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East County Fire & Rescue

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ECFR. Southeast area of Clark County. Radio Identifiers: 90s

Station 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 (95 got annexed by Washougal)

91 - North of Lacamas Lake in Camas, Along SR-500
92 - No Units - South of Spud Mountain (south of the DNR Land)
93 - North of Washougal (west side)
94 - North of Washougal (east side)

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Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue

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CCFR. RidgeField, LaCenter, Woodland. Northwest area of Clark County. Radio Identifiers: 20s

Station 21, 22, 23, 24 (not manned), FBH24, 25 (not manned), 26, 28 (not manned), 29

21 - Ridgefield
22 - North of Battleground
23 - LaCenter
25 - North of LaCenter
26 - West of Battleground
29 - Woodland

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Fire District 3

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Battleground and surrounding areas. Radio Identifiers: 30s

Station 31, 32, 33, 34, 35

31 - Southeast of Battleground.
32 - East of Battleground.
33 - Northeast of Battleground.
34 - Far southeast of Battleground.
35 - In Battleground

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Camas/Washougal Fire District

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Camas/Washougal. Radio Identifiers: 40s

Station 41, 42, 43.

41 - SouthEast edge of Camas
42 - NorthWest edge of Camas
43 - South Washougal right in the middle.

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Fire District 5 (Vancouver)

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Vancouver Fire Department. Radio Identifiers: 1-19

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Fire District 6

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Northwest area of Clark County. (Hazel Dell, Felida, Salmon Creek). Radio Identifiers: 60s

Station 61, 62, 63

61 - West of I-5
62 - North of Vancouver Lake
63 - West of the Split

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Cowlitz-Skamania Fire District 7

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Ariel/Cougar area in Cowlitz and Skamania. Radio Identifiers: 70s

Station 71, 72, 73, 74

71 - Where SR-503 / SR-503 intersect. (just west)
72 - Cougar area (East of the SR-503 T intersection)
73 - North of Lake Merwin. Further west than 71.
74 - Just north of the Yale Bridge (SR-503 bridge over the lake)

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Fire District 10

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Northeast part of Clark County. Radio Identifiers: 101 & 106

101 - North of Yacolt
106 - South of Lake Merwin by Campers Hideaway

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Fire Station 15-1

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Station 15 is an Inter-Local Cooperation Act fire station operated jointly by County Fire District 6 and Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue. County Fire Station 15 provides first responder fire and EMS service to the unincorporated areas within the two fire districts surrounding the Clark County Fair Grounds. Radio Identifiers: 151

E25 on CCFR staffed days.
E65 on FD6 staffed days. (They rotate)

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Skamania County Fire District 26

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All-volunteer Fire Protection District in the community of Northwoods, located on Forest highway N90 in the Gifford-Pinchot National Forest within Skamania County. This is Northeast of Cougar. Radio Identifiers: 26

S261 - Very east end of Swift Reservoir in Skamania

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Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

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DNR. Several areas in the northeastern/central-eastern portions of Clark County where it is either wildlands or residents that live in the area that do not pay for Fire Coverage. In the event of a medical emergency, the only response will be either NCEMS (North country EMS) or AMR. In some areas, DNR has contracted with local districts to respond in case of a residential fire or to respond to wildland fires. DNR will always be advised of fire calls in their area but do not need to be advised on medical calls.

When we respond to DNR areas, we should notify DNR as well. They might send someone also and have other types of equipment.

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E3, ABD Pain, 4100 Plomondon ST, Priority 1, Map Page 123. Response Channel Fire Comm, 1415 hours. Put in order.

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Priority 1 – E3 – Abdominal Pain – Four One Zero Zero Plomondon St – Priorty 1 – E3 – Abdominal Pain – Four One Zero Zero Plomondon St – Map Page 123 – Response Channel Fire Comm, Time 1415. (((Priority, Unit, Event Type, Address /// Priority, Unit, Event Type, Sub Type Description, Address, Map Page, Response Channel, Time out)))

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How long do Fire Units have to go available after being dispatched?

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Initial is 3 minutes. Either acknowledge on Radio or MDC. If no response after 3 minutes, preempt the unit and re-dispatch the same unit and reset the unit alarm for 1 minute. If there is still no response after 2nd dispatch, mark original unit UN (unavailable), and re-recommend unit to dispatch the next available unit. Then follow-up with original unit to verify status.

CU,UNIT#,TIME,COMMENT

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When do we voice call notes: (3 reasons)

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1) Non MDC users 2) Requests to cancel additional units and the reason for cancellation. 3) Critical info or responder safety information

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Command: UA

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Unit Add. Click on the Add Unit button or type ARU <enter> from the command line. This will bring up the Add Additional Recommendations box and give you a list of apparatus and equipment. Click on the item or apparatus you need and click OK to dispatch. You can do multiple units within the same category (i.e. 2 engines) by simply clicking on the "engine" designator however many time you need to, and you can also add multiple types of apparatus, all at the same time (i.e. 1 engine and 1 tender).</enter>

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Command: EXU

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Exchange Unit. “Truck 1 will take the call for Engine 1” EXU, E1, T1

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Command: D (Manually adding a SPECIFIC unit)

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D - Dispatch. D,E1 (D WILL GIVE STATION TONES)

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Command: DE

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Dispatch Enroute. “Show E1 enroute with T1” DE,E1 (DE DOES NOT GIVE STATION TONES)

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Command: TR

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Transporting. “M52 enroute to Peace Health” TR,M52,PeaceHealth (SHOWS THE UNIT UN FOR DISPATCH. KEEPS THEM ON CURRENT EVENT, AND KEEPS ACCURATE TIMES OF LOCATION AND EVENT STATUS)

We don’t TR AMR units. They need to go to their AMR radio channel and do that.

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Command: UL

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Unit Locate. When fire will go with EMS in ambulance to the hospital. Fire needs to go pick up the medic. “E9 enroute to Peace Health to pick up firefighter” UL,E9,PeaceHealth PU FF (SHOWS THE UNIT UN FOR DISPATCH. KEEPS THEM ON CURRENT EVENT, AND KEEPS ACCURATE TIMES OF LOCATION AND EVENT STATUS)

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Command: RD

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Returning to District. Sometimes a unit may be clear from a call but out of their normal jurisdiction. Because CAD makes its recommendations based on location of a unit, an additional CAD command was created to show a unit as Returning to District instead of clear in these situations. “M52 returning to district” RD,M52

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Command: R

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R - Relocating. Occasionally units will ask you to move a unit from one station to another. The command is “R” follow by the apparatus., followed by station. R,E1,S7

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Command: RB

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Relocating Back. For returning a unit back to their home station. RB,E1

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Command: AM and AQ

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Available Mobile and Available Quarters. Any unit that has an MDC will automatically be cleared AM when cleared from a call. AQ is reserved for those units that do not have MDC capability. If they are placed in AM status instead, CAD will recommend that unit based on the location of their last event instead of their station location. At the end of the event upon clearing, CAD should place the unit in the AQ status, regardless of the unit’s physical location. Sometimes the units will request this on air which may sound like “Show SQ35 available in quarters” AQ,SQ35

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Phantom Units
Dummy units. Placeholders used by CAD for Portland Units, Fire Marshals, or various other agencies. NOTE: When the actual unit respond use the Exchange Unit EXU command.
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PENG / PTRUC
Portland Engine. Portland Truck. When Portland Fire is requested to assist, CAD will use the phantom units PENG / PTRUC as a reminder to call BOEC to request the correct apparatus.
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VFM / CCFM / CWFM
Vancouver Fire Marshal. Clark County Fire Marshal. Camas/Washougal Fire Marshal. Placeholder until Fire Marshal responds.
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Mutual Aid - Portland into Clark County
CAD automatic aid. Will recommend the placeholder unit from Portland PENG / PTRUC and the fire dispatcher will call BOEC and request the apparatus, give them the location, map page, and OPS Channel.
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Mutual Aid - VFD into Portland
BOEC may call and request mutual aid at a location in Portland. Create an FMA-R event with the address of the event of the call that Vancouver needs to respond to and any pertinent information about the situation including radio channel. Determine what apparatus they need to respond and recommend units. "Add unit(s)" as appropriate to achieve the proper recommendation, and dispatch the call. Advise BOEC who is enroute. When the unit clear the Portland event, they will clear themselves upon returning to the area and being available for local incidents. NOTE: 29 (TRAFFIC ACCIDENT) CALLS ON THE BRIDGES PUT IN THE CALLTYPE NOT FMA-R IF BOEC REQUESTS A RESPONSE. AND DISPATCH WHATEVER UNIT IS BEING RECOMMENDED, EVEN IF BOEC IS ASKING FOR E1 OR E8 SPECIFICALLY). ALL OTHER CALLS INTO PORTLAND USUALLY USE E1 (INTERSTATE BRIDGE) OR E8 (I-205 BRIDGE)
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Move-Ups
Move-Ups are usually done by MUM (Move-Up Module) system unless jurisdiction outside of the county is involved. However, any Incident Commander can request an apparatus to move up and cover an area station.
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Portland move-up to cover VFD station.
Create FMA-M call using the address of the Vancouver station and in the remarks type what type of apparatus being requested. Call BOEC and let them know the bridge they should use for the quickest response. Also provide them with the security code access for the station. (It's under Supp Info @S1 or S8 for example). Add the Portland unit with PE# or PT# to CAD and relocate them to the station. Once the coverage is no longer needed make sure to delete the Portland unit.
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VHF Channels and who uses VHF
2 OPS VHF Channels are available. Control 8 and Red-Net (also known as State Net). These VHF channels have been patched so that 800 MHz users can communicate with VHF users at the scene of an event. VHF users include: FD7, FD10, FD13, FD26, and NCEMS.
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What do you type to assign an OPS channel
Type OPS to bring up the OPS Channel Status Box. Assign one by typing OPSA,## in the command line.
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What are on-scene reports called?
Size-Ups
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Command: MPU
Message Page Unit. Anytime there is a multi-unit response or a structure response involving an agency with volunteers the OPS dispatcher will send the size-up information via pagers to all responders on the vent. Using the MPU command and the last three of the vent number, type the size-up information as you get it. This does 3 things at once: 1) Sends the size-up info to all responding units via text. 2) Documents the call with the same remarks. 3) Documents in the event that MPU was sent.
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ICS Fire Toolbar Button
Incident Command System. It will list all the tasks you need to do on a call and document the time it was completed. MPU/Scene Size-Up, Start Burn Timer, Notify PUD, Create Event Ambulance, Create event for LAW - Traffic, PIO (VFD), Identify Fire Marshal Jurisdiction, Dispatch CCFM, VFM, CFM, or WFM, RED CROSS, 2nd Alarm CMD Post Location, 2nd Alarm Staging Area, 2nd Alarm INC CMD Phone#, 2nd Alarm CRESA DO.
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Burn Timer Toolbar Button
Add the event number. Once the first arriving unit advises there is a working structure fire click on the Burn Timer 10. This will time-stamp the event and start the timer. Every 10 minutes the box will flash, advise command they are at 10, 20, 30, minutes on the burn timer. If beyond 30 minutes, type "40 mins" in the 10 min box.
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Command: FUC
Fire Under Control. BC1 says fire is under control type FUC,BC1
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Parking
The parking area is when additional personnel are needed but not the apparatus. Their status can show as parked or arrived. (They just need the people and not the trucks, so they park them somewhere specific on greater alarm).
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How to upgrade the alarm level (2 ways)
Type F+ on command line or click the F+ button in the Event Information window. Then use the Recommended Unit(s) button to send the additional requested units.
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Fire Radios are not encrypted.
Be aware of what you are saying over the radios. (For example garage codes).
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Scenario: Unit is requesting police.
CAE or CST the call with event and subtype to generate a police call. Attempt to get a reason as to why law enforcement is needed.
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Passport System
Accountability system designed to provide Command with a way to track condition and location of personnel on scene.
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Passport System: Name Tags
Each firefighter is issued multiple name tags which have a white background with black lettering, are backed with velcro and stored on the underside of their helmet. One the name tag is the last name and employee number. Once a name tag is placed on the Passport the firefighter is considered "checked in" to the system for a specific apparatus.
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Passport System: Passports
Passport card is a 2x4 plastic card lined with velcro. The unit designation is etched on the top edge of the card and has a white, green, or red background with black lettering. There are three separate Passport cards: White, Green, and Red. As each member of a crew comes into service, one of their name tags is placed onto each of the passport cards. White - Carried by company officer and given to the IC upon their arrival to their assignment. Red - secondary backstop and is left in the cab of the apparatus. This passport is used to identify the crew if they are lost before their primary Passport is given to the IC. Green - Final level of redundancy. This Passport is kept at a pre-established location within each company's station. This Passport is used if the crew was lost before the primary was given to the IC and their secondary passport is missing.
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CAD Command to Preempt a unit
PR,E6
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CAD Command to dispatch a unit on a call.
D,E6
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This is E6, show me unavailable.
UN,E6
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Process to get unit to acknowledge...
1. Dispatch the unit and wait up to 3 minutes. 2. Sometime during the 3 minutes you can clear them on the radio and check if they are responding, or even check AVL. 3. After 3 minutes... preempt them off the call, then add them back on with D,E6 (so it doesn't get read again? need to confirm this). 4. After putting them back on call, type CU,E6,1 (Contact unit E6 1 minute). 5. After no response after the 1 minute, put E6 UN and recommend next closest unit. Then call their station or try to track them down to get a status.
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AM vs AQ vs AV
AM - Available Mobile. Used for MDC users. If they are on a call and they clear with AM, it will go based on their MDC location for future recommendations. NOTE *Users with no MDC will show pinged at their fire station and mess up the running order* AQ - Available Quarters. Used when they are in quarters or for users with no MDC. It will go based on their quarters location for future recommendations. AV - Available. Will put them in their default available status. (Either one of the 3).
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Name this unit: A8
Air-8 (We currently only have A8 and A61 I think)
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Name this unit, it's purpose, and station location: FB1
Fireboat-1 and E3 out of S3 is responsible for it. Used to fight fire on the water.
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Name this unit, it's purpose, and station location: RB24
RescueBoat-24 out of station FB24. Focus is on water rescue operations.
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Name this unit, it's purpose, and station location: RAFT23
Rafts are used on closed waters or small tributaries and are towed to a launch site. Small engines or paddles. RAFT23 out of S23.
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Name this unit, it's purpose, and station location: G1 (There is no G1)
Gator-1. Gators are ATV's. Used for rough terrain and to provide transportation to limited access areas on rescues. There are no gator units in the system when I checked the station resources monitor.
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Name this unit, it's purpose, and station location: HR5
HeavyRescue-5 out of S5. "oversized toolbox on wheels" for technical rescues (auto accidents, rope rescues, swift water rescues, building/trench collapse). They have hurst tool, wooden cribbing, generators, winches, hi-lift jacks, cutting torches, saws. In a fire situation they may be used for structure ventilation, ladder operations, Rapid Intervention Team, or building search and rescue.
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Name this unit, it's purpose, and station location: HM1 (There is no HM1).
HM is for Hazmat. There aren't any hazmat units in the system. It seems that Clark County has a TEAM that is county wide that can be paged out.
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Name this unit, it's purpose, and station location: RE11
Rehab Bus-11 out of S11. Rehab truck that has snacks and rest stations. Usually requested by Command on large fires and training exercises.
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Name this unit, it's purpose, and station location: UTV23
UTV 23 out of S23. 6-wheeled off-road vehicle.
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When you setup for Fire what do you need to setup on your console?
CFire - cover fire Banner - Select FireTap FireComm Radio - FireComm LiveMum - Login OCS - Hosp status Turn up FireTap and AMR Disp a little bit too on Radio
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E61, is AMR on this call? If not start them Code 1. (32 Bravo call)
AMR doesn't go on 32 Bravo calls... CAE,event# Then for Type do FPA / AMBN (Using CST doesn't work. AMR C2C automatically closes it for some reason).
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How do you cancel out the No VFD when you tap out?
XFVD,event#123
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"Hey show E101 taking the call for SQ101"
EXU,SQ101,E101
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"Show E1 moved up to Station 3"
R,E1,S3
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"Show E1 moving back to home quarters"
RB,E1
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"Cancel our OPS, we'll go back to FireComm"
-Select Call -XOPS,51 -OPSX,51 (Either one works)
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"Did you get a gate code from the caller?" (What command)
MCT,Is there a gate code for E1? Message Calltaker,comments
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"Go ahead and assign me an OPS"
- Select Call - OPSA,51
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AMR is going on Level 0. (what do you do)
Create a new call: - Location @Level 0 (pick the right one) - Call type MUA (The MUA reminds YOU that AMR is at level 0. do not page or tone out the call)
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AMR is currently level 0 and we need to add a Camas ambulance to the call. How do we do this?
Using the FIRE version of the call type ARU or hit the Add Unit button. Find CFD medic on the list in the left click it ONCE CFD Medic should now show up on the right pane, click Okay. Recommend panel should come up, dispatch as normal. Will go on Priority 1 and 2 calls for AMR.
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AMR is level 0 and you get a new call for AMR and Fire. What do you do with the AMR call?
It still goes to AMR to dispatch. If they need mutual aid they will call to request it. Events they are NOT going to request mutual aid they type "holding" in the remarks. The dispatcher will UNA the event.
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Camas is Level 0. What will AMR respond on and who do we need to inform?
AMR will go on priority 1-6 calls for Camas when they are level 0. BC41 should be advised of AMR being dispatched to any calls in Camas. I THINK: (Need to clarify). CAE,event Change the agency control box down to Agency - AMR and Beat AMR
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How do you open a second Pending Event Monitor?
PON
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What does the Pencil Icon mean next to units?
A change has been made to the call.
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What's the hotkey to view an update to a call?
F3
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What's the hotkey to view a new call?
F2
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Show E6 unvailable.
UN,E6
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E6, put T1 on my call, dispatch them with tones.
Select E6 call and D,T1
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E6, put T1 on my call, dispatch without tones, they are aware.
Select E6 call and DE,T1
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This is a false alarm, E6 clear.
C,E6
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Pre-empt vs Clear a unit CAD command for each.
Pre-Empt will take the unit off and put the call back into a pending que if there are no other units on the call. Clear will clear the unit off and will close the call if no one else is on it. PR,E6 C,E6
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This is T1, show us responding with E1
Select E1 call and type DE,T1
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What does the Blue Exclamation point icon next to the unit mean?
Remarks added.
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When will a unit timer (the yellow button) light up for responding unit? How many minutes for an on scene unit?
20 minutes for response. 60 minutes for on scene.
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What priority calls do VFD typically not go on? What Priority Level.
Priority 5 or lower typically. (Might be some exceptions)
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Where will AMR go to assist Clark County with Mutual Aid?
Anywhere in the county.
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Where will NCEMS respond to assist AMR? Location boundary and priorities?
They will go to anything north of 179th St. (about where the fair is, south of the SR-502 and north of the split). They will go on Priority 1's and 2's. If NCEMS was requested and an AMR unit is free, AMR and NCEMS will decide who will take it.
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Where will CFD Medics respond to assist AMR? Location boundary and priorities?
South of Fourth Plain and East of I-205. They will go on Priority 1's and 2's. If CFD was requested and an AMR unit is free, AMR and CFD will decide who will take it.
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FireComm E1... show E1 on a burn complaint at 112th/Mill Plain Two ways to enter:
FES,E1,112th/Mil,FOUT,BC (Field Event Select [will select the event after it's created]) Unit Address Type SubType or Create a new event, put in Loc/Type/SubType Then D E1 or DA E1
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Brush 8 (Unit identifer)
B8
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Show T1 Staged.
ST,T1
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Who is VFD's HazMat unit? (What Engine co)
E10
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E8 is on a 32 B3 and requesting AMB
CAE,123 FPA,AMBE - Code 3 FPA,AMBN - Code 1 FPA,AMB - Default
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North Country EMS running on a bad rollover far north. What can we do to assist?
We can put LifeFlight on Standby based on the mech of inj and the distance. We only have the authority to put them on standby, we can't fly them without Command's approval.
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What channels will they use to contact LifeFlight on a call?
Either the Ops channel that was assigned or LZ might go to the LifeFlight Channel. Probably a good idea to turn up that channel if you have LifeFlight on your call.
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Who is 19A5? What do we need to do if he needs a case number assigned?
CCFM. We need to create an associated event. We can't add case numbers to the fire calls. So we CAE with the FM-A calltype. Then we can assign a case to that call and it will link together. CCFM is the only agency fire marshall that requires this process.
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How do you clear all units on a call?
CA,123 (Clear All)
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E10 has a walk-in chest pain. Start a AMB code 1 is fine.
@S23 Type: 10 Subtype: A1 maybe (just kinda pick one) DA E23 (Dispatch Arrive)
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What is the unit identifiers for AMR BLS units?
A-1670
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Command to close the No Response for Vancouver FIre?
XVFD,123
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Command to close the No Response District 6?
XFD6,123
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CAD Command to display units that are moved? (MOVD)
DRU (Display Relocated Units)
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How to message AMR?
Where AMR (to find their "POD), then message like normal.
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T or F: A TA-N (Non-injury traffic accident) car hits a hydrant. Does PD have to go if it's non-blocking non-injury?
True. According to BC41. PD should respond on this. I'm not sure if it's like this for every jurisdiction but probably a safe bet to just let them see it and make that determination.
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