Fire Department, The New York City FDNY 31
Fire Department, The New York City FDNY 31 : 10-Code Signals: Several of them include: Alarm Type: 10-60, Meaning: Declared as a major incident, it brings a major response of equipment to the scene and mandates transmission of next highest alarm; Alarm Type: 10-66, Meaning: The newest signal, this is used for missing firefighters at an incident. It mandates the transmission of the next higher alarm level. It was first used at the August, 2007, fatal fire in the Deutsche Bank Building, where a number of firefighters got lost in an illegal maze of demolition and asbestos removal structures, and where two veteran firemen were killed;Alarm Type: 10-75, Meaning: Working Fire reported and assignment requested. Declared when smoke or fire is showing from a building; Alarm Type: 10-76, Meaning: Working fire in a high-rise (more than 7 stories) commercial building or hotel; Alarm Type: 10-77, Meaning: Working fire in a high-rise (more than 7 stories) residential building; Alarm Type: 10-80, Meaning: Hazardous Materials incident;Any or all of these signals: 10-76, 10-77, 10-60, 10-66 and 10-80, can be used in conjunction with a 10-75, a 7-5 ("All Hands") or a greater alarm, depending on circumstances. For example, at the aforementioned Deutsche Bank Building Fatal Fire in 2007, seven alarms were struck in addition to the use of the 10-76, 10-66 and 10-80 signals. The 2007 Manhattan Steampipe explosion utilized six alarms, plus the 10-60 and 10-80 signals. If a 10-66 is transmitted as the result of a collapse, a 10-60 must also be transmitted; this will result in the next 2 higher alarms being transmitted, (1 addtl alarm for each signal)
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