Transcript Document

CERT Basic Radio
Communication
Mike Baughman
CERT Program Manager
WYCO KS COMMUNITY EMERGENCY
RESPONSE TEAM – under the direction of
Kansas City, Kansas / Wyandotte County
Emergency Management Department
Types of Stations &
Tactical Call Signs
WYCO CERT CALL SIGN EXAMPLES
GROUND
(portable and
fixed)
MOBILE
Search Team 3 Mobile
Mobile Command
Command
Search Team 1
Fire Team 2
Triage Team Leader
Medical
Staging
Rehab
Damage Team 4
Washington Shelter
PROWORDS
Prowords are a special set of words used for clarity and
brevity in communications. Most commonly used prowords
are:
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AFFIRMATIVE Yes
AVAILABLE Used when a unit is ready for assignment.
AVAILABLE AT SCENE Used when a unit is still committed to an incident, but could
be dispatched to a new assignment if necessary.
AVAILABLE AT RESIDENCE Used by personnel to indicate they are available and
on-call at their residence.
AT / ON SCENE Indicates units have arrived at the scene of an incident.
BREAK I hereby indicate the separation of the text from other portions of the message
or you are trying to interrupt a radio transmission.
CAN HANDLE Indicates that the resources on scene of the incident are adequate.
COMMAND Incident Commander
COPY, COPIES Used to acknowledge message received. Example: Search Team 1
Copies.
CORRECTION An error has been made in this transmission. Transmission will
continue with the last word correctly transmitted. An error has been made in this
transmission (or message indicated) The correct version is__________ That which
follows is a corrected version answer to your request for verification.
DISREGARD LAST MESSAGE Self explanatory.
DISREGARD THIS TRANSMISSION This transmission is in error. Disregard it. (This
proword shall not be used to cancel any message that has been completely
transmitted and for which receipt or acknowledgment has been received.)
EMERGENCY TRAFFIC Term used to gain control of radio frequency to report an
emergency or an emergency in progress. All other users will refrain from using that
frequency until cleared for normal use.
EN ROUTE Normally used by personnel to designate destinations. En route Is NOT
a substitute for responding.
FIGURES Numerals or numbers follow (Optional)
FIRE CONTAINED Self explanatory.
I READ BACK The following is my response to your instructions to read back
I SAY AGAIN I am repeating transmission or portion indicated
I SPELL I spell the next word phonetically
LOUD AND CLEAR Self explanatory
MESSAGE A message which requires recording is about to follow (Transmitted
immediately after the call. )
MINIMIZE Please limit your transmissions to essential traffic. Emergency operational traffic
is in progress. MINIMIZE is imposed by Net Control or by the Incident Commander.
MINIMIZE LIFTED Minimize is lifted by Net Control or by the Incident Commander
MORE TO FOLLOW Transmitting station has additional traffic for the receiving station
NEGATIVE No
OUT This is the end of my transmission to you and no answer is required or expected.
(Since OVER and OUT have opposite meanings, they are never used together
OVER This is the end of my transmission to you and a response is necessary. Go ahead;
transmit
READ BACK Repeat this entire transmission back to me exactly as received.
RELAY (TO) Transmit this message to all addresses (or addresses immediately following
this proword). The address component is mandatory when this proword is used
REPEAT Do not used this word. (This proword is used in US Army Artillery to request
another artillery round be fired.)
RESPOND, RESPONDING Used during a dispatch – proceed to or proceeding to an
incident.
RESUME NORMAL TRAFFIC Opens the frequency back up to normal traffic.
RETURN TO ________ Normally used by a dispatch center to direct units to return to
their original location. For example: Triage Team 1, return to staging.
ROGER I have received your last transmission satisfactorily.
SAY AGAIN Repeat all of your last transmission.
SPEAK SLOWER Your transmission is at too fast a speed. Reduce speed of transmission
STANDBY Indicates a need to wait for further information by either the sending or
receiving party.
STOP TRANSMITTING Self explanatory
THIS IS This transmission is from the station whose designator immediately follows
TIME That which immediately follows is the time.
UNKNOWN STATION The identity of the station with whom I am attempting to establish
communication is unknown.
UNREADABLE Used when the signal received is not clear. In most cases, try to add the
specific trouble. Example: Unreadable, back ground noise.
WAIT I must pause for a few seconds.
WAIT OUT I must pause for more than a few seconds.
WHAT IS YOUR LOCATION Self explanatory.
WILCO I have received your signal, understand it, and will comply. (To be used only by
the addressee. Since the meaning of ROGER is included in that of WILCO, the two
prowords are never used together.
WORD AFTER The word of the message to which I have reference is that which follows.
WORD BEFORE The word of the message to which I have reference is that which
precedes.
WORDS TWICE Communication is difficult. Transmit each phrase twice. This proword
may be used as an order, request, or as information.
Phonetic Alphabet
Letter
Phonetic
Letter
Phonetic
A
Alpha
B
Bravo
C
Charlie
D
Delta
E
Echo
F
Foxtrot
G
Golf
H
Hotel
I
India
J
Juliet
K
Kilo
L
Lima
M
Mike
N
November
O
Oscar
P
Papa
Q
Quebec
R
Romeo
S
Sierra
T
Tango
U
Uniform
V
Victor
W
Whiskey
X
Xray
Y
Yankee
Z
Zulu
1. To distinguish numerals from words similarly pronounced, the
proword "FIGURES" may be used preceding such numbers.
2. When numerals are transmitted by radiotelephone, the
following rules for their pronunciation will be observed:
3. Numbers will be transmitted digit by digit except that exact
multiples of thousands may be spoken as such. However, there
are special cases, such as anti-air warfare reporting procedures,
when the normal pronunciation of numerals is prescribed for
example, 17 would then be "seventeen."
4. The figure "ZERO" is to be written "Ø," the figure "ONE" is to
be written "1" and the letter "ZULU" is to be written "Z."
5. Difficult words may be spelled phonetically using the four-step
method. Abbreviations and isolated letters should be spelled
phonetically without the proword "I SPELL.“
I SPELL / FIGURES / INITIALS
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Use “I SPELL” for pronounceable words
– PIZZA
• “I SPELL PIZZA PAPA INDIA ZULU ZULU ALPHA
PIZZA”
Use “FIGURE(S)” AND “INITIAL(S)” for non-words
– N516F
• “INITIAL NOVEMBER FIGURES FIVE ONE SIX
INTIAL FOXTROT”
CORRECTIONS
 Use proword “CORRECTION” to correct a mistake
Example:
“… Turn right at next corner … CORRECTION Turn
left at next corner…”
SENDING NUMBERS
• Use of Prowords “FIGURES”, “DECIMAL”, “TIME”, “INITIALS”
Digit-by-Digit Not
“Seven Fifty”
750
“FIGURES SEVEN FIVE ZERO”
Niner
Not Nine
849
“FIGURES EIGHT FOUR NINER”
Decimal
Point
14.5
“FIGURES ONE FOUR DECIMAL FIVE”
Z Time
1635Z
“TIME ONE SIX THREE FIVE ZULU”
Initial And
Figures
E21
“INITIAL ECHO FIGURES TWO ONE”
One Figure
and Initial
3-A
“FIGURE THREE DASH INITIAL ALPHA”
Operator Responsibility
• The primary responsibility of the radio operator is to pass accurate
and timely information from the sender to the receiver and follow
through with an accurate and timely response to the sender if
needed.
•Transmit only when necessary. Use plain english, no “10 codes”.
• Limit your transmissions to no more than TEN seconds each.
Anything longer than that will not allow anyone with emergency
traffic to use the frequency. Insert breaks in any transmissions that
need to be longer.
• Never use actual names, or anything else that is sensitive over
the air. Never use a personal name over the air. Use their tactical
callsign designation, for example, Fire Team One.
• Say addresses only when necessary.
• Always speak clearly. This should be a given. Never pause on the
air. Know what you are going to say BEFORE you key the mike.
Know what your response is BEFORE you key the mike. DO NOT
pollute the airwaves with unnecessary "ummms", "ahhhhs" and
anything else that announces cluelessness over the air. Do not key
the mike while looking up some information. Do not key the mike
unless you are prepared to speak.
• Do not "step" on each other. Always say, OVER when it is time for
the other guy to talk. When two other people are talking to each
other, do not jump in unless they call you.
• Acknowledge the reception of information with a brief repetition of
it. For example, Operations to Command, Fire Team Two ENROUTE
your location. Command to Operations, COPIES Fire Team Two
ENROUTE my location. This lets both parties know that each other
understands, without any errors or excess. Directions should be
given from a specific, unmistakable reference. The other guy doesn't
always know what you have in mind. If it can be misunderstood, it
will be.
• Do not get into pissing contests over the air, with ANYBODY.
EVER. PERIOD.
• Always know what the other channels are for. Example: channel
14, 38 command; channel 12, 22 Fire Team operations; channel 5,
33 Medical Team Operations, etc….
• When communicating patient triage results, the terms “Immediate”,
“Delayed”, “Dead” as taught in the class will not be transmitted. Use
“Red” (Immediate), “Yellow” (Delayed), “Black” (Dead). EXAMPLE:
3 RED, 12 YELLOW, 6 BLACK, 25 GREEN. The term “Green”
(walking wounded) can be used to describe someone who is
mentally and physically able to remove themselves from the danger
area.
CAUTION: THE GENERAL PUBLIC
AND THE NEWS MEDIA CAN HEAR
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ON THESE
FREQUENCIES. THINK ABOUT
WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY AND HOW
TO SAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
CALLING ANOTHER STATION
• Command is calling Search Team One
– Search Team One THIS IS Command OVER
– Command THIS IS Search Team One OVER
– They conduct their traffic
– When the traffic is completed, they will say OVER
– When done communicating, they will say Command OUT,
Search Team One OUT
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Search Team Two is Calling Operations
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Formulate your transmission. Keep them short and to the point.
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Listen to make sure the channel is clear.
3.
Press Push to Talk button, take a breath, and then speak slowly
and distinctly.
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Operations THIS IS Search Team Two OVER
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Search Team Two THIS IS Operations OVER
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Requesting 2 additional search team and 1 additional triage
team OVER
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COPIES 2 search teams and 1 triage team OVER
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Search Team Two OUT
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Operations OUT
EXAMPLE OF CHANNEL ALLOCATION
Channel 8, code 2 - Operations: This is the initial channel to be used by all
CERT members. All radios should be set to this channel when arriving at the
staging area or incident scene. The CERT Incident Commander will use this
channel for communications with those people at the incident scene that
he/she needs to contact directly. All CERT members will remain on that
channel until they are explicitly told to change to another channel. In many
cases, this will be the only channel needed for communication among team
members.
Channel 16, code 23 - Search and Rescue (SAR), Recon, RIT: This channel
will be used as it becomes convenient to separate communications to/from
search and rescue or recon teams from other traffic. Use of this channel will
generally be for communications between the SAR Group Leader and the
search and rescue or recon teams or between the teams deployed at the
incident scene. The SAR Group Leader will also use this channel to dispatch
the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) as needed. This channel will not be used
until authorized by the CERT Incident Commander.
Channel 12, code 38 - Medical: This channel will be used if it becomes
convenient to separate communications to/from the medical team from other
traffic. Use of this channel will generally be for communications between the
Medical Group Leader and the various medical teams performing triage,
treatment, and transportation of patients. This channel will not be used until
authorized by the Incident Commander.
Channel 14, code 3 - Command: This channel is only for use between the
CERT Incident Commander and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). It
will not be used for any other communication. Requests by CERT for support
by other groups, such as KCK Fire, KCK Police, etc. will be made through the
EOC on this channel.
Midland LTX 410 Series GMRS / FRS Radio
Channels 1-7 & 15-22 have
5 watts transmit power
Channels 8-14 have 1/2
watt transmit power