fire terminology
fire terminology
When a fire dispatcher tells a field unit that their 10 minute or 30 minute timer has elapsed, what are they talking about?
From the ICS-910
The Dispatch Center should continue to advise the Incident Commander
of the elapsed time at each additional fifteen-minute interval, or until
canceled by the IC, or until the incident is declared under control, i.e., knockdown
Another link where the elapsed time is talked about on page 11.
http://books.google.com/books?id=VPxWmvKmzZkC&pg=PT29
Main page for the book.
Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics By John Norman
http://books.google.com/books?id=VPxWmvKmzZkC
The Dispatch Center should continue to advise the Incident Commander
of the elapsed time at each additional fifteen-minute interval, or until
canceled by the IC, or until the incident is declared under control, i.e., knockdown
Another link where the elapsed time is talked about on page 11.
http://books.google.com/books?id=VPxWmvKmzZkC&pg=PT29
Main page for the book.
Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics By John Norman
http://books.google.com/books?id=VPxWmvKmzZkC
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Re: fire terminology
I don't know how Heartland is doing it, but at SDFD we give them (the IC) this notice at working fires, purportedly to advise them that the fire has had enough time, since the initial call for service, to have impinged enough on a structure to make the building unstable. It is up to the IC to take appropriate measures once he receives this notification. We only make the 20 minute call!
SDnative wrote:When a fire dispatcher tells a field unit that their 10 minute or 30 minute timer has elapsed, what are they talking about?