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# Callsigns & Stations
The difference between station and appliance designators, and how you create your callsign.
### Stations
The London Fire Brigade has 5 stations across the whole of London -
* F33 - Whitechapel (Postal 178)
* G36 - Hammersmith (Postal 520)
* H27 - Battersea (Postal 326)
* G35 - Fulham (Postal 848)
* G21 - Harrow (Postal 1025)
* H23 - Lambeth River
### Appliance Designators
Appliance callsigns are made depending on both the station designator and appliance designator, with the station designator being first, then the appliance designator. There is a vast range of appliances within LFB which can be found below -
* 0 - All Wheel Drive Appliance
* 1 - Pump
* 2 - Pump
* 3 - 32M Turntable Ladder (Requires TL Operator Training)
* 4 - 64M Turntable Ladder (Requires TL Operator Training)
* 5 - Aerial Ladder Platform (Requires TL Operator Training)
* 6 - Fire Rescue Unit (Requires FRU Skills Training)
* 7 - Bulk Foam Unit (Requires Command Authorisation)
* 8 - High Volume Pump Unit (Requires Bronze Command Authorisation)
* 9 - Hose Layer Unit (Requires Bronze Command Authorisation)
* A - Operational Support Unit (Requires Silver Command Authorisation)
* S - Station Commander Officer Cars
* BM - Gold Command Officer Cars
Some specialist appliances have designated callsigns, regardless of the station designator. Examples of these can be found below -
* AT-1 to 4 - Detection, Identification and Monitoring Van (based out of Hammersmith)
* CU-8 - Command Support Unit (based out of Fulham)
* CU-11 - Command Support Unit (based out of Whitechapel)
* USAR-1 to 5 - Urban Search and Rescue Fleet (based out of Battersea)
* OK-12 - Fire Investigations Van (based out of Whitechapel)
* H23-A or B - Fire Boats (based out of Lambeth River)
{% hint style="warning" %}
**To operate as anything other than a pump, you must have the relevant trainings for the relevant appliance.**
{% endhint %}
### Callsigns
To create your callsign, you combine the station designator with the appliance designator. As an example, the first pump appliance out of Whitechapel would have the callsign of F331 (F33 for Whitechapel, and 1 for the pump).
All appliance callsigns can be found below.
When ready, please format your callsigns as shown below:
```
/callsign Callsign
```
```
Example: /callsign F-331
```
Once your callsign has been set, you can join Channel 9 to start your shift.
### Appliance Abbreviations
* \[P] - This stands for **Pump**, we have 2 of these appliances. These are based out of both Whitechapel & Battersea.
* \[PL] - This stands for **Pump Ladder**, we have 2 of these appliances. These are based out of Whitechapel & Battersea.
* \[DPL] - This stands for **Dual Pump Ladder**, we have 3 of these appliances. These are based out of Fulham, Hammersmith, Harrow.
* \[AWD] - This stands for **All Wheel Drive Pump**, we have 2 of these appliances. These are based out of Harrow, Fulham and are primarily used for Rural Firefighting Operations!
* \[TL] - This stands for **Turntable Ladder**, we have 2 of these appliances. These are based out of Whitechapel, Hammersmith.
* \[TS FRU] - This stands for **Technical Skills Fire Rescue Unit**, we only have 1 of these appliances. This is based out of Whitechapel Fire station. These are our basic RTC & Water Rescue Level 1 Fire Rescue Units.
* \[TR FRU] - This stands for **Technical Rescue Fire Rescue Unit**, we only have 1 of these appliances. This is based out of Battersea Fire Station. These are the Fire Rescue Units which belong to our Specialist Operations Group (SOG) and are used for things like; Level 2 Water Rescue, Rope Rescue, Confined Spaces and more!
* \[HM FRU] - This stands for **HazMat Fire Rescue Unit**, we only have 1 of these appliances. This is based out of Hammersmith Fire Station. These are the Fire Rescue Units that also belong to our Specialist Operations Group (SOG) and are used for things like; Chemical Spills, HazMat Incidents and more!
* \[BFU] - This stands for **Bulk Foam Unit,** we only have 1 of these appliances. This is based out of Harrow Fire Station.
* \[HVP] - This stands for **High Volume Pump**, we only have 1 of these appliances. This is based out of Harrow Fire Station.
* \[HLU] - This stands for **Hose Layer Unit**, we only have 1 of these appliances. This is based out of Harrow Fire Station.
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