CDF CalFire/Riverside County Fire RRU Perris Dispatch Center KZSW
2min 7secs interview about the emergency dispatch center. KZSW Reporter Bill Lorin and photographer Chad Buchanan (who also happens to do T-Comm work for CalEMA) tour the CalFire/Riverside County Fire Department's county-wide fire dispatch center in Perris California. Interviews are with Cpt. Dave Parks, Dispatcher Chris Goebel, and County OES rep Kathleen Henderson.
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USFA Voice Radio Communications Guide for the Fire service
77-page PDF document on USFA Voice Radio Communications Guide for the Fire service.
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Fire Department Communications Manual: A Basic Guide to System Concepts and Equipment
242-page PDF document. This manual is written as an introduction to a variety of fire department communications topics. It is intended to provide a wide fire service audience with a minimum level of familiarity with communcations basics: hardware issues, policy and procedures issues, and human resource issues. It attempts to provide some background on all major aspects of communications for the fire service, with the exception of call receiving systems.
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Radio Communications for the Fire service: A Planning Guide for Obtaining the Communications System You Need for Enhanced Safety and Emergency Preparedness
45-page PDF file. As the name suggests, it is a planning guide for obtaining the adequate communications systems a fire service needs to ensure safety and efficiency.
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Radio Communications for the Fire Service
18-slide PPT presentation. Presentation regarding radio systems used in Thurston County, proper radio use, understanding proper radio terminology and emergency traffic verbage.
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Firefighter Safety and Radio Communication
Article regarding the importance of radio communication on the safety of firefighters. Also provides history and case studies.
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Best Practices: Fire Training for Two-way Radio Communications
Video length: 14 mins 51 secs. Clear, coherent communications are mission-critical to all first-responding agencies. Watch and learn how to incorporate best practices and the difference intelligible communications can make when lives are on the line.
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