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