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Permalink Reply by Damon Dyer on September 10, 2008 at 6:54pm

Some of your dispatches have recorded lines .

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Permalink Reply by T.J. on September 10, 2008 at 7:10pm

I know we get them from our 911 dispatch on any call we want that involved use, and its quite easy to get them, check into that like Damon stated:)

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Overly on September 11, 2008 at 6:58am

Thanks for the replies. I'll check into them.

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Permalink Reply by Tiffanie Pettis on August 4, 2009 at 1:58pm

lol you should just come down some night at practice and record some of our radio transactions haha some of them get pritty interesting because alot of the guys need more training!!!---everyone always needs training but some more than others

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Permalink Reply by Becky on August 4, 2009 at 3:46pm

check with your dispatch, or try ScanAmerica.us. I know you can download the archived scanner feeds.

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Permalink Reply by N. Stewart on November 29, 2009 at 2:25pm

http://incidentbroadcast.com provides live feeds as well as recorded incidents, including chatter, while they edit the downtime static out- so sometimes a 5 hour incident and go by in an hour on one of these recordings. there is a large selection of incident types as well as locations. they are free to download.

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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on November 29, 2009 at 2:42pm

reinforce the communications issues that may occur on a fireground. I want to show my students how hard it may be to communicate and how to effectively communicate in that type of environment.

I would suggest that you do some training with people on full gear, breathing air, where they are in a search type of role. Have different scenarios posted like "You have just lost water" and have someone call in either a MAYDAY or EMERGENCY message, then the next scenario posted states you are entrapped and the next person calls either a MAYDAY or EMERGENCY message (there IS a difference between the two). On the outside you have the instructor etc in the command role to acknowledge the message and you can have the students also listening. You find more so first hand where comms can be good and where they can be bad and you can identify how to correct the situation, vs listen to a tape and say "see, sometimes its hard to understand".

Having the people talking while on air and into a radio can better identify where to make changes. Some think they have to yell, which is harder to hear than a normal voice. Some think they need a voice amp, but mic placement can really make a difference too. Personally, I have heard countless radio dispatches and comms was always an issue. After doing such a training as described I learned the best place for me to place my mic and how to think about what I'm going to say on the radio.

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