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  2. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, response codes are used to describe a mode of response for an emergency unit responding to a call. They generally vary but often have three basic tiers: Code 3: Respond to the call using lights and sirens. Code 2: Respond to the call with emergency lights, but without sirens. Alternatively, sirens may be used if necessary ...

  3. Police code - Wikipedia

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    A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include " 10 codes " (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes , or other ...

  4. Uvalde, Texas - Wikipedia

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    1370541 [3] Website. uvaldetx.gov. Uvalde is a city in and the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States. [7] The population was 15,217 at the 2020 census. [4] Uvalde is located in the Texas Hill Country, 80 miles (130 km) west of downtown San Antonio and 54 miles (87 km) east of the Mexico–United States border.

  5. Coffee City, Texas - Wikipedia

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    75763 (Frankston) Area code (s) 430, 903. FIPS code. 48-15820 [3] Website. www .cityofcoffeecity .com. Coffee City is a small town in southeastern Henderson County, Texas, United States. The population was 249 at the 2020 census, down from 278 at the 2010 census.

  6. 911 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.

  7. List of law enforcement agencies in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas Comptroller - Criminal Investigation Division (State Police) Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (regulatory agency) Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Texas Department of Insurance. State Fire Marshal's Office. Fraud Unit. Texas Department of Public Safety. Texas Highway Patrol.

  8. Hospital emergency codes - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Eagle Pass, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Eagle Pass is a city in and the county seat of Maverick County in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 28,130 as of the 2020 census. [ 4] Eagle Pass borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, which is to the southwest and across the Rio Grande. The Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras metropolitan area (EP-PN) is one of six binational ...