Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority

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Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority

• RADIO LECTURE

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APPLIANCES

• 1 Rescue Pump (1)
• 2 Rescue Pump (2)
• 3 Water Tender
• 35 Water Tender Tanker
• 4 Pump (Unimog)
• 5 Foam/Water Carrier
• Operational Support Unit
• Fire Victim Support Unit
• 8 Turntable Ladder
• 9 Station Commanders
• 41 Hose Layer
• 51 Rescue Boat
• 71 Control Unit
• 81 Canteen Unit

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OTHER CALLSIGNS USED BY CONTROL

• M2 HK
• M2 HKZ

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STATE CODES

• State 1 - Mobile to incident
• State 2 - In attendance
• State 3 - Closing at incident
• State 4 - Mobile, available
• State 41 - Available from incident
• State 5 - Closing at base
• State 6 - Closing at station other than base
• State 7 - Closing at home
• State 8 - Closing on pager
• State 80 - Closing on pager out of County
• State 81 - Closing on pager (North)
• State 82 - Closing on pager (Central)
• State 83 - Closing on pager (South)
• State 9 - Unable to proceed to incident
• State 10 - Crew Deficient
• State 0 - Unavailable
• State 11 - On Drill
• State 15 - Standing by at Keypoint

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MESSAGES

• First Impression
• Assistance
• Informative
• Fire Surrounded
• Stop
• Secure

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STOP CODES

• Code 3 - FDR1
• Code 4 - Chimney - A - dwellings
• B- other occupied
  buildings
• Code 5 - Secondary Fires
• Sub Codes
• A Derelict building 1 No firefighting action
• B Grass etc
• C Intentional straw 2 Firefighting action
• D Road furniture
• E Rubbish 3 Hosereels not main jets
• F Derelict Vehicles
• 4 Main Jets
• Additional Codes
• M - Malicious - deliberate/suspected
• A - Accidental - includes not known

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• Code 6 - False alarm, good intent
• Code 7 - False alarm, electrical
• Sub codes A - Dust, thrips
• B - System fault
• C - Unsuitable equipment
  position
• D - Other
• Code 8 - False alarm, malicious
• Special Service Stops (see handout)

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PRIORITY PREFIX

• The following messages are entitled to a
• PRIORITY PREFIX
• Assistance message
• Persons Reported
• Radiation Suspected
• Passing running call to Control
• On mobilising from Control
• Rapid Deployment in Use

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SPECIAL CODES

• ALPHA
• CHARLIE-DELTA
• X-RAY
• All the above messages are to be sent secure
• No blue lights or two tones to be used
• FOXTROT
• STANDFAST

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RADIO TERMS

• OVER
• OUT
• RECEIVED
• GO AHEAD
• STANDBY
• WAIT
• VERIFY CALLER DETAILS
• CONFIRMATION OF ADDRESS
• I SPELL
• ANSWER YES
• ANSWER NO

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SIGNAL STRENGTHS

• LOUD AND CLEAR
• WEAK BUT READABLE
• UNREADABLE