Which incident type indicates an out-of-county K-9 response?

• A. Other Fire
• B. Out of County Investigation K-9 Response
• C. Remove Water
• D. Smoke in the Area - Outdoors

Answer: (B)

When dispatching for specialized resources, the incident type must clearly indicate the cross-jurisdiction aspect, the purpose, and the resource being requested. For an out-of-county K-9 response, you want a code that signals all three: the request is from outside the county, the operation is investigative in nature, and the unit being sent is a K-9 team. That combination is exactly what the phrase “Out of County Investigation K-9 Response” conveys, so it properly alerts mutual aid partners and aligns responder expectations with the required asset and task.

Other options describe different situations (a general fire category, water removal, or outdoor smoke) that do not communicate a cross-county K-9 deployment or an investigative purpose, so they wouldn’t match the scenario.