203.01.04 Radio Reports & Communications Flashcards
True or False; The IRR can be made from the officers seat
True: The first arriving company on scene will provide an Initial Radio Report (IRR) to all incoming units on the fireground channel. This report can be made from the officer’s seat or upon exiting the apparatus
The Initial Radio report will contain the following critical fireground factors:
a. Announce Company’s arrival on the scene.
b. Building Area / Description
i. Building Size (Small, Regular, Large, Mega)
ii. Building Height
iii. Occupancy – dwelling, multi-dwelling, commercial,
church, McDonalds, etc.
c. Problem Description
i. Nothing Showing
ii. Smoke Showing
iii. Working Fire
iv. Defensive Fire Conditions
d. Location of Problem – basement / floor number and side (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta)
e. Resources needed
i. Can Handle
ii. Hold Assignment
iii. Upgrade – extra companies or alarm
f. Establish Command
The Follow-Up Radio Report will made by the first arriving Company Officer (Initial Incident Commander), unless:
The first due Chief Officer arrives on the scene and states that he/she will perform it.
The Follow-Up Radio Report contains:
a. Results of 360 survey – completed or not completed
b. Height from the “Charlie” side if different from the Initial Radio Report (I.R.R.)
c. Basement Type
i. Look Out
ii. Walk Out
iii. Walk Up
iv. Block Windows
v. No Basement
d. Incident Action Plan (IAP) – tasks.
i. Hose stretch and location
ii. Primary search, etc.
e. Life Safety Hazards Location and Needs
f. Strategy – Offensive or Defensive
Are reports made at any time when the Incident Commander determines it is needed to give an update of conditions or actions that have been performed at the incident. This can also occur when a Company completes a task and needs to be reassigned.
Status Update Reports
Report of Persons Trapped, other items related to life safety. When
Dispatch receives updates from callers, Dispatch shall relay that information over the fireground channel to notify all units either responding or working on scene. This critical radio traffic will be acknowledged by the responding first due Company, Chief Officer or the Incident Commander. If not acknowledged it shall be repeated by Dispatch.
Critical Updates
Dispatch will give Time Lapse Updates to the Incident Commander (IC)
every ________. The first-time lapse update will occur ______
minutes after the first fire company arrives on the scene.
ten (10) minutes
The first ten (10) min mark will typically be approximately ______ from when the call was received, noting that the fire started prior to that.
14 minutes
Companies can be expected to get about __-__ minutes of working time out of their SCBA
15-20
Who can call for Emergency Tones to be dropped?
Incident Commander
What reasons should the Emergency Tone be dropped?
a. Evacuation of the building
b. Any situation where there is imminent danger to life
The ALS supervisor shall communicate to the incident commander on what channel?
Fireground channel
EMS communication between the ALS supervisor and the fire ground
medic units shall be conducted on which channel?
The treatment channel
True or False: Each medic unit shall monitor the fireground channel and the “Treatment” Channel in the same fireground zone
True
