[Klamath County Fire Defense Board] Re: Fire Dispatch Script
- From: "rockypointfire" <rockypointfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <klamathcountyfdb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:04:45 -0700
Good Morning Keith,
I see a problem with the new protocol. Most of our MVA's occur on Hwy 140.
Hwy 140 runs East to West throughout the Southern end of Klamath County and
through many fire districts. I see the potential for several "Hwy 140"
commands. I would suggest using the Hwy 140 and Mile Post as the name for the
command, ie - "establishing Hwy 140 Mile Post 44 command". What do you think?
Greg Sullivan
Fire Chief
Rocky Point Fire & EMS
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Endacott
To: klamathcountyfdb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:51 PM
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
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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