Quiz 2 Flashcards
Who decides to evacuate?
1st: managers
2nd: supervisor
3rd: joint decision by asst supervisors
What is the purpose of the evacuation plan?
Have safe evacuation strategy plan that keeps everyone safe and the ECC functional
Where does everyone meet after evacuating?
Handicapped parking spot with emergency phone
How does everyone travel?
Personal cars, at least 2 people/car
What’s the back up ECC?
Company 15
Keys in Captain’s office
When should we notify highway lights that signals are malfunctioning?
Immediately
Who decides when to send pages to County Admin?
ECC Supervisor
How to we conduct an arson investigation after hours?
Notify CID Sargent to make sure appropriate person is notified
Who should be contacted if a county vehicle is in a serious accident with serious injuries and/or fatalities?
Risk Management
How do we contact CPS after hours?
On call book on the V drive
What fire info can we give to news media?
address, number of companies involved, and brief description
What info about police crimes is reported to media?
Business: name of business & crime
Residential: 100 block & crime
Say nothing with a juvie victim
If we send EMS to VSU, who do we need to notify?
VSU police
What EMS call types do police automatically go?
MVA w/ injuries, Assault, CRA, DOA, OD, deadly weapon calls, any tech rescue calls, water rescues
When can EMS units be disregarded?
Police/Fire can’t locate, caller transports patient himself, accidental medical alarm,
caller calls to cancel => take full name, and number, tell them benefits of EMS evaluation, they understand canceling, note all in comments and tell dispatcher
Getting call for another district
Try to transfer, if that doesn’t work => take call as JURIS and relay the info to other jurisdiction
When personal info is relayed to police, how do we handle it?
Put in comments “name”/DOB/provided to hospital/authority of “unit #”
Calls fire doesn’t respond to
Cats in trees, filling pools, draining basements, locked keys in car
What do you put before comments in cloned calls
C*;
What are the surrounding counties?
Powhatan, Hopewell, Dinwiddie, Petersburg, Henrico, Richmond, Amelia, Prince George, Colonial Heights
County’s only train station is in?
Ettrick
When does the State Police respond?
Highways: 288, 76, 95, 295, etc
What do we do when callers ask for VICE personnel?
Refer them to Police Personnel & notify VICE lieutenant about the call and its details
Who’s approval do we need for an officer to leave the county?
Road Sargent
How do we call juvenile probation or CPS after hours?
Call # from call book, page them, if they don’t answer within 5 min, call supervisor and note everything in comments
Who keeps all warrants, summons, and juvie papers
Sheriff’s records
What do we do when we get a call from another jurisdiction about pursuit entering the county?
Notify supervisor & radio operator, note direction of travel, description, license plate, reason for stop, # of occupants, any helpful info
Enter ASST call for service
When not to cancel police
Caller sounds suspicious, domestics, previous calls from resident that day, child 15 or under is alone in the home, offender has left, person other than original caller tries to cancel, line continuously rings or is busy when return calls are attempted
What do we use to cross reference named, addresses, and phone numbers?
Cross Search
What are calls from the Lane B administration building?
Always Priority 1
How do we pass info to VDOT?
Richmond Transportation Operation Center (TOC)
How do we reassure 1st time Crime Solvers callers?
Reassure their anonymity, give them their anonymous ID number, tell them to call back in 2 weeks to check on the status of their tip
What do we do when tippers call to check on the status of their tip?
Tell them to call Crime Solvers back during regular business hours with their tip number
How do we assign tip numbers for new callers?
Use next available anonymous #, write in the tip book with date, time, and our unit number in the block under number
What do we do when tippers call in about crimes that will happen before the next business day?
Contact appropriate road supervisor who will send a patrol or another division to handle it, we note supervisor and call for service # on a Post It on the tip sheet
