Alternate scheme for fire radio channel use 1. Fireground comms remain on the normal day to day channel
2. The incident commander, the local dispatcher, the mutual aid center dispatcher, and the coverage units talk on a 2nd channel. Advantages - first alarm units dont have to change channels - first alarm units get good onscene repeater coverage (or radio system coverage - whatever you want to call it) - local dispatcher has to listen to just one channel Disadvantage - IC has to keep an ear on 2 channels (but that is common for many jurisdictions anyhow) I suppose this applies more to city and suburban areas than rural areas. Since the rural areas usually use Channel 1 for paging - and since Channel 1 usually has lousy portable coverage. Maybe this will all change in 5 years when drones respond on all first alarms ( carrying radio repeaters ). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
