Standby for Dispatch
A MED call on your channel is reconfigured to 9E1. You special call this unit to respond.
What is a Rescue Captain (RC)?
Number of Control Channels on Fire Radio
What is 3?
Position responsible for checking hospital status in REDDINET
What is Fleet Seat?
This person must respond to any MVA involving a SFFD fire suppression unit.
Who is a Battalion Chief?
Fire Radio equivalent of "Code 33"
What is Emergency Traffic?
This is the broadcast Hot Seat makes prior to dispatching a Full BOX, SURF Rescue, or other major incident.
What is a pre-alert?
This channel is also known as "CMED".
What is B16?
Talk group where SCRT2 can be found (when AOR)
What is B16/CMED?
This person must respond to any MVA involving a SFFD medical unit.
Who is a Rescue Captain?
Term used when a firefighter feels his/her life, or that of another member is in danger
What is MAYDAY?
E01 is flagged down for a PSIE at 1100 Folsom. A1 special-calls this unit to assist.
What is a Truck?
Dedicated talk group on a greater alarm
What is Command Channel?
Dispatcher responsible for checking emergency activation from a radio on miscellaneous unstaffed talk groups
What is Fleet Seat?
This person must respond to any MVA involving a SFFD unit in an intersection.
Who is a Division Chief?
This is the 150-year-old contraption often found on street corners that sends a numeric code which generates a dispatch.
What is a street box?
QRV1 and 77 are dispatched to a fall at 9th and Market. Hot seat selects these talk groups for broadcast.
What is B16/CMED?
The two tactical talk groups available for BART incidents
What are BART Primary & BART Secondary?
This position is responsible for sending pages to the SFFD Command Staff on newsworthy incidents
What is SFFD RC / Lt?
On-view call type for E31, involved in a non-injury collision in front of 450 12th Avenue
What is B?
This is the orderly examination of a fire building and its contents to ensure the fire is completely out.
What is overhaul?
Hot Seat "punches up" these talk groups to dispatch B06 E11 and 78 to a gas leak with one patient.
What are A1, A2, A3 and B16?
After TCA11 is assigned to a BOX, B02 jumps the BOX. This is now the TAC channel.
What is TCA11?
Position responsible for ACV All broadcast during a greater alarm
What is Hot Seat / HSF?
On-view call type for RC3 involved in a non-injury, non-intersection collision in the ambulance bay at SFGH.
What is RC?
This tool allows firefighters to see a heat image in dark or smoky conditions; it also aids in search and rescue during a fire.
What is a thermal imaging camera (TIC)?