Message Procedure

Question 1

Ideally when should a methane message be sent to control?

Answer 1

Within the first 10 mins of arriving at the scene

Question 2

When should the MDT status be changed to mobile to incident?

Answer 2

When the driver releases the hand brake of the vehicle.

Question 3

If an incident is persons reported, every informative message sent from the incident ground must include the phrase “still persons reported” or “all persons accounted for”, true of false?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Tactical mode indicates the decision to deploy crews into the hazard area or not. All incidents require a tactical mode to be declared at the earliest opportunity following arrival at the incident and at regular intervals.

Tactical mode must be declared in all informative and stop messages, and early assistance messages where the tactical mode has been declared at the incident, but not yet communicated to fire control. True or False?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The IC should book ‘available incident’ via the MDT as soon as practically possible.
This should be completed once the appliance and crews are no longer required to carry out which activity?

Answer 5

Immediate risk critical duties

Question 6

When should the incident address be given?

Answer 6

Where the address is correct, confirmed using the phrase “address confirmed” in the earliest message to FC

Sent in the next message where the incident address is found to be different from that originally received at the time of call I.e change of address is required

Included in all stop messages where

Question 7

Can informative and assistance messages be sent together?

Answer 7

No.