Incident Communications

Question 1

What are channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 used for?

Answer 1

1 - Main incident command channel

2 - additional incident command at larger incidents And requires the attendance of the command unit

3 - to use between crew group when doing specific task. One member must monitor 1

4 - not to be used (unless directed by duty radio officer)

Question 2

What are radio channel 5, 6, 7 and 8 used for?

Answer 2

5 - subsurface with leaky feeder Not beyond the RVP

6 - BA comms (unless 5 in use)

7/8 - lagacy interoperability - 8 used by police leaky feeder or base station/repeater

Question 3

What are channels 10 and 11 used for?

Answer 3

10 - CU staff

11 - monitoring of air port hand held traffic. Message should not be sent unless it is safety critical

Question 4

What are the fire ground call signs for wm, drivers and BA?

Answer 4

WM - station, appliance followed by 1

Driver- station, appliance followed by 2

BA - station, appliance followed by 3/4

Question 5

Name two areas where radio may cause a problem?

Answer 5

Hospitals - may affect electronic medical equipment

On CU - hand held radios must be switched off whilst on CU as they may cause interference and cause unnecessary back ground noise

Question 6

Channel 5 should also be used at premises where?

Answer 6

Leaky feeders and base station equipment is installed or deployed.

Question 7

The term base station and repeater mean the same. What channels can be used? And how far away from each should they be to avoid interference?

Answer 7

Channels 2, 5 and 8

Channel 2 and channel 5 can be run at the same time as long the two base station are more than 10m apart (CU or LUL RVP)

Question 8

What should Flon - MTM1 and MTM02 be used for?

Answer 8

Mobile to mobile talk through

Question 9

What channels should the command Unit monitor at an incidents?

Answer 9

All hand held channels in use other than the main scheme radio