Incident Communications PN488

Question 1

What are the fire ground channels used for?

Answer 1

1 - Incident command

2 - Overflow for channel 1

3 - Used for specific fire ground tasks

4 - Only used when directed to by duty radio officer

5 - For use with leaky feeders

6 - BA

7&8 - Legacy inter-liaison channels

10 - Dedicated command unit staff channel

11 - BAA Heathrow channel

Question 2

What are the numbers used to identify officer, driver and BA teams?

Answer 2

Ealing pump ladder……….

1.OIC
2.Driver
3/4. BA teams

Question 3

Subject to operational considerations, where should the CU be ideally situated? (4)

Answer 3

Position of strongest radio signal
Sited as near to incident as practical
Clear of large steal structures
Greater than 10m away from other Command vehicles

Question 4

What should be taken in to account with hospitals and comms equipment?

Answer 4

No fire ground radio can be considered totally safe to transmit within radio sensitive equipment

Question 5

When should the IC only use radio comms in hospitals or similar establishments?

Answer 5

Exceptional circumstances

Where circumstances are unavoidable

Question 6

If radios have been used in hospital what must the IC do?

Answer 6

Relay that to hospital staff and make sure the necessary checks can be made

Question 7

If you see a mobile phone restricted sign in a hospital what should you assume?

Answer 7

Take it that it applies to hand-held radios

Question 8

What should Station Managers do for pre planning on hospitals?

Answer 8

Establish their wishes in regards to emergency and pre-planned attendances by fire crews

Question 9

If channel 2 and channel 5 are both in use, how far apart should the feeders be from one another?

Answer 9

10m

Or 10m from LUL RVP