G-COMM Comms-Dispatching-Radio Procedures Part 1

Questions and Answers

Officers

Emergency calls from 9-1-1, then alarm companies, then Still Alarms from fire stations

Vehicle type and fire station number

Ensuring frequent updates are provided to the Communications Centre from all incident scenes Signup and view all the answers

Communications Division District Chief Signup and view all the answers

To provide a guideline for communications, dispatching and radio procedures Signup and view all the answers

Tower Signup and view all the answers

To provide additional support for Hazard vehicles Signup and view all the answers

Vehicle type and three digits Signup and view all the answers

Pumper one twenty three Signup and view all the answers

FIRE INVESTIGATOR Signup and view all the answers

To provide command and control at an incident scene Signup and view all the answers

TP Signup and view all the answers

Only the first crew radio is assigned a crew number Signup and view all the answers

To provide decontamination services Signup and view all the answers

By an 'Incident Name' Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a framework for communication, dispatching, and radio procedures for all Toronto Fire Services personnel.
All personnel are responsible for understanding and following these guidelines.

Officers are responsible for ensuring that crew members understand and follow communications, dispatching, and radio procedures.
The Communications Division District Chief and Company Officers are responsible for ensuring that Communications Centre personnel understand and follow these procedures.
The Incident Commander is responsible for providing frequent updates to the Communications Centre from incident scenes.

The Incident Commander shall ensure frequent updates are given to the Communications Centre as the incident progresses.
Telephone and radio calls to the Communications Centre shall be answered in priority sequence, with emergency calls from 9-1-1, TFS seven-digit emergency number, Still Alarms, and Toronto EMS taking priority.

Radio aliases shall indicate the vehicle type and fire station number.
Vehicle types include Pumper, Rescue, Aerial, Platform, Tower, Squad, Air/Light, Fireboat, Hazard, and Decon.
Examples of vehicle radio identifiers include:
- Pumper 123
- Rescue 411
- Aerial 244
- Platform 114

Radio identifiers for emergency vehicles shall contain the vehicle type and three digits that identify the Command, District, and fire station number.
Examples of mobile radio identifiers include:
- Pumper 123
- Rescue 411
- Aerial 244
- Platform 114

Guidelines for announcing numbers may be relaxed when announcing radio identifiers on the air.
Examples of announcing radio identifiers include:
- Pumper 123: "Pumper one twenty three"
- Pumper 325B: "Pumper three twenty five bravo"
- Rescue 411: "Rescue four eleven"

Portable radios are assigned to personnel and shall be identified by the vehicle number and a designation.
Designations include:
- Fire Prevention: FP
- Public Education: PUB-ED
- Fire Investigators: FIRE INVESTIGATOR
- Training: TRNG
- Mechanical: MECHANICAL
- Captain: CAP
- Crew: CW
- Chief: CH
- Fire Incident Technician: FIT
Examples of portable radio identifiers include:
- Pumper 123 Captain: "Pumper one twenty three Captain"
- Pumper 123 Crew 1: "Pumper one twenty three crew one"
- Rescue 411 Crew: "Rescue four eleven crew"
- Squad 331 Crew 2: "Squad three thirty-one crew two"
- Chief 11: "Chief eleven"
- FIT 10: "Fit ten"
- Fire Prevention 205: "Fire Prevention two zero five"
- Training 21: "Training twenty one"