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*The [[California Highway Patrol]] uses ten-codes, along with an additional set of eleven- and higher codes.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://cad.chp.ca.gov/htm.net/glossary.htm|title = CHP Glossary|publisher = California Highway Patrol|access-date = 2015-11-25|url-status=live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126100443/http://cad.chp.ca.gov/htm.net/glossary.htm|archive-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref>

*[[California Penal Code]] sections were in use by the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] as early as the 1940s, and these [[Police code#The Hundred Code|Hundred Code]] numbers are still used today instead of the corresponding ten-code. Generally these are given as two sets of numbers{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}—"One Eighty-Seven" or "Fifty-One Fifty"—with a few exceptions such as "459"—Burglary, which is given as "Four-Five-Nine". The American public was made aware of these California Penal Code references as a result of the TV series ''[[Adam-12]]'', which used them habitually in radio communications and in the main title of the show. The best-known include:

** "187": Homicide {{further|187 (slang)}}

** "211": Robbery

** "415": Disturbance

** "417": Person with a weapon

** "502": Intoxicated Driver

** "[[5150 (Involuntary psychiatric hold)|5150]]": Mentally disturbed person (actually a reference to the California Welfare and Institutions Code)

*The New York Fire Department uses its own ten-code system.<ref>[http://www.nyfd.com/radio.html F.D.N.Y. Radio Codes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915175458/http://www.nyfd.com/radio.html |date=2010-09-15 }} The Unofficial Home Page of FDNY.</ref>

*The [[New Zealand Fire Service]] uses a system of "K-codes" to pass [[fire appliance]] availability statuses as well as operational messages. For example, "K1" means "proceeding to incident", "K99" means "Structure fire, well involved", and "K41" means "fatality" (a reference to the [[Ballantynes fire|Ballantyne's fire]], New Zealand's deadliest, which killed 41 people).<ref>[http://neighbourhood.org.nz/fire_codes.html "K-Codes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510045941/http://neighbourhood.org.nz/fire_codes.html |date=2016-05-10 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.radiowiki.org.nz/index.php/Fire_Radio_Codes "Fire radio codes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419072833/http://www.radiowiki.org.nz/index.php/Fire_Radio_Codes |date=2016-04-19 }}</ref><ref name="Christchurch_library_article">{{cite web |title=Ballantynes' fire – 18 November 1947 |url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/ballantynes-fire/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914223140/http://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/ballantynes-fire/ |archivedate=14 September 2016 |accessdate=31 December 2019 |publisher=[[Christchurch City Libraries]]}}</ref> The [[New Zealand Police]] also use some K-codes,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiowiki.org.nz/index.php?title=Police_K_codes |title=Police K code |publisher=Radio Wiki |date=2012-06-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207045316/http://radiowiki.org.nz/index.php?title=Police_K_codes |archive-date=2013-02-07 }}</ref> with completely unrelated meanings to those used by NZFS; Police code "K1" means "no further police action required".