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