Most users who function as an incident commander or landing zone coordinator do not always have opportunity to work with helicopters on a regular basis. This topic requires additional training to develop enough familiarity with the subject for things to work smoothly during an actual incident.
BRICS encourages all users to learn about the difference between emergency alarms and emergency calls. It is also important to understand a dispatcher's process for responding to emergency alarms and become familiar with applicable policies.
There have been several recent newspaper articles about Hamilton County firefighters and the problems they’ve reported with fire scene communication. We thought it would be helpful to our users to review some best practices and clarify misconceptions in the media reports.
Staff from the BCSO Communications Division will give a presentation on radio use and how things will work operationally, for fire and EMS agencies dispatched by BCSO, on the new system. Classes have been divided geographically to bring 2 to 3 departments together for training.
Radios were delivered to the remaining agencies dispatched by BCSO this week. As previously stipulated, ample […]
Typically, landing zone coordinators communicate from ground to helicopter using a simplex (direct) frequency. In the 800MHz band, the national mutual aid frequencies (also known as NPSPAC frequencies) are the standard for ground to helicopter coordination.