SAAS Station Codes

[Mike]

I remember there being a discussion about SAAS location codes. Was browsing the Pager site this morning and found a few messages with a little info for us. Im sure the list is not limited to these.... will see if I can find any more (confimed) codes and add.

American River - AV   Ardrossan - AR   Balaklava - BL   Booleroo Centre - BC   Bordertown - BO   Burra - BU
Ceduna - CD   Clare - CA   Cleve - CL   Coffin Bay - CF   Coober Pedy - CB   Coomandook - CK
Coonalpyn - CN   Cowell - CW   Crystal Brook - CR   Cummins - CU   Elliston - EL   Eudunda - ED
Gladstone - GL   Goolwa - GO   Gosse - GS   Hamley bridge - HB   Hawker - HA   Jamestown - JA   
Kadina - KA   Kapunda - KP   Karoonda - KR   Keith - KE   Kimba - KI   Kingscote - KS   Kingston - KG
Lameroo - LA   Leigh Creek - LC   Lock - LK   Lucindale - LU   Maitland - MI   Mallala - MA   Mannum - MM   
Marla - ML   Meadows - MW   Meningie - ME   Minlaton - MN   Moonta - MO   Morgan - MR   Mt Pleasant - MP   
Nangwarry - NG   Orroroo - OR   Padthaway - PD   Penneshaw - PE   Penola - PN   Peterborough - PB   
Pinnaroo - PI   Port MacDonnell - PM   Pt Broughton - PO   Pt Wakefield - PW   Quorn - QU   Riverton - RI   
Robe - RB   Roxby Downs - RD   Snowtow - SW   Strathalbyn - ST   Streaky Bay - SB   Swan Reach - SR   
Tailem Bend - TM     Tintinara - TN   Tumby Bay - T      Wallaroo - WL   Warooka - WO   Woomera - WM
Wudinna - WU   Yalata - YT   Yankalilla - Y    Yorketown - YO   Yunta - YU

Cheers

[medevac]

MT - Mitcham
N - Noarlunga
PP - Pt Pirie
SA - Salisbury
OH - O'Halloran Hill
MB - Mt Barker
MG - Mt Gambier

cant think of any more codes off the top of my head...

[medevac]

AL - Aldinga
BE - Berri

[medevac]

sorry posting them randomly as i think of them...
a few Ps...

PG - Pt Augusta
PL - Pt Lincoln
P - Prospect
PA - Pt Adelaide
M - Marion

[backburn]

LX  Loxton
WK  Waikerie
RN  Renmark
BA  Barmera

[Alan (Big Al)]

F- is for Fulham i think

And one of the P's is for playford.

[medevac]

none of those Ps are playford.

S - Stirling

[probie_boy]

easy codes to remember. i think easier than our 8842, 8462 etc. more of us though.

[medevac]

mmm initials would be easier than numbers, but im not sure if the MFS dispatch system could take it?? plus its prob just easier to assign a station a number than try to work out initials for diff stations with similar... aahhh,,, letters.

im not sure if this has been covered but was speaking to my brother the other day (paramedic) and he explained some of the codes to me..

take for instance;
PP81 - Pt Pirie; starting 0800; bus 1
PP84 - Pt Pirie; starting 0800; bus 4
PP181 - Pt Pirie; starting 1800; bus 1

SA108 - Salisbury; starting 1000; transfer car

apparently some of the 7s8s9s will do transfer runs... max of a cat. 3
if anyone else has conflicting info or more info then feel free... this is just what i remember from our convo.

[Mike]

Very close to my understanding....  the last digit relates to the job types

Last number identifier  and Crew type
No number Emergency
1 Emergency
2 Emergency
3 Emergency
4 Emergency
5 Student Paramedic crew (one senior paramedic student, one junior student)
6 Second Medical Transport Service crew from a station (one paramedic, one ATS officer)
7 Medical Transport Service (one paramedic, one ATS officer)
8 Ambulance Transport Service (Shift starting on the hour)
9 Ambulance Transport Service (Shift starting on the half hour)
   
40 Sporting standbys / Level 4 volunteer crews that cannot transport patients
88 Volunteer on call crew

( Thanks to Mattb's website :D )

[strikeathird]

^^ Yep.. thats correct.



Thanx for the insight in the starting time codes Medevac.. Didn't know that bit  :-)

[probie_boy]

yeah, my uncles a volly with strath ambos. he explained the catergory thing to me one night. At strath he does heaps of transfers just from like local hospitals to RAH and so on.

[mattb]

Good work on that list, maybe once it is complete we could compile it into a text file, I would be happy to have it available on my website.

If you haven't found it already have a look at http://users.chariot.net.au/~mattb/scan/scanner.htm and click on the SA Ambulance link for more info on SAAS Communications.

[Toast]

easy codes to remember. i think easier than our 8842, 8462 etc. more of us though.

I didnt know Aldgate had a tanker? :P

[probie_boy]

hahaha. i didn't either. the things you learn ay? :lol:

[medevac]

hmmm saw a "cat7" the other day... any ideas? typo?

[Sam]

Hi All,

Just my thoughts and ideas...

81 Paramedic  0800 - 1800
84 Paramedic  0800 - 1800  Intensive care (some places)

181 Paramedic 1800 - 0800
188 Paramedic 1800 - 0800 We have paid oncall staff here, so it is not volley. If a volley crew is on call they will become just (town181...) Or if they are single crew it will be (town40)...
The numbers have nothing to do with the fleet (vehicle) that is used on the shift. It changes in some locations, especially the city regually. When you see the page go out to the district manager? of country crewing status the L4 means it is a single person, and full is obviously full crew. I have quite a few codes to add as well.
I hope this boring post entertained someone!

Sam

[probie_boy]

i'm sure it did sam.(yawns) :-P

i think cat 7 might have been a typo, if not it simply means that it is a transport job, they're basically just ferrying patients from one hospital to the other. The amount of trips my uncle does from strath or victor hospital to town is crazy, it can be up to 2-3 a shift.

[mattb]

Hey Probie, is it correct that Strath now have some paid crews ??

[probie_boy]

i'm not sure. I think that they share some crew sometimes with Mt Barker. There's always a couple of paid people there that do instructing and so on. I'll have to ask my uncle next time i see him.

[mattb]

Also another code to add to your list is - PM400 Community Responder from Port McDonnell

[probie_boy]

hey matt would you ever consider changing your online scanner into text format? Could it be done easily enough?

[mattb]

Hadn't ever considered it, sounds like a bit of work. Why would you want it to be text ???

[probie_boy]

coz my crappy computers slow and streaming never works!

[medevac]

F76 Cat7 Noarlunga Ambulance Station 26 Flaxmill Rd, Morphett Vale 186 F5

hmmm another one, anyone know if SAAS have changed there category system??