Call Definitions:
The following are different types of incidents that the Baden Volunteer Fire Department may be asked to respond to. These call types are based on the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).
Fire/Explosion
All calls concerned with actual burning or explosions. This category includes fires in buildings and vehicles as well as brush fires, refuse fires, and fires in spilled fuel.
Automatic Fire Alarm
Calls triggered by an automated alarm system detecting smoke or heat, or that is manually activated (pull station).
Rescue
Calls are related to removing people from dangerous situations including extrication from crushed vehicles or machinery, removal from the water or ice, searching for lost persons, and assisting people who are locked in a structure or vehicle.
Technical Rescue
Calls where the Technical Rescue Team is toned out. These can include (and not limited to) structural collapses, trench rescue, rope rescue, and confined space rescue.
Medical
Emergency medical situations in which EMS requires assistance from the fire department (lift assist, forcible entry, landing zone).
Hazardous Materials
Situations of spills or leaks without ignition, excessive heat conditions, power lines down, aircraft emergencies, chemical emergencies, and overpressure situations causing pipe or container ruptures.
Service
Calls involving people being locked out of structures, removing water from structures, assisting the police, checking unauthorized burning, trees/wires down, traffic control, smoke and odor investigations and steam, or other vapor mistaken for smoke.
False Alarm
Alarm calls where no emergency situation exists such as malicious mischief, a bomb scare, alarm system malfunction, or unintentional alarms.
Other
Calls not otherwise classified. These are usually responses discontinued before arrival on the scene.
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