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Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often announced over a public address system of a hospital to alert staff to various classes of on-site emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with minimal misunderstanding to staff while preventing stress and panic among visitors to the hospital.
Code 1: A time critical event with response requiring lights and siren. This usually is a known and going fire or a rescue incident. Code 2: Unused within the Country Fire Authority. Code 3: Non-urgent event, such as a previously extinguished fire or community service cases (such as animal rescue or changing of smoke alarm batteries for the ...
International maritime signal flags. International maritime signal flags are various flags used to communicate with ships. The principal system of flags and associated codes is the International Code of Signals. [1] Various navies have flag systems with additional flags and codes, and other flags are used in special uses, or have historical ...
Emergency traffic, clear the channel. CB code for Mayday for trucks and police cars. 3s and 8s Well wishes to a fellow driver. Borrowed from amateur radio telegraphy codes "73" (best regards) and "88" (hugs and kisses). 10-36 Correct time ("Can I get a 10-36?") 10-41 Driver is signing on or changing the channel on their radio 10-42 An accident
The codes are intended for use by air, ground, sea, and space operations personnel at the tactical level. Code words that are followed by an asterisk (*) may differ in meaning from NATO usage. There is a key provided below to describe what personnel use which codes, as codes may have multiple meanings depending on the service.
Mar. 19—WILKES-BARRE — Mayor George C. Brown on Tuesday said the city will enact the Code Blue designation due to severe cold temperatures for Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The Code Blue ...
For other uses, see All Clear (disambiguation). A British air raid siren from the Second World War. All clear is the signal, generally given by a civil defence siren, which indicates that an air raid or other hazard has finished and that it is safe for civilians to leave their shelters; it is commonly used in radios as well.
The International Code of Signals ( INTERCO) is an international system of signals and codes for use by vessels to communicate important messages regarding safety of navigation and related matters. Signals can be sent by flaghoist, signal lamp ("blinker"), flag semaphore, radiotelegraphy, and radiotelephony. The International Code is the most ...