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An orderly withdrawal where all hose lines and equipment will be withdrawn and repositioned when changing to a defensive strategy.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.