Guide for Creating a Statewide First Responder List

1. Introduction

This guide outlines the process for creating a comprehensive statewide first responder list, including police, fire, licensed EMS agencies, and other responders. It should include any agency that is dispatched to 911 calls and may provide care in an out of hospital cardiac arrest, such as performing CPR, applying an AED, or defibrillation. The list will contain the names of all agencies and unique identifiers for use in eScene.03.

2. EMS Agencies

For EMS agencies, use the following method:

• Utilize the dAgency.01 value (Unique State ID) from the NEMSIS State Data Set
• This value serves as the unique identifier for each EMS agency
• Ensure all licensed EMS agencies in the state are included

3. Fire Departments

For fire departments not included in the state data set:

• Use the FDID (Fire Department Identification) number as the unique identifier
• Obtain FDID values from the U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Department Registry (https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/registry/)
  • Statewide Lists are available here: https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/registry/download
• Add the prefix "FDID" to each identifier to prevent overlap
• Example: FDID12345

4. Law Enforcement Agencies

For law enforcement agencies:

• If available, use the state list of law enforcement agencies and their IDs
• Ensure unique identifiers with the prefix "LEID"
• Example: LEID67890
• It may be helpful to consult Wikipedia pages for law enforcement agencies in your state to ensure comprehensive coverage, many have found them to be quite comprehensive.