Radio and blue card
How are the sides of a building marked in blue card
Alpha,Bravo, charlie and delta moving in clock wise direction. Alpha side of the structure is the address street side or IC to make it clear where alpha side is located
Abandoned structure
An emergency retreat where all hose lines and heavy equipment will be left in place. All members in the hazard zone will exit the structure as quickly and safely as possible.
Exit the structure means
An orderly withdrawal where all hose lines and equipment will be withdrawn and repositioned when changing to a defensive strategy.
Rehab
Area to rest at a job and get a meal if needed
Crews work cycle at a job
2 to 3 BA cylinders
Blue message
Message or request relating to an incident
What does CAN
Condition actions needs
Crews recycling
Crews replacing BA set rehydrating
On deck
Is the forward staging post where crew wait as rapid rescue team.
Ops 1
Operate on ops 1 unless directed by Comms to change
PAR means
Personal accountability report. To be conducted when exiting a building or requested by IC
How to reset orange button on radio
Press and hold the orange button until a medium pitched tone is emitted and the words emergency no longer flash on the screen.
White message
Priority message to report a new incident while mobile.
Orange emergency button
Requires a single press to activate emergency call Alarms to activate at all consoles in Commcen The word emergency to flash on LCD screen Your alias to display on centracom screen Your microphone opens for 20 second transmission without PTT Your radio to override all other talk group members. All other messages get priority until you reset.
Yellow message
Routine message not relating to an incident
In transit
Time it takes crew to reach assigned area after receiving order
Red message
Urgent message requiring I idiots action this has priority over everything else
What are the 5 radio talk groups
Zone A 16 talk groups current ACTF&R channels Zone B old ACT brigade channels Zone C common channels ESA channels Zone CB 40 CB channels Zone DZ disaster zone
3 deep method on arrival assigning crew
Team all ready inside the action zone, second team is on deck and other crews are waiting to go outside the hazard zone.
Green message
Stop message or code
Simplex 13
Talk around channel no need for permission to change on simplex channels.