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Central Dispatch Terms and Abbreviations
Below is a list of nature codes and other terms and abbreviations that might seen on the Central Dispatch Twitter feed, along with a generic description of what they mean:
- AMR - ambulance service
- Colors (often abbreviated to 3 letters)
- Orange - org or ong
- Purple - ple
- Black - blk
- Green - grn
- White - whi
- Etc...
- EB - Eastbound
- EFD - Evansville Fire Department
- Enr - En route, on the way
- EPD - Evansville Police Department
- ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival (how long will it take to get there)
- ISP - Indiana State Police
- LS - Last seen
- As in, "the suspect was last seen running NB on First Ave"
- NB - Northbound
- PC - Passenger Car
- PU - Pickup truck
- RR Xing - Rail Road Crossing
- Run - an incident requiring police, fire, and/or ambulance response
- SB - Southbound
- VCSO - Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office
- Veh - Vehicle
- WB - Westbound
Codes denoting the nature of an incident
- HAZRD - Report of some kind of hazard in a roadway
- HRIN - Hit-and-run with injury
- HRPRP - Hit-and-run, property damage, no injuries
- HRUN - Hit-and-run, unknown on injuries
- MVAI - Motor vehicle accident with injuries
- MVAPD - Motor vehicle accident with property damage
- MVAU - Motor vehicle accident, unknown on injuries
- RECDR - Report of a reckless driver
These are just a few of the more common terms and abbreviations you might see on our Twitter feed.