Service Codes

A service can either be national or local to a particular station. This screen allows you to add or edit information for a local station service. After posting this information, the new service becomes available to both regular and occasional volunteers and can be included in regular volunteer combination codes. The information for each service may include service code, name, abbreviation, and subdivision. Although you can view information for any service, you can edit it only if the service is local. Central Office maintains national codes.

To add a new local service

  1. Click the New button. The next available unused service code number appears automatically in the Service Code field. If you prefer to enter your own service code, you can. Highlight the code in the box and type in the code. The code must be three digits, within the range of 800 to 899. It can be followed by an optional uppercase alpha character (example: 825B).
  2. Enter the name of the service (up to 22 characters) in the Name of Service field.
  3. (Optional) Enter an abbreviation for the service (up to 7 characters) in the Abbreviation field.
  4. (Optional) Enter the service subdivision (up to 12 characters) in the Subdivision field.
  5. Click the Post button. "Record Posted!" displays at the top of the screen.

To edit an existing local service

  1. Select the service from the Edit an existing Service Code field. If the service code has a subdivision, the service name will be followed by a hyphen and the subdivision.
  2. Click the Edit button. Information for the selected service populates the screen's fields.
  3. Edit the fields as needed.
  4. Click the Post button. "Record Posted!" displays at the top of the screen.