Messages from Incidents PN518 COPY

Question 1

How long are messages kept for?

Answer 1

5 years

Question 2

How should personnel and sensitive information be passed to control?

Answer 2

Point to point
Mobile phone
land line

Not by main scheme

Question 3

If an incident is protracted or has 8 pumps and above how often should messages be sent?

Answer 3

30 mins protracted

60 mins 8 pumps and above

Question 4

When specifying addresses of ships or vessels, what should be sent?

Answer 4

Whether it is accessible by land appliances and most accessible shore location

Question 5

Messages from incidents fall in to 3 categories, what are they?

Answer 5

Assistance
Informative
Stop

Question 6

Status?

Answer 6

1 available by station printer
2 Mob to inc
3 Att at inc
6 available by radio
7 Second line
8 Available by phone
9 Mobile between incidents during batch mob
0 Not available
15 Mobile to Stand by
25 In Att at Stand by station
35 In Att at stand by location
P Paging

Question 7

What is an assistance message?

Answer 7

Message asking for additional appliance, officers, equipment or safety related information

Question 8

How often should messages be sent when reliefs have been implemented?

Answer 8

60 mins or less

Question 9

When should a ‘Full stop’ be sent?

Answer 9

More than 1 hose reel used, further assistance has been requested, at unusual incidents, or incidents involving persons

Question 10

How long must you wait until requesting an ETA for gas, electric or local authority?

Answer 10

30 mins