600 - 07 Communications / Dispatch Flashcards
ANYTIME a unit is responding on a call from a location other than their station
they will advise the location from where they are responding on the assigned TAC channel
medical time notification
10
20
40
fire incident notification
every 10 minutes for an hour or when FD units are downgraded or cancelled by a unit on scene
Fire Admin (K) has been designated for the communicating of routine field activity and inquiries
Coverage changes Move-ups Encode tests Fire-alarm testing No receipt of encodes/printouts **Request hailing/encoding of another unit
When a call is received for a landing zone or upgraded to an air transport, units assigned to coordinate the landing zone will be assigned to
the Bayflite channel
The SIMMS emergency alert does not work on this channel
talk-around
When is a cover company dispatched
If no response after 3 hailing attempts (1:30 between 0700-2200, 2 mins 2200-0700
Radio Communications
Use plain English and standard terminology.
Use complete unit identifier when hailing dispatch
Coverage
When a unit remains in their station and covers their calls and another units calls.
Only to be used by staff units, not Fire/EMS units
Move-up
Unit moves to another unit’s location to cover their calls
F.I.N. Patch
When units involved in multi-agency response without access to their radio channel, request F.I.N. patch via TAC channel operator.
What channel will F.I.N. Patch be completed on?
Fire TAC-D
Condition 1
Normal operating procedures
Condition 2
Single Engine response to fire alarms and unconfirmed structure fires.
unusual call activity or severe weather high call volume
Who implements condition 2?
Generally implemented by individual dept. however Dispatch may implement county wide
Condition 3
High activity, all available units needed, move-ups are probable
Dispatch is experiencing extremely high activity. Radio communication should be limited to emergency traffic and units should go avail. asap to avoid move-ups
Condition 3
Condition 4
Storm mode- low priority calls to storm units
Designated storm units dispatched to low priority calls and unconfirmed structure fires in their district before pulling neighboring resources
Condition 4
How will low priority storm calls be dispatched
Low priority calls sent to CJ accounts only, eahc DC/designee shall dispatch units on low priority calls
Response mode of low priority storm calls
Units respond in available status and do not advise dispatch of their status.
Condition 5
EOC Mode- Low priority calls to disaster units in EOC
Initiated by agency or dispatch countywide if Condition 4 activity is extensive
Condition 5
Condition 6
Disaster mode- Dispatch OOS due to interruption of phones, radio, power, etc.
