FIREGROUND COMMUNICATIONS 4/20/06
One thing that we can all agree on is that when it comes to emergency communications, or more specifically fireground radio communications, our performance can always be improved.
Effective radio communication can be a lifeline when it comes to firefighter safety. Whether it involves the placement of companies or the tracking of our resources the proper use of our radios during emergency operations is essential if we are to insure safe and effective operations.
In an effort to help improve our radio communications we will be starting a new series of posts on the Battalion 14 web site titled "Communication Tips". We would like to make this series interactive. The Battalion 14 Commanders are strongly requesting our readers contributions to this series by asking you to provide input on this subject to us via Department e-mail or by sending your contributions to esema@aol.com. Although we will do our best to give you as many of our tips as we can, we definitely value your input and will post your info.
Many of our Communication Tips will be fundamental in nature. Our first Tip is a prime example. We strongly believe that to become truly proficient we need to build on our fundamentals. Just imagine how our radio communications would improve if everybody observed the first tip. We'll keep things simple at first and build from there.
Let's all work together to improve our radio communications. Our lives may depend on it!
