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1. each ba team and BA Entry control point must have at least one means of radio comms. BA teams won't be committed otherwise.
2. Communication equipment should be worn by team leaders. - Must be tested and call signs varified before entering risk area. - Details of teams progress - Gauge pressures and any hazards identified should be passed to Ec on regular basis.
3. (BARIE)- breathing apparatus radio interface equipment - audibility for both transmission and reception.
4. If BARIE sets are not available- Entel 480/1 personal issue handheld radio may be used only after a risk assessment has been carried out by Ic. Entel 480/1 is not intrinsically safe must not be used in flammable or explosive areas atmospheres.
The radio consists of - Single unit transceiver - Internal microphone - Loudspeaker - External aerial
RADIO- splash proof and submersible
- Channel 6 must be selected by the wearer for BA comms - Channel 5 Base station and leaky feeder equipment installed.
-Radio supplied with two lithium ion intrinsically safe batteries - Always turn off before installing/ removing battery Work duration- 12-14 hours. Fully discharged battery- 6 hours to charge. -7.4 volt recharable lithium ion
Radio and BaRIE joined by an accessory connector - Secured in place by special fixing method - No attempt to be made to separate components except trained radio workshop staff. Tampering with connections affect the safety, BaRIE would -be classed off the run and defective.
Microphone- consists of bone conduction that is attached to top Facemask strap and sits on top of head. Must maintain contact with hair/head at all times in use.
EAR speaker fitted to detachable arm with flexible fixing strap. Arm fitted to upper Facemask strap attachment point and placed on either left or right.
Press to talk- enables user to operate easily
Therapies and compartments of the interface equipment not interchangeable with other interface radio equipment.
Entel HT981- Permanently connected to a BaRIE set and allocated to appliances as follows;
. Pump ladder 2 baries each
. Pump 2 baries each
Fire rescue unit 2 baries each
Each radio with one battery attached will be stored within yellow protective case. Cases are not interchangeable with any other equipment.
Personal handheld radios
Entel HX-480/1 incident radio together with two batteries and case is personal issue to all operational staff.
1. Non - intrinsically safe handheld incident radio 2. Not to be used in flammable or explosive atmospheres 3. Uses the same channels as other incident radios 4. Splash proof but will not withstand immersion.
-It is your responsibility to ensure radio batteries are charged
- Each station has 2 spare radios
- Off duty radio and batteries are kept securely stored and not left attached to personal protective equipment.
Incident radio channels LFB
Channel 1 - used for initial general incident command
Channel 2 - additional command channel- used to distinguish between incident ground and command radio traffic: can only be used on attendance
Channel 3- used under direction of operations/sector commander for FF
Channel 4- direction of duty radio officer
Channel 5-communications where leaky feeder and Base station is installed
Channel 6 - BA comms
Channel 7/8 special use/ inter agency
Additional info
channel 1,2,3,4,6,7- single frequency working, receiving and transmitting on same frequency.
Channels 2, 5 and 8 - two frequency working; recieve and transmit frequencies ate different and work only were leaky feeder and Base station equipment is installed.
BaRIE wearers turn the radio on an lock it to appropriate channel prior to rigging in BA.
Incident radio use
Call signs and terminology
Example East ham(location) Appliance pump ladder one -- watch commander of Pl.
East ham pump ladder two -- operation of second radio( driver/pump operator)
East ham pump ladder three--operation of Ba radio comms on Pl for initial Ba team
East ham pump ladder four -- operation of Ba comms for secondary Ba team.
ECO ---Alpha control or Bravo control
Standard terminology
- Over
- Recieved
- Go ahead
- Out
-'priority' - urgent message
- Further traffic- end of message to indicate another message
- As you were- indicate mistake during transmission
-Repeat
- Correction - correct earlier message
-Spell
- Wait cannot give immediate answer
- Standby
Testing care and maintenance
-On receipt - Allocated to wearer - After use - Recalled by radio workshop
Daily check
- Turn on radio listen momentary bleep - Note battery strength indicator - Carry out range test to check reciever strength - Ensure radio is turned off when not in use.
Weekly check - Carry out 100 m range test by transmitting and checking reciever strength signal recieved, this will indicate if radio is defective.
BaRIE - On receipt - Allocated to wearer - Before use - After use - Annually by radio workshops
On receipt and allocated to wearer - Inspect for damage - Test comms with another handheld radio
Before use -Test comms with ECO or Co.
After use
- Clean equipment - Inspect damage - Ensure BaRIE is roved correctly - Test comms
Annually BaRIE intrinsically safe will be withdrawn annually for safety test radio workshops.
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