518 Messages Flashcards

1
Q

How long are recorded messages kept

A

5 years

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2
Q

How should sensitive or confidential information be sent

A

Mobile phone

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3
Q

How soon should messages be sent after arrival

A

As soon as practicable, brigade control will contact IC 20 mins after arrival.

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4
Q

How often should informative messages be sent at protracted incident less 8 pumps

A

Every 30 min

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5
Q

How often should informative message be sent at 8 pump or more protracted incidents

A

60 min

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6
Q

Call-signs in cross-border messages should include?

A

The brigade and station name in full e.g. London fire brigade, Northolt pump ladder

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7
Q

If address is incorrect, when should control be informed

A

The first message

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8
Q

At incidents on roadways where carriageway is divided by central reservation what information should communicate

A

Specify the direction which the incident occurred.

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9
Q

Types of messages and order in which sent (7)

A
A- assistance
B- informative
C- further assistance
D- fire surround 6 pumps above
E- stop message
F- further informative
G- request relief/revisit
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10
Q

Status 1

A

Moblie at station

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11
Q

Status 2

A

Mobile to incident

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12
Q

Status 3

A

Attendance at incident

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13
Q

Status 6

A

Available by radio

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14
Q

Status 7

A

Second line- strategic resources

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15
Q

Status 8

A

Available mobilising telephone

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16
Q

Status 9

A

Batch mobilising

17
Q

Status 0

A

Not available

18
Q

Status 15

A

Mobile to stand-by

19
Q

Status 25

A

Attendance stand-by station

20
Q

Status 35

A

Attendance stand-by location (not station)

21
Q

Status P

A

Available by pager

22
Q

Should informative message be sent if a change to tactical mode

A

Yes

23
Q

When should assistance message be sent (13)

A
  • Immediate attendance appliances or officers
  • Running call
  • Inability to proceed
  • Persons involved fire/trapped
  • Cylinders reported
  • Request operational risk database/hazardous information
  • Request LAS
  • Specialist equipment
  • Request urgent police attendance
  • Initiated major incident procedure
  • Implementing civil disturbance procedure
  • Firefighter emergency
  • Working near water
24
Q

What type of message should be sent after assistance

A

Informative

25
Q

Information required on a informative message (8)

A
  • officers name
  • incident location
  • premises type and occupancy
  • dimensions
  • area involved and situation
  • action being carried out
  • safe system of work
  • tactical mode
26
Q

How often should an informative message be sent on relief

A

60 min

27
Q

What does a stop message indicate to control

A

The number one f appliances and personnel attending are sufficient to deal with the incident and no further emergency mobilising will be necessary

28
Q

When should a fully worded stop be sent (5)

A
  • where informative/assistance message sent
  • more than 1 hose reel
  • 4 or more appliances
  • person requires rescue
  • level 2 hazmat
29
Q

Information required on full stop message from fire (8)

A
  • name IC
  • address
  • occupancy
  • dimensions
  • extent of damage
  • method of extinction
  • involvement of people
  • safe systems of work implanted
30
Q

When quoting dimensions, what should the message include

A
  • overall size of building
  • flats or maisonettes
  • number of rooms
  • floor on which premises located
31
Q

When specifying equipment should be ordered as follows: (6)

A
  • number of jets
  • number of hose reels
  • aerial jets
  • ground monitors, foam mentioned separately
  • fixed installations
  • ladders only involved in rescue or significant role
32
Q

Incidents involving people, the stop message should include: (6)

A
  • number of people
  • rescue carried out
  • method of rescue
  • any injuries sustained
  • any unusual means of escape
  • number of fatalities “apparently dead”
33
Q

How often are reliefs usually implemented

A

3 hours

34
Q

What are the 4 levels of hazmat incident

A
  • level 1, small incident can be dealt with 1 pump
  • level 2, additional resources FRU, OSU and HMEPO
  • level 3, where IC and HMEPO or SA determine that full wet decontamination or dry-safe undress procedure required
  • level 4, incident attracting a special mobilising criteria, but not necessarily large attendance e.g. fire with hazmat element
35
Q

What are the 3 levels of water operations

A
  • level 1, ssow implemented include rescue of person without entering water.
  • level 2, ssow implemented when firefighter enter water, mud or ice to perform rescue.
  • level 3, ssow implemented in mass flooding.