Public Safety
Communications
Dan Norton
NREMT/Firefighter/Rescue Specialist
PGFD Box 1027
• Initial Dispatch
• Responding units
• Inter-unit communication
• Command-Dispatch-Working unit comm
Anatomy of 911 comm.
• Initial emergency contact made with 911
• medical/fire/rescue/alarms/lock outs/citizen assists
• Pre-planned medical/supression packages
• Cardiac/Respiratory/Trauma/Mass Casualty
• amb/engine/truck/2nd amb
• 1st alarm/2nd alarm
• engine(s)/truck(s)/rescue(s)/tanker(s)/amb
• MABAS/Multi-jurisdictional
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Stations toned out
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Responding units report to dispatch
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Unit type/designation
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Company
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Engine
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Co.
Truck
• Co.
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Rescue
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Medic
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Tanker/Water Supply
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Batt. Chief/Commant SUV/Chase Vehicle
• No. of personnel
• Request numerics to be repeated
• Arriving units report what they see
• 200x400 Brick and mortar with heavy smoke
• MVC, Pick-em-up truck v. Volvo c pass intrusion
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in truck. 3 pts.
• after evaluation, priority
assignment/additional/resources/flight out
Units report to dispatch next steps
• en-route to medical facility with no. of pts and
their priority level 1/2/3/4
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Communicate to dispatch arrival @ destination
• Communicate clearance from medical facility and
availability for service.
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Dispatched to another call or report to dispatch when
arriving @ home location. (sector/firehouse/hosp.)
“backing it in”
Issues with response
comm.
• Communication.
• to/from/on scene
• with assigned original crews to scene (intra)
• with other jurisdictions
• technology questions
• ten code v plain english
Interagency
• Fire to police to EMS to Command
• Gary Fire with private EMS provider
• Harvey Fire with private with MABAS 22
• Overarching technology/radio issues
• incompatibility
• incapability
• channels available
• tac channels
Comprehensive issues in
MCI
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Radio Equipment
Location of Central Command
• 9/11 - CentCom was in WTC 7
• Chicago - 35th & State
• 4 miles away from city center and densest
population area
• Easy access to major throughways
9/11 - ICS breakdown on massive scale (EMS in
particular)
• Borough commands undermined by citywide
command.
Ideas for improvement
• Proper funding for radio technology implementation
and equipment
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On-Scene monitoring
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Spectrum allocation
LAN
Adherence to NICS