518 Messages Flashcards
How long are recorded messages kept
5 years
How should sensitive or confidential information be sent
Mobile phone
How soon should messages be sent after arrival
As soon as practicable, brigade control will contact IC 20 mins after arrival.
How often should informative messages be sent at protracted incident less 8 pumps
Every 30 min
How often should informative message be sent at 8 pump or more protracted incidents
60 min
Call-signs in cross-border messages should include?
The brigade and station name in full e.g. London fire brigade, Northolt pump ladder
If address is incorrect, when should control be informed
The first message
At incidents on roadways where carriageway is divided by central reservation what information should communicate
Specify the direction which the incident occurred.
Types of messages and order in which sent (7)
A- assistance B- informative C- further assistance D- fire surround 6 pumps above E- stop message F- further informative G- request relief/revisit
Status 1
Moblie at station
Status 2
Mobile to incident
Status 3
Attendance at incident
Status 6
Available by radio
Status 7
Second line- strategic resources
Status 8
Available mobilising telephone
Status 9
Batch mobilising
Status 0
Not available
Status 15
Mobile to stand-by
Status 25
Attendance stand-by station
Status 35
Attendance stand-by location (not station)
Status P
Available by pager
Should informative message be sent if a change to tactical mode
Yes
When should assistance message be sent (13)
- 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
What type of message should be sent after assistance
Informative
Information required on a informative message (8)
- officers name
- incident location
- premises type and occupancy
- dimensions
- area involved and situation
- action being carried out
- safe system of work
- tactical mode
How often should an informative message be sent on relief
60 min
What does a stop message indicate to control
The number one f appliances and personnel attending are sufficient to deal with the incident and no further emergency mobilising will be necessary
When should a fully worded stop be sent (5)
- where informative/assistance message sent
- more than 1 hose reel
- 4 or more appliances
- person requires rescue
- level 2 hazmat
Information required on full stop message from fire (8)
- name IC
- address
- occupancy
- dimensions
- extent of damage
- method of extinction
- involvement of people
- safe systems of work implanted
When quoting dimensions, what should the message include
- overall size of building
- flats or maisonettes
- number of rooms
- floor on which premises located
When specifying equipment should be ordered as follows: (6)
- number of jets
- number of hose reels
- aerial jets
- ground monitors, foam mentioned separately
- fixed installations
- ladders only involved in rescue or significant role
Incidents involving people, the stop message should include: (6)
- number of people
- rescue carried out
- method of rescue
- any injuries sustained
- any unusual means of escape
- number of fatalities “apparently dead”
How often are reliefs usually implemented
3 hours
What are the 4 levels of hazmat incident
- 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
What are the 3 levels of water operations
- 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.
