Transcript Saratoga County Communications

Saratoga County
Emergency Communications
911 Center
911 Center Operations
• Staffed 24/7
• 911 Public Service
Answering Point (PSAP)
• Dispatch – Police, Fire,
EMS
Policy & Procedures- Fire
Radio Identifiers
Office Of Emergency Services
• OES 1 – Director of
Emergency Service
• Fire Car 2 – Deputy Fire
Coordinator – Zone 2
• Fire Car 1 (OES 2) – Asst
Director Emergency
Services/Fire Coordinator
• Fire Car 3 – Deputy Fire
Coordinator – Zone 3
• EMS 1 – EMS Coordinator
• Fire Car 4 – Deputy Fire
Coordinator – Zone 4
• Fire Car 5 – Deputy Fire
Coordinator – Zone 5
Deputy Fire Coordinator Zones
Office Of Emergency Services
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Zone 2
Round Lake
Rexford
Jonesville
Ballston Lake
Ballston Spa
Stillwater
Arvin Hart
Malta Ridge
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Zone 3
South Glens Falls
Hadley-Luzerne
Corinth
T/O Greenfield
Schuylerville
Victory Mills
Quaker Springs
Gansevoort
Wilton
Deputy Fire Coordinator Zones
Office Of Emergency Services
Zone 4
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Galway
Providence
Edinburg
West Charlton
Charlton
Harmony Corners
Burnt Hills
Saratoga Springs
Rock City Falls
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Zone 5
Halfmoon
Vischer Ferry
West Crescent
Waterford
North side
Mechanicville
Hillcrest
Clifton Park
Momentive
Deputy Fire Coordinator
Office Of Emergency Services
• Deputy Coordinator
• Deputy Coordinator
• Fire Investigation Unit
• Hazardous Materials
Unit
• Cause & Origin Team
– 16 Investigator
– 12 Senior Investigators
– 3 Associate Investigator
• Advisory Team
• Haz Mat Responders
Office Of Emergency Services
Cause & Origin Team (FIU)
Senior Investigators
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Car 9-1 – Deputy Coordinator
Car 9-2
Car 9-3
Car 9-4
Car 9-5
Car 9-6
Car 9-7
Car 9-8
Car 9-9
Car 9-0
Car 9-10
Car 9-40
Car 9-50
Car 9-60
Investigators
• Car 9-40
Associate Investigator
• Car-9-20
• Notes:
• M-9-19 – Response Truck
Office Of Emergency Services
Haz Mat Advisors
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Haz Mat 1
Haz Mat 2
Haz Mat 3
Haz Mat 4
Haz Mat 5
Haz Mat 6
Haz Mat 7
Haz Mat 8
Station Numbers
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10, 11
12
13, 14
16, 17
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19
21, 20
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Arvin Hart
Ballston Lake
Ballston Spa
Burnt Hills
Charlton
Clifton Park
Corinth
Edinburg
Galway
Gansevoort
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36, 37
38
Greenfield Cnt
Porters
Middle Grove
Maple Ave
Hadley
Halfmoon
Harmony
Hillcrest
Jonesville
Malta Ridge
Station Numbers
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39-42
46
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56, 55
57
58, 60
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Mechanicville
Northside
Providence
Quaker Spr
Rexford
Rock City
Round Lake
Saratoga Spr
Schuylerville
S GlenFalls
Stillwater
Victory Mills
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62, 63
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71, 72
Vischer Ferry
Waterford
W Charlton
W Crescent
Wilton
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KAPL
Momintive
• 7N
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NYS ECO
Forest Rangers
Apparatus
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E = Engine
ETA = Engine Tanker
TA = Tanker
T = Truck
L = Aerial Ladder
EL = Engine Ladder
R = Rescue
ER = Engine Rescue
MED = Medical
MR = Marine Rescue
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M = Miscellaneous
HM = Hazmat
Car = Chiefs & Invest.
Fire Car = Coordinators
County Car = Investigators
F = Four Wheel Drive
Forestry Truck
• FP = Fire Police
• SO = Safety Officer
• 8N = Forest Ranger
Fire Police Identifiers
Safety Officer Identifiers
• Fire Police
– Assigned Number – Followed by Department
Number
– FP 1-10, FP-2-10, FP 10-62, FP-11-62
• Safety Officers
– Assigned Number – Followed by Department
Number
– SO 7-10, SO 8-10. SO 9-10
NYS DEC
Forest Rangers
8N-50 – Captain
8N-56 – Lieutenant
Saratoga County
8N-565
8N-566
Washington County
8N-567
8N-568
8N-569
EMS Agencies
• 12 – Ballston Lake
• 56 Saratoga Springs
• 13 – Community
• 57 – Gen Schuyler
• 19 – Clifton Park
Halfmoon
• 58 – Moreau
• 64 – Waterford
• 20 - Jessup’s Landing
• 71 - Wilton
• 23 - Galway
General Use Requirements
• You and your agency’s responsibility to know
and follow these policy and procedures
• NIMS Compliant County
• Command = Incident Commander. Not Car #.
• Plain English
Fire Radio Network
• Alert Frequency is used for paging & siren
activation - ONLY
• TACs are assigned at the initial activation
• FAST Operations should be on Fire 2
• TAC 9 – May be used without permission, except
when assigned to an active incident
Mobile/Portable Unit Operations
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Units call out to Fire Com on Fire 1
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ONLY the 1st arriving chief and/or apparatus should call arriving to Fire Com on
Fire 1
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Field Units must switch to Fire 1 to contact Fire Com to request additional
information, resources calling back in service.
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Fire Com does not monitor the Tacs unless the IC has been advised we are.
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Fire Com will contact field units on the assigned Tac to relay information to the IC.
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Only – one unit should clear a department from a call. Clearing indivual apparatus
is not permitted or logged.
Blind Transmissions
• Blind Transmissions to Fire Com are
prohibited.
• A unit must wait to be acknowledge by Fire
Com before transmitting a message to them.
(Blind transmission – You key up the mic and just
start talking – Fire Com Car-32 enroute)
Blind Transmissions
• Extremely Rude
• Other incidents may take priority over your
incident
Correct Transmission Format
• “Fire Com Burnt Hills ETA-162
• Fire Com is on for Burnt Hills ETA-162
• Burnt Hills ETA-162 is responding to…..
• Burnt Hills ETA162 to your are responding to….
At 1816.”
Permitted Codes
Priority 1
Priority 2
Priority 2
• Non-emergency
response =
• Down grade
• No lights….No sirens
Priority Dispatch Codes
• Echo
• Delta
• Charlie
• Bravo
• Alpha
Fire Police / Safety Officer Operations
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Fire Police
Shall not call enroute to Fire
Com
Shall not call on the scene
to Fire Com
Shall only contact Fire Com
for extraordinary
circumstances
Should use a ground
frequency at the scene
Safety Officers
• Shall not call enroute to Fire
Com
• Shall not call on the scene to
Fire Com
• Shall monitor Fire 2 for
Mayday activations
• Shall only contact Fire Com for
extraordinary circumstances
• Should be in direct contact
with the Incident Commander
Mutual Aid
• Daytime Mutual Aid (DTMA) 6:00 am to 6:00 pm MondayFriday – Including Holidays
• During Mutual Incidents, Companies not involved…Will not
contact Fire Com…to advise they are available.
• All Departments are considered available.
• Only Equipment request should respond (exceptions)
• Request should only come through the IC or Coordinator on
the IC behalf.
Mutual Aid (Requesting)
• Be Specific
• Name of Department(s)
Requested
• Location to respond to
(Scene, fill site, cover)
• Type of Equipment
(Pumper, Tanker, Rescue,
etc.,)
• Special Equipment
(Generator, lighting,
manpower, etc.)
• Special Services (EMS,
Forest, Police, Med-flight,
etc.)
Call Acknowledgement
• If done by a control station…use department
name not station numbers. (Jonesville Stat. 1,
Not Jonesville Station 36
• Most Departments only have one or two
numbers. Several Departments have more
then one Station (Vischer Ferry 3 (62,63) Arvin
Hart 4 (10, 11).
Call Acknowledgement
• When a call is acknowledged or a unit calls
responding the call is considered “Turned over
to”
• Fire Com will no longer active tones unless
requested to by a department.
• The call is now yours…If you can’t respond don’t
answer up…allow to roll over or request another
department to handle
Fire Com
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Contact Utilities
Phone Company
Cable Company
Key holders
Other Counties for
Mutual Aid Assistance
Coroner
Apartment Contacts
C&O Team
Haz Mat Team
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NYS Forest Rangers
NYS ECO
NYS Park Police
OFPC
Military
Red Cross
After the Fire
Med Flight
Others
Pet Peeves/Police SOPs
• Blind Transmissions
• ETA for National Grid
• Are the Police Responding
• Multiple Units call off on
Scene
• I am turning command over
to_____.
• Not a relay point…same radio
system…contact direct.
• Police Response
• All Motor Vehicle Accidents
(State Law)
• Suicide Attempts
• Unattended Deaths
• Violent Patients
• Commission of a crime
Coordinator Notifications
Deputy Coordinator
Fire Coordinator
• Incidents when two mutual aid
departments are activated
• Out of County Response
• Potential high risk of life or
property
• Hazardous Materials Incidents
• Mass Casualty Incidents
• Loss of Life
• Unusual Incidents
• Incidents when three mutual
aid departments are activated
• Out of County Response
• Potential high risk of life or
property
• Hazardous Materials Incidents
• Mass Casualty Incidents
• Loss of Life
• When the zone deputy
coordinator is not available
• Unusual Incidents
Fire Alarm Cancellations
• Fire Com will not cancel
• Will contact the responding department
• Will advise them of the request
• Cancellation rest solely on the host department
per their SOPs
• Cancellations tones must be requested
Announcements
• Will be conducted Daily at 0900 & 1800
• Department Announcements at this time also
• Only announcements of an urgent nature will be
made outside of this time
• All announcements should be in writing and
faxed to the communication center prior to 0900
& 1800.
Announcements
Permissible
• Pertaining to response
• Pertaining to Fire Schools
• Work Details…Equipment and
Stations
Non-Permissible
• Social Functions
• Work details that pertain to
Social Functions
• Units in mobile service
• Firefighting Drills
• Wake & Funeral Details
• Automatic Equipment Test
Miscellaneous
• Apparatus should not be called out of service
for parades, drills, work details or mobile
service
• Mutual Aid Drills – Fire Com must be notified
at least 48 hours in advance by writing
Miscellaneous
• Request for police assistance – If needed one should be
requested through fire com. Be prepared to describe
the problem or justify the request. (This is for your
safety and theirs)
• Stage in the area – Need to wait till police arrive and
secure the scene. Departments should have SOPs in
place that address this issue.
• Remember a crime may have been committed. Need
to preserve the scene and make proper notifications.
Emergency Traffic - Only
• Emergency Traffic Only… Declared by Fire Com…When radio traffic is
becoming congested on Fire 1…A major incident…Natural
disaster…multiple departments out on multiple calls.
• All non-emergency traffic on Fire 1 to discontinued.
• Used by Fire Com to gain control of the air.
• Only 1 unit to acknowledge or call responding
• The IC should be the only one contacting Fire Com with information,
resource request, etc.,
• All units should contact the IC on assigned Tac to advise responding
• When possible departments should man their stations and if manned Fire
Com will relay additional alarm information to the station via phone or
radio instead of continually paging.