Boston Fire Department Incident Type Codes Basic 901 Codes 100's: Fire or Explosion (includes fire out on arrival) 200's: Overpressure Rupture (no combustion) 300's: Rescue, Emergency Care (includes accidents, first aid, inhalator, etc.,) 400's: Hazardous Condition (includes potential accidents, gas leaks, gasoline spills, power lines down, radiation leaks, actual bombs, or other hazards) 500's: Public Service Calls (includes citizens locked out, child locked in a room, water leaks, etc.,) 600's: Alarm, No Fire (includes smoke scares, accidental alarms, fumigation, smoke, etc.,) 700's: False Alarms, Malicious (includes bomb scares with no bombs, box pulling and running, etc.,) 800's: Electrical Failure 900's: Mutual Aid 100's: Fire or Explosion (building) 110 Building and Contents or Building only 111 Building Contents only 112 Building Rubbish Inside 114 Building Chimney or Flue 115 Building Oil Burner (power) Malfunction 116 Building Oil Burner (other than power) 100's: Fire or Explosion (vehicles) 141 Road Transport Vehicles - Passenger 142 Road Transport Vehicles - Freight 143 Rail Transport Vehicles 144 Water Transport Vessels 145 Air Transport Vehicles 146 Heavy Equipment 147 Special Vehicles 148 Abandoned Vehicles 100's: Fire or Explosion (outdoors properties) 172 Fences, or Poles 174 Forest, Brush, or Grass 175 Rubbish, Trash, or Waste 191 Bridges, Trestles, or Overhead Elevated Structures 192 Dump (refuse disposal areas and dumps in open ground) 193 Public Mail Boxes 194 Quarries, Piers, or Pilings 195 Tunnels 196 Dumpsters 197 Compactors 199 Other, (not classified) 200's: Overpressure Rupture (no combustion) 212 Steamline Rupture 213 Air Compressor (tank) Rupture 214 Overpressure Rupture of Oxygen Tank 300's: Rescue, Emergency Care 310 Inhalator 320 First Aid 330 Medical Assist 340 Removal of Victims 350 Stand - By 360 Water Rescue 390 Other, (not classified) 400's: Hazardous Conditions 410 Gasoline Spills, or other Dangerous Liquids 411 Radiation Leaks, Radioactive Material 420 Explosives (not a bomb scare) 430 Food on the Stove 431 Excessive Heat 440 Electrical Hazard (outside - no fire) 450 Electrical Hazard (inside - no fire) 460 Building Weakened or Collapsed 470 Odor of Gas, Gas Leak, (domestic or L.P.) 471 Gas Appliance (defective, malfunction, misuse) 472 Refrigerator, Other Noxious - Lethal Gases 480 Actual Bomb or Other Hazard 490 Other Hazards (not classified) 500's: Public Service Calls 510 Lock - Out or Lock - In 520 Assisted Police, Other City Department 530 Water or Steam Leak, (including Hydrants Maliciously Opened 540 Public Service 550 Vehicle Accidents 560 Defective Elevator (not involving injury) 590 Other Services, (not classified) 600's: Alarms - No Fire 610 Smoke Scare - Odor of Smoke 620 Incident in Other Location (city or town) 630 Police Matter 640 Steam, Vapors, Fog, Dust, for Smoke 650 Accidental Alarms (including knockdowns) 660 Alarm System Malfunction (water surge, frozen pipes, or system etc.,) 670 Friendly Fires (Bar-B-Qes, tar kettles, etc.,) 690 Other Alarms, (not classified) 700's: False Alarms, Malicious 710 False Alarms, Malicious (box alarms) 720 False Alarms, Malicious (box or still alarms from an educational institution) 730 False Alarms, Malicious (still alarms) 740 Bomb Scare - No Bomb 790 Other, (not classified) 800's: Electrical Failure 823 Heat form Short Circuit, Defective or Worn Insulation 827 Overheated Motor (no fire) 828 Breakdown of a Light Ballast 900's: Mutual Aid 910 Mutual Aid - Line Box (no duty, including false alarms) 920 Mutual Aid - Cover Other City or Town 930 Mutual Aid - Worked Performed 940 Cover Other Division, District, or Company 950 Assisted Another District 960 Fire Detail 990 Other Mutual Aid, (not classified) -/Vuarnet International/- 617/527.oo91 24oo-16.8k HST/V32bis