Chapter 12/Chapter 13 Auxiliary Communications Flashcards
Members shall be within___feet of a transmitting Post Radio?
2 feet
The Second Arriving Engine Officer provides communications link between the lobby and the fire area pending the establishment of the FIRE SECTOR/BRANCH on a floor below the fire…..
obtain POST RADIO from first arriving BC
-2nd Engine and his company will report to their normal location in vicinity of standpipe outlet with Post RAdio
Establish communications lik with ICP on the ?
COMMAND CHANNEL
-2nd Engine Officer will announce via HT (channel 1-tactical) to units in fire area, that communications link with ICP, has been established
Maintain communications lik with the lobby until FIRE SECTOR SUPERVISOR arrives on the floor below fire
Establish communications lik with ICP on the ?
COMMAND CHANNEL
-2nd Engine Officer will announce via HT (channel 1-tactical) to units in fire area, that communications link with ICP, has been established
Maintain communications lik with the lobby until FIRE SECTOR SUPERVISOR arrives on the floor below fire
If first arriving BC is delayed and 2nd engine has already ASCENDED to upper floors, the following will take place?
Battalion shall give post radio to the FD member OPERATING the fireman service elevator….upon arrival 2 floors below the fire floor, ELEVATOR OPERATOR will contact the SECOND ENGINE OFFICER …the second arriving engine officer shall ensure that the post radio is obtained from the member operating the elevators (does not specify that the officer has to retrieve it from elevator operator….just that the OFFICER ENSURE IT’S OBTAINED)
Simplex HT channels are?
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,13,16
-HT message transmitted….received by another HT
NOT 11, 12, 14, 15
2014 FIRE CODE for ARCS system in NEWLY constructed HI RISE buildings?
- coverage at least 97% of building
- all CRITICAL areas covered, e.g. subways, basements, standpipe outlets, elevator lobby
- FULL FUNCTIONAL TEST every 5 years
- noTIFY FDNY EXTENDED OR SERIOUS OUTAGES
-building must do daily visual inspection and yearly evaluation by installer
Duplex HT channels are?
11, 12, 14, 15…
- transmit on a frequency, but receive a signal back on a DIFFERENT FREQUENCY …only possible when used in conjunction with UHF repeater system
- duplex DOES NOT support multiple transmissions..transmission close to antennae/cable may override transmission from a distance…also, transmissions given at the same time may cancel each other out
ARCS?
AUXILIARY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
1st arriving LADDER COMPANY(ARCS)…
- activate Building ARCS (1620 key or ON/OFF SWITCH at FIRE COMMAND STATION
- INSTRUCT MEMBER to staff ICP, monitor tactical and /or repeater channel/relay messages
- OFFICE will remain on CHANNEL 1 or switch his HT to building duplex UHF radio repeater channel (channel 11/12) or acquire in house radio for investigation team, as appropriate
- OFFICER ENSURE a FUNCTIONAL TEST is performed PRIOR to leaving LOBBY
- NOTIFY DISPATCH for re-transmittal to all incoming units if in house radios or Channel 11 and 12 HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED AS COMMAND CHANNEL
- officer and remaining members will proceed to the location of the reported incident
- Upon arrival of 2nd arriving BC to Command Post, ALL MEMBERS OF 1ST LADDER return to HT-1
Duplex Radio Repeater will NOT support multiple transmissions
A member transmitting close to antennae/cable may override a transmission given by another member who is further away
multiple transmissions given at the same time may cancel out all transmissions
REPEATER systems fail without warning
NO AUDIBLE ON HT / NO VISUAL WARNING IN LOBBY
NO WARNING
PROPRIETARY ?
do NOT operate on FDNY frequencies…must use in house radios
-radios stored on site, NO REQUIREMENTS FOR STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE…CAN BE STORED ANYWHERE
MUST PERFORM FUNCTIONAL TEST PRIOR TO LEAVING LOBBY (just like building repeater)
TRANSMISSIONS FROM PROPRIETARY RADIOS WILL NOT APPEAR ON EFAS
PROPRIETARY TACTICS
PROPRIETARY radios used for INITIAL INVESTIGATION (unlike building repeater)
POST RADIO will be primary link on command channel / PROPRIETARY is back up
(building 11/12 is OPPOSITE/ POST IS BACK UP)
–OFFICER procure PROPRIETARY HT
- have MEMBER staff Command POST and monitor channel on PROPRIETARY HT
- OFFICER or FF carry proprietary radio
- FUNCTIONAL TEST PRIOR TO LEAVING LOBBY
- NOITFY DISPATCH FOR RE-TRANSMITTAL to incoming units proprietary repeater activated
–UPON arrival of 2nd due BC , all members of 1st ladder will return to HT-1
Subway repeater ?
channel 14 and channel 15…NYC Transit duplex radio repeater system is ALWAYS ON
- IC can test repeater system
- All FDNY members remain on HT 1, EXCEPT those designated to switch to repeater channel
MEMBER OPERATING ON REPEATER MUST BE TEAMED UP WITH MEMBER ON CHANNEL 1
IN BUILDING REPEATER CHANNEL 11 AND CHANNEL 12
–communicate using panel via H/T, PUSH TO TALK , OR HANDSET
- CONSOLE for ARC system will be ADJACENT OR IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF FIRE COMMAND STATION
- LABELED CHANNEL 11 AND CHANNEL 12
- ACTIVATE WITH 1620 KEY and ROTATE CLOCKWISE , KEY IS NOT REMOVABLE , YOU WILL NEED 2 KEYS TO ACTIVATE CHANNEL 11 AND CHANNEL 12…some keys labeled ON or ACTIVE —VISUAL INDICATION SYSTEM IS ON
PRIMARY BUILDING REPEATER IS CHANNEL 11 (subway is channel 14)
-THE TWO CHANNELS/SYSTEMS OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY
non removable key, unlike elevator fireman service
INCIDENT COMMANDER will determine who operates on REPEATER (same as subway)
repeaters cannot support multiple messages
ANY MEMBER OPERATING ON REPEATER CHANNEL MUST BE TEAMED UP WITH MEMBER OPERATING ON TACTICAL CHANNEL(subway reads “ HT-1”)……but in High Rise (could be HT-1 or HT-2)
The ____may prove unreliable when communicating to BELOW GRADE LOCATIONS…..
Post Radio
2nd arriving ENGINE OFFICER must still fulfill his duties with POST RADIO /COMMAND CHANNEL LINK
THIS POST RADIO WILL BE BACKUP TO BUILDING REPEATER CHANNEL 11/12
(proprietary radios being used…POST RADIO WILL BE PRIMARY COMMAND )
upon arrival of 2ND DUE BC, he will instruct 1st due LADDER MEMBERS TO RETURN TO CHANNEL 1
HT relay at subway must ALWAYS BE ESTABLISHED
Grand Central Terminal/Penn Station/Path Station/Path Jersey City Line-use Channels 11/12 (Officer must follow procedures of building ARCS
Procedure if Auxiliary Radio Communication Systems Fail….?
PRIOR to abandoning the use of ARCS, Chief and company Officer shall instruct units to return to a location where previous communications were SUCCESSFUL….if communications at this location are now successful on the ARCS channel, REPORT THE DEAD SPOT to the IC and continue to operate on the ARCS channel….if unsuccessful, use the HT on Channel 1 to report the repeater failure to the INCIDENT COMMANDER
BASE STATION LEAKY CABLE
SIMPLEX channels 1-8(FDNY programmed) or may utilize in house proprietary
transmissions FROM BASE STATION carried by cable to ALL AREAS of the building or infrastructure
- ONLY WAY LOBBY COMMAND POST can communicate to members above is from fixed HANDSET attached to base stations
- transmissions captured by cable are received by base station and MUST BE RE-TRANSMITTED by member monitoring
CHIEF can transmit from a BASE STATION THROUGHOUT BUILDING however members transmitting from above will only transmit their message directly to LOBBY , not throughout
-also activated by 1620 key
POST RADIOS / REVERSE CHANNELS
channel 17/ channel 11 (building repeater )
channel 18/ channel 12(building repeater)
channel 19/ channel 14(subway)
channel 20/channel 15(subway)
UHF MOBILE RADIO TACTICAL ZONE/ REVERSE CHANNELS
ADD 1, 2, 3, 4
CHANNEL 12/ CHANNEL 11
CHANNEL 14/CHANNEL 12
CHANNEL 17/CHANNEL 14
CHANNEL 19/CHANNEL 15
