Chapter 9 and Addendum- COMPANY UNIT COMMUNICATIONS Flashcards
Immediate Supervision?
within sight or hearing of OFFICER
OR
working with a SEARCH LINE OR HOSE LINE (control man 2 floors below is considered immediate supervision )under supervision of Officer
Functional supervision?
HT
If contact cannot be made with Company Officer, member shall contact (in this priority)?
C.I.A.
c-chauffeur
I-incident commander
A- any other HT equipped member
any of the foregoing who are so contacted must advise the members officer ASAP
If contact cannot be made with Company Officer, member shall contact (in this priority)?
C.I.A.
c-chauffeur
I-incident commander
A- any other HT equipped member
any of the foregoing who are so contacted must advise the members officer ASAP
Member transmitting a MAYDAY/URGENT shall begin by..?
pressing Emergency alert button, ensuring max wattage (5 watts) and repeating ‘mayday, mayday, mayday’ or ‘urgent, urgent, urgent’ (3 times) followed by remainder of message
Whenever the EAB has been pressed, AND/or a MAYDAY/URGENT is transmitted, ALL HT communications on that frequency are to CEASE, except…
between member transmitting and IC
maydays have PRIORITY over urgents
Whenever the EAB has been pressed, AND/or a MAYDAY/URGENT is transmitted, ALL HT communications on that frequency are to CEASE, except…
between member transmitting and IC
maydays have PRIORITY over urgents
“collapse” will only be used for ?
structural failure (not describing an injury)
Maydays….2-2-6
2 collapse - occurred /imminent
2 injury- unconscious/ life threatening injury
6-missing/lost/trapped/missing found/lost found/trapped found
examples: “mayday, mayday, mayday, E-33 to command, mayday.”……..command- “E-33, go ahead with mayday”…..E-33 to command , mayday, missing member located”
example: “mayday , mayday, mayday, L-9 Roof to command, mayday”………command,” go ahead with your mayday”….”L-9 to command, mayday, collapse occurred”…provide location, injuries, anyone trapped
Maydays….2-2-6
2 collapse - occurred /imminent
2 injury- unconscious/ life threatening injury
6-missing/lost/trapped/missing found/lost found/trapped found
examples: “mayday, mayday, mayday, E-33 to command, mayday.”……..command- “E-33, go ahead with mayday”…..E-33 to command , mayday, missing member located”
example: “mayday , mayday, mayday, L-9 Roof to command, mayday”………command,” go ahead with your mayday”….”L-9 to command, mayday, collapse occurred”…provide location, injuries, anyone trapped
Member that becomes lost, shall NOT activate their PASS ALARM, until….
ALL VITAL information is give to IC
Life threatening injury is given as ?
‘INJURED MEMBER’
unconscious- ‘UNCONSCIOUS member’’
Life threatening injury is given as ?
‘INJURED MEMBER’
unconscious- ‘UNCONSCIOUS member’’
Urgents?
W.I.F.E.S./10-70
W-water loss (CONFIRMED burst length)
I-injury/NON-life threatening
F-feared collapse
E-exposure-Fire entering-includes auto exposure
S-Severly impact operation or safety of members (change in conditions)
10-70-first arriving Engine company is unable to secure a positive water source….urgent over department radio and over HT
Urgents?
W.I.F.E.S./10-70
W-water loss (CONFIRMED burst length)
I-injury/NON-life threatening
F-feared collapse
E-exposure-Fire entering-includes auto exposure
S-Severly impact operation or safety of members (change in conditions)
10-70-first arriving Engine company is unable to secure a positive water source….urgent over department radio and over HT
Emergency Alert tone assisted rescue…
- only requires one HT
- IC will announce “Emergency Alert Tone assisted rescue” and designates new PIMARY TACTICAL channel..shall not be the same channel the missing, lost, trapped member is operating on.
- All members will switch to new primary tact. EXCEPT MEMBER DESIGNATED TO produce EMERGENCY ALERT TONE…this member should be located REMOTE from search activity
- Emergency Alert button (on same channel as missing member) is pressed every FEW SECONDS to transmit the Emergency Alert Tone, the pause for possibility of response
- when DEFINITE location is determined, Emergency alert tone is discontinued
Emergency Alert tone assisted rescue…
- only requires one HT
- IC will announce “Emergency Alert Tone assisted rescue” and designates new PIMARY TACTICAL channel..shall not be the same channel the missing, lost, trapped member is operating on.
- All members will switch to new primary tact. EXCEPT MEMBER DESIGNATED TO produce EMERGENCY ALERT TONE…this member should be located REMOTE from search activity
- Emergency Alert button (on same channel as missing member) is pressed every FEW SECONDS to transmit the Emergency Alert Tone, the pause for possibility of response
- when DEFINITE location is determined, Emergency alert tone is discontinued
Feedback Assisted REscue…
- 2 HT’s
- HT’s on same channel as missing member
- transmitting button of ONE HT is pressed
- hold speakers 1-2 inches apart
- feedback will be transmitted up to a mile away
Feedback Assisted REscue…
- 2 HT’s
- HT’s on same channel as missing member
- transmitting button of ONE HT is pressed
- hold speakers 1-2 inches apart
- feedback will be transmitted up to a mile away
Feedback Assisted REscue…
- 2 HT’s
- HT’s on same channel as missing member
- transmitting button of ONE HT is pressed
- hold speakers 1-2 inches apart
- feedback will be transmitted up to a mile away
All Officer will answer roll call stating?
Number of FF’s they responded with and accounting only for the members within SIGHT or HEARING (not same as immediate supervision)
Ex: Engine 33 to RCO, E-33 responded with 4 FF’s, I have my Nozzle and Backup (not ‘nozzle team’)
Squad and Rescue answer per?
Squad- ENGINE POSITIONS
Rescue- TRUCK POSTIONS (OV=HOOK)
HAZ MAT tech Engine- ENGINE POSITIONS
HAZ MAT 1- entry 1 /entry 2…back up 1/back up 2
Squad and Rescue answer per?
Squad- ENGINE POSITIONS
Rescue- TRUCK POSTIONS (OV=HOOK)
HAZ MAT tech Engine- ENGINE POSITIONS
HAZ MAT 1- entry 1 /entry 2…back up 1/back up 2
Roll Call members must account for ?
CHIEF officers and aides
Member conducting Emergency Roll Call…(could be OFFICER before arrival of Special call Roll call Chief)
- have UPDATED LIST of ALL COMPANIES on the scene (updated printout can be accessed from any apparatus MDT on scene…Incident Summary/Send/NEXT/PRINT)
- must be ASSISTED by another member who is responsible for monitoring HT and recording members by position , as they reply
- PRE PRINTED ROLL CALL FORMS (Batt and Div carry these)
- RCO and assisting member should be AWAY from the Command Post
Member conducting Emergency Roll Call…(could be OFFICER before arrival of Special call Roll call Chief)
- have UPDATED LIST of ALL COMPANIES on the scene (updated printout can be accessed from any apparatus MDT on scene…Incident Summary/Send/NEXT/PRINT)
- must be ASSISTED by another member who is responsible for monitoring HT and recording members by position , as they reply
- PRE PRINTED ROLL CALL FORMS (Batt and Div carry these)
- RCO and assisting member should be AWAY from the Command Post
If Company officer does not answer ROLL CALL?
call FF operating with that OFFICER (engine- nozzle/back up…ladder- can/irons)
OR
call OFFICER operating in the IMMEDIATE AREA of that officer (example…can’t locate first due engine officer…contact 1st due truck OFFICER)
*if these member cannot account for officer, RCO MUST NOTIF THE IC and RCO must then CONTINUE EMERGENCY ROLL CALL (Ic will handle MAYDAY OF MISSING MEMBER)
Company Officer should NOT transmit during ROLL CALL, except in the following situations:
a. called by RCO
b. have to transmit MAYDAY/URGENT
c. have CRITICAL info affecting Mayday/Urgent
D. have critical info regarding ON GOING OPERATION
All Officer will answer roll call stating?
Number of FF’s they responded with and accounting only for the members within SIGHT or HEARING (not same as immediate supervision)
Ex: Engine 33 to RCO, E-33 responded with 4 FF’s, I have my Nozzle and Backup (not ‘nozzle team’)
-THE RCO will contact members not in SIGHT and HEARING
Company Officer should NOT transmit during ROLL CALL, except in the following situations:
a. called by RCO
b. have to transmit MAYDAY/URGENT
c. have CRITICAL info affecting Mayday/Urgent
D. have critical info regarding ON GOING OPERATION
Company Officer should NOT transmit during ROLL CALL, except in the following situations:
-same goes for Firefighters
a. called by RCO
b. have to transmit MAYDAY/URGENT
c. have CRITICAL info affecting Mayday/Urgent
D. have critical info regarding ON GOING OPERATION
If LADDER, Rescue , Squad has been reduced to 4 or less FF’s and emergency roll call is conducted…Officer will respond a follows..?
‘L-9 TO RCO, we responded with 4 FF’s, we are riding without an OV, my Can and Irons are accounted for’
If LADDER, Rescue , Squad has been reduced to 4 or less FF’s and emergency roll call is conducted…Officer will respond a follows..?
‘L-9 TO RCO, we responded with 4 FF’s, we are riding without an OV, my Can and Irons are accounted for’
FF answering roll call…“L-9 roof to RCO, I am on the roof of fire building”
If LADDER, Rescue , Squad has been reduced to 4 or less FF’s and emergency roll call is conducted…Officer will respond a follows..?
‘L-9 TO RCO, we responded with 4 FF’s, we are riding without an OV, my Can and Irons are accounted for’
FF answering roll call…“L-9 roof to RCO, I am on the roof of fire building”
EFAS is connected to Starfire, units assigned on the response ticket will be displayed as ?
‘ASSIGNED UNITS’
-when a unit is selected in the ‘companies’ column, the most current EBF-4 for that unit will populate
Upon arrival of the FAST UNIT , the EFAS trained member designated at roll call (different from member monitoring PAK tracker) shall report to Battalion vehicle being used to monitor EFAS ….
this member will monitor BOTH EFAS and BATTALIONS FAST UNIT HT
Upon arrival of the FAST UNIT , the EFAS trained member designated at roll call (different from member monitoring PAK tracker) shall report to Battalion vehicle being used to monitor EFAS ….
this member will monitor BOTH EFAS and BATTALIONS FAST UNIT HT
member monitoring EFAS shall be identified by radio designation “EFAS”
“EFAS TO COMMAND”
Officers arriving at an incident, AFTER they have transmitted their 10-84 via the MDT, MUST …?
KEY THEIR HT REMOTE MIC ONCE (3 times is during electronic roll call) to ‘CHECK IN’…this will have ALL UNITS MEMBERS recognized by EFAS
On start up …EFAS will automatically …
download SPARE RADIO DATABASE
On start up …EFAS will automatically …
download SPARE RADIO DATABASE
(PAK TRACKER does not recognize spare SCBA)
members assigned spare radio, will be identified by their COMPANY, RIDING POSITION, NAME
“RADIO LIST UPDATE”…most current list indicated by..?
date and time in GREEN LETTERS and assigned Battalion or Division vehicle
-if not current, the last successful update will be displayed in BLACK LETTERS
“RADIO LIST UPDATE”…most current list indicated by..?
date and time in GREEN LETTERS and assigned Battalion or Division vehicle
-if not current, the last successful update will be displayed in BLACK LETTERS
if possible, member monitoring EFAS should listen to HT TRANSMISSIONS, and try to identify who has UNASSIGNED SPARE RADIO…member who last transmitted will appear on TOP of ‘RADIO STATUS’
Imperative member utilizes EAB to transmit MAYDAY…when member activates EAB…identity line in EFAS will be highlighted …
COMPANY/POSITION/NAME will turn RED in ‘RADIO STATUS’ AND ‘MAYDAYS’ AREAS
note: if vehicle with EFAS capability is within HT range of a member activating their EAB , the MDT will automatically switch from Starfire to EFAS
In addition, when EAB is pressed, HARD COPY prints with?
COMPANY/POSITION/TIME OF MAYDAY
In addition, when EAB is pressed, HARD COPY prints with?
COMPANY/POSITION/TIME OF MAYDAY
Once Mayday is cleared…
Radio STatus - RED to WHITE
MAYDAY AREA- RED to YELLOW
EFAS system is capable of handling ?
MULTIPLE MAYDAYS
EFAS system is capable of handling ?
MULTIPLE emergency alert transmissions
EMS Officer, HAZ TAC AMBULANCES and any other EMS unit with an assigned fireground HT that activates EAB will show up with their?
EMS unit
NAME
POSITION
Member transmitting MAYDAY (including mayday for another member- example: unconscious member) should ?
-DEPRESS the EAB of their OWN HT PRIOR TO TRANSMITTING…provide IC with MAYDAy info..
IF POSSIBLE, depress EAB of MEMBER IN DISTRESS…this will identify them on EFAS…NOTIFY IC , PRIOR to activating the distressed member’s EAB
- transmitting member shall reset his EAB (hold for 2 seconds…don’t want to turn off HT)
- DISTRESSED members EAB should remain activated until determine it is no longer needed
Member transmitting MAYDAY (including mayday for another member- example: unconscious member) should ?
-DEPRESS the EAB of their OWN HT PRIOR TO TRANSMITTING…provide IC with MAYDAy info..
IF POSSIBLE, depress EAB of MEMBER IN DISTRESS…this will identify them on EFAS…NOTIFY IC , PRIOR to activating the distressed member’s EAB
- transmitting member shall reset his EAB (hold for 2 seconds…don’t want to turn off HT)
- DISTRESSED members EAB should remain activated until determine it is no longer needed
“Assign mayday” button will highlight ?
name/company/position in RED in RAdio STatus/mayday area
Mayday resolved?
selet the ‘MANUALLY ACCOUNT’ button:
radio status- red to white
mayday- red to yellow
Mayday resolved?
selet the ‘MANUALLY ACCOUNT’ button:
radio status- red to white
mayday- red to yellow
Electronic Roll CAll…OFFICER will announce to all units?
” prepare for electronic roll call”
Select “BEgin Roll Call” button located at top of EFAS screen…
-this will refresh “assigned units”…brief wait time during which efas shows pop up screen before proceeding to roll call
-three time stamped color/coded outputs are possible and are shown in pop up: A. GREEN TEX-accurate update of assigned units
B. RED TEXT- assignment has not changed since last request.
C. “unable to retrieve assignment refresh from CAD” without time stamp…EXTREMELY RARE and IC MUST BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY
Select “BEgin Roll Call” button located at top of EFAS screen…
-this will refresh “assigned units”…brief wait time during which efas shows pop up screen before proceeding to roll call
-three time stamped color/coded outputs are possible and are shown in pop up: A. GREEN TEX-accurate update of assigned units
B. RED TEXT- assignment has not changed since last request.
C. “unable to retrieve assignment refresh from CAD” without time stamp…EXTREMELY RARE and IC MUST BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY
Once “Begin Roll Call” is pressed, EFAS WILL DISPLAY most current unit assignment store in starfire..ONLY assigned units will appear in Roll Call, units NOT ASSIGNED will appear on lower half of screen as UNASSIGNED UNITS….
unaccounted positons- YELLOW
as members respond to roll call…accounted positions - yellow to GREEN
Members activated EAB - RED
Unstaffed positions- GREY (do not need to be accounted for)
note: remote mic keyed 3 TIMES , members RIDING POSITION should change from YELLOW TO GREEN
members that have not keyed their mic, must be contacted and if CONFIRMED, can be manually accounted for …select members riding position (touch screen) and select MANUALLY ACCOUNT
ALL emergency alerts will be recognize and highlighted during roll call—imperative members utilize EAB
Once “Begin Roll Call” is pressed, EFAS WILL DISPLAY most current unit assignment store in starfire..ONLY assigned units will appear in Roll Call, units NOT ASSIGNED will appear on lower half of screen as UNASSIGNED UNITS….
unaccounted positons- YELLOW
as members respond to roll call…accounted positions - yellow to GREEN
Members activated EAB - RED
Unstaffed positions- GREY (do not need to be accounted for)
note: remote mic keyed 3 TIMES , members RIDING POSITION should change from YELLOW TO GREEN
members that have not keyed their mic, must be contacted and if CONFIRMED, can be manually accounted for …select members riding position (touch screen) and select MANUALLY ACCOUNT
ALL emergency alerts will be recognize and highlighted during roll call—imperative members utilize EAB
Portable EFAS ?
carried by Division
Portable EFAS ?
carried by Division
Highrise Building/Hospitals ?
- elevator cars, core areas and stairs HAMPER effective HT ops
- good HT ops- outer area, windows, unobstructed shafts
- medical equipment may affect HT’s
- during non emergency visits to hospitals, members should restrict use of HT in patient care areas
-unless EMERGENCY, members shall leave patient care area prior to transmitting via HT
