fire unit to respond.

*Full-Still Alarm Fire - Any fire call that:

~Requires more than one crew (engine crew + another crew for manpower)
~Another unit was out on a previous call
~Any call out of the district of Sycamore


Here are the dispatch guidlines:

                    
                                    AMBULANCE DISPATCH GUIDELINES 
Still Alarms:
                                                                                                                 

Allergic reaction  
Assault  
Automatic Aid 
Burns
Choking
Diabetic Reaction 
DOA (possible)
Electrocution 
Environmental emergency 
Gunshot 
Hanging
Heart Attack/Chest pain 
Obstetrics or Gyn
Overdose
Patient assist 
Poisoning   
Psychiatric   
Seizure     
"Sick" person  
Stabbing 
Stroke  
Toxic fumes
Trauma: Amputation, FX, struck by car, sprains, bleeding, etc.
Unconscious Person
Unknown medical problems

Full-Still Alarms:

Accidents - confirmed injuries
Accidents -injuries unknown / minor injuries
Cardiac arrest (no pulse)
Cold Water / Ice Rescue 
Collapse Rescue          
Drowning                                   
Entrapment rescue                    
Haz-Mat with injuries   
Multiple Patients (2 or more)
Multiple Calls                     
Mutual Aid - to scene or fill quarters 
Plane Crash 
 
                                    FIRE DISPATCH GUIDELINES 


Still Alarms:

Automatic Aid                                                                              
Automatic Fire Alarm - without a call from location  
Bomb threat 
CO detector alarm (with or without illness)    
Fire out investigation     
Inside electrical investigation  
Inside gas investigation    
Inside Gas Leak   
Inside odor investigation 
Inside smoke smell investigation  
Outside gas investigation 
Outside gas leak    
Outside smoke smell  
Outside spill  
Search 
Tree/brush/trash/dumpster/small grass fires  (no exposure)
*Trouble alarms   
Vehicle Fire (no exposure)  
Wires down 

Full-Still Alarms:

Any fire with exposure 
Automatic fire alarm - with call from location (confirmed fire)
Chimney Fire  
Explosion  
Field Fire 
Haz-Mat Incident
Mutual aid - to scene or fill quarters  
Multiple Calls   
Smoke inside of building   
Structure fire   

Effective 12/12/08                                                                                                    (Dispatch guidelines 12 12 08)

.....Sycamore Firefighters Local 3046....