12. FIRE/RESCUE COMMUNICATIONS – SPECIFIC
12.1 RESPONDING
A. All
units due on an assignment should advise the
1. In County or units with
will advise their
response status on 800 Fire 1 unless
an operations talk
group is assigned.
2. Out of County units who do not
have access to the
Fire 1.
B. The following Chiefs may advise
"Responding" on incidents:
1. Municipal Chiefs
of the municipality in which the incident is occurring.
2. The First Due
Company Chiefs.
3. One Chief from each additional company dispatched
on the initial alarm.
4. Chiefs from second (or greater) alarm and companies
which
are transferred shall not
advise of their
response.
C.
Manpower Reporting
1.
Units will report their
manpower when responding as required by local procedures. It will be logged by
the
Total manpower will be provided when
(If) it is requested.
D.
Known or reported incident
conditions will be given to the
existing incident
officer or unit in charge when due units are responding or prior to re-dispatch
if such occurs. If subsequent
responses
occur from ranking incident commanders, they will
be given
incident conditions.
E.
Operational talk groups will be
assigned soon after due units are responding or as necessary should units
arrive on the scene and initiate operations early in the incident. Refer to
Section 11.8 of the manual for specific talk group assigning
12.2 REPORTING ON-THE-SCENE/FIREGROUND REPORT
A. The
first arriving mobile unit on-the-scene of an incident will provide the
Communications Center a visual report of the incident utilizing the Fireground Structure Identification System for area
identification (refer to Section 11.9).
B. All
first alarm apparatus or companies can advise Headquarters of their arrival to
the scene. Second alarm or other mutual aid apparatus will not advise the status
of "On-the-Scene." These units should contact Command for
assignment or assume Level 2 staging until Command provides an assignment.
C. Initial
fire ground reports will be transmitted to responding units on the assigned Ops
talk group.
D. Chiefs
may advise "On-the-Scene" only if they are the first
arriving unit at the incident, or if they are assuming incident command.
12.3 DISPATCH POLICY FOR FAILED APPARATUS RESPONSE
A. Fire
Apparatus - If no unit is on-the-air
and no Chief Officer has advised
responding, the following re‑dispatch/failure policy will be
followed:
Single Engine Response:
Four
(4) Minutes: Re‑dispatch
original Engine Company; dispatch next due Engine Company.
Multiple Engine Company
Response:
Four
(4) Minutes: Re‑dispatch
* non-responding companies and/or equipment.
Five
(5) Minutes: Re‑dispatch
non-responding companies and/or equipment and dispatch next due Engine Company.
Other Apparatus Response: (Truck, Squad, Etc.)
Four (4) Minutes: Re‑dispatch
equipment due.
Five (5) Minutes: Dispatch next due where
practical.
* NOTE:
Any re‑dispatches or apparatus replacement must be authorized by a
Unit/Chief on-the-air if such exists. If no Unit/Chief is on-the-air, re‑dispatch
and apparatus replacement is considered authorized.
12.4 REFUSAL TO
RESPOND
A.
If an agency refuses to respond to
a request for assistance,
the primary responsible agency must contact the requestor
to inform them of the decision.
B. Should
the
response.