[Klamath County Fire Defense Board] Re: Fire Dispatch Script
- From: "Dewaine Holster" <firechief@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <klamathcountyfdb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:17:14 -0700
How are you going to handle multiple incidents on the same street, road,
highway, etc; i.e. highway 97? As you know we could have multiple incidents
on hwy 97 from the Calif. border to the Deschutes county line. The rest of
the policy change I can support.
Thanks
Dewaine
From: klamathcountyfdb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:klamathcountyfdb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Endacott
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:52 PM
To: klamathcountyfdb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Klamath County Fire Defense Board] Fire Dispatch Script
Good afternoon Chiefs.
As you all know from recent Fire Defense Board meetings we have been
evaluating our role as the communications center for Fire and EMS, and
looking at areas for improvement. We are also grateful for the input and
assistance in developing further training that we have been receiving from
members of FDB. We are, of course, committed to continuing this process.
We did, however, want to alert all your agencies of a slight change in our
Dispatch Script that we will begin to implement August 1st.
This change is meant to help our employees understand and establish our role
as communications in ICS, as well as, to assist field units that may have
less opportunity to practice it.
We will be adding the phrase "first unit on scene will be 'street name'
Command" to our initial dispatch.
We have also added protocol to acknowledge the first unit as that incident
command.
Our research and visits to other dispatch centers, have shown this to be
effective phrasing and it supports the ICS system. Please be patient with
us as we implement this change - old habits (scripts) die hard.
Thanks in advance.
Keith Endacott
<mailto:kendacott@xxxxxxxx> kendacott@xxxxxxxx
Operations Manager
Klamath 9-1-1 Communications
PO Box 999
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
541-884-4876 x 2
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