11-41 means ambulance in the California Highway Patrol's aural brevity card. Chowchilla Police Department's radio-code list is more specific: it describes a request for ambulance or medical aid. These are agency-specific radio meanings, not a nationwide definition.
11-41 meaning by agency
| Agency or list | What 11-41 means | Source |
|---|---|---|
| California Highway Patrol (CA) | AmbulanceCHP 254 aural brevity card, PDF page 1; official filename identifies version 01-2021 v2. | CHP aural brevity card |
| Chowchilla Police Department (CA) | Request for ambulance/medical aidCommunications Training Manual, Radio Codes, printed page 28 (PDF page 31). No issue date is shown on the cover or this code page. | Chowchilla PD dispatch manual |
Chowchilla introduces its Radio Codes section as wording adapted to local use. That matters when interpreting a recording: its request wording gives more context than CHP's one-word entry, but neither entry alone tells you a patient's condition or the outcome.
11-41 versus 11-79
The distinction is a medical-aid label versus a crash label with an ambulance response:
- CHP: 11-41 identifies an ambulance; 11-79 describes a traffic crash with an ambulance rolling.
- Chowchilla: 11-41 requests ambulance or medical aid; 11-79 describes a traffic accident with an ambulance dispatched.
Do not read 11-41 alone as proof that a crash occurred or that an ambulance has already arrived. The two lists provide separate codes for the crash-and-ambulance context.
Is 11-41 the same as 11-44?
No. 11-44 is a fatality in the CHP card and a coroner's case in Chowchilla's manual. An ambulance request is not a death classification.
Is 1141 the same as 11-41?
1141, 11 41 and 11/41 are search variants of 11-41 on this site. Both cited sources print the radio code with a hyphen. Check the agency and surrounding words before treating a bare number in another document as this code.
Sources and document dates
Checked November 6, 2026: CHP 254 Aural Brevity Card, PDF page 1, with version 01-2021 v2 identified in the official filename; and Chowchilla's Communications Training Manual, Radio Codes, printed page 28 (PDF page 31). Chowchilla's cover and cited page show no issue date. A posted document establishes its wording, not every current dispatch practice.
- CHP 254 – Aural Brevity Card (01-2021 v2), California Highway Patrol. Official Checked November 2026
- Communications Training Manual (radio codes), Chowchilla Police Department. Official Checked November 2026
See the 11-code reference for other agency comparisons.