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Where is San Jose Fire on our radios
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Channel 1 and channel 16 on ALL modes
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Command 11
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Citywide, used in conjunction with TAC 31
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Command 12
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North of 280 to story road, used in conjunction with TAC 32
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Command 13
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South of 280 to story road, used in conjunction with TAC 33
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Command 14, 15, 16 are used for what purposes
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Special OPS only (HIT, Air, USAR), used in conjunction with TAC 34,35,36
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Why don't we use command 14, 15, 16 regularly
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Money. Don't have enough to put repeaters in the city so we use our special ops rigs, which have repeaters on them, as the antennae
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Before turning your handpak to any command channel, what is important to do
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Let it announce "san jose fire" completely before turning the knob
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Modes ABC
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-A is all San Jose Fire
-B is all Cal Fire -C is all County agencies |
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Baymax
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-Cross links all the different bands so that PD, FD, Public works, ambulance, and everyone can talk. Used only for disasters
-Only on C mode |
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When the orange emergency activation button is pushed, what will occur
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-Dispatch will ask 2 times for a response, if no response, 3 PD units code 3 will be sent to your location
-On any event with an IC, dispatch will notify IC. IC will call out 2 times, if no answer, PAR, if no answer on PAR, RIC will be activated |
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What is command 20
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SCC mutual aid channel within Santa Clara county only
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What is TAC 40
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SCC mutual aid TAC channel
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What Channels do we use for SCC mutual aid - command and tac
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Command 20
TAC 40 |
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Where is Vfire channel used
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Can be used anywhere in the state
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What did Vfire channel replace
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White channel
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What mode is Vfire found
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B mode - Cal fire
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What do we use Vfire 22 and 23 for
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Out of county fires and command channels for county wide mutual aid if needed
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What are the 3 agencies that we CAN'T talk to on our engine radios
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-Santa Clara city
-Sunnyvale city -Milpitas city |
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Why can't we talk to Sant Clara City fire
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because they are at 700 mhz
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Everyone in the state is in narrow band as opposed to broadband channels - explain
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Using narrow band channels allows us to fit more channels in the same amount of space. Clarity and accuracy is also better
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When responding with CAL FIRE what channel do you NOT respond on
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DO NOT respond on a TAC channel
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When responding with CAL FIRE, what tones are going to be used
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SCU repeater tone 5
MT Diablo repeater tone 4 |
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What are CAL FIRE Tac channels
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Tac 2, 6, and 9
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What frequencies are available for TRAVEL communications for mutual aid incidents within SCC
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-Primary dispatch channel of incident owner
-White 1 (which will become vfire 21 on 12/31/12) mutual aid intersystem -Command channel of incident owner -Out of county: California Emergency Services Radio System (CESRS) |
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What frequencies are available for COMMAND communications for mutual aid incidents within SCC
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-Command channel of incident owner
-XSC Command 20 countywide mutual aid command channel (formerly known as county blue) -White 1 (soon to be vfire 21) Mutual aid intersystem |
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Frequencies available for TACTICAL communications for mutual aid incidents within SCC
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-Tactical channel of incident owner
-XSC TAC 40 countywide mutual aid TAC channel (formerly known as County yellow) -Vfire 22 mutual aid intersystem (formerly known as white 2) -Vfire 23 mutual aid intersystem (formerly known as white 3) -Calcord interservice coordination |
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What is the CALCORD radio channel used for
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It is a scene of action coordination channel between command units of PD, fire, EMS, public works, and similar operating at the scene of a a major emergency disaster
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What is CALCORD NOT USED FOR
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No communications between units of similar agencies, ie fire to fire, pd to pd, etc.
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CAL Fire radio frequencies may be installed in local fire agency radios, when can you actually use them
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Only when used on a multi-agency incident involving Cal fire, or when Cal fire has given prior authorization.
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If given authorization by Cal fire to use one of their channels, how long can you use it?
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Authorization for such use extends only to the individual incident for which it has been granted
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What channel is used only by ground personnel for ground to air emergency contact, including emergency hailing by crews in critical danger
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Airguard
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What is REDNET used for
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This is a low band frequency that interconnects all of the
communication centers in SCC. It is used to request and verify mutual aid resources and broadcast other information that is of interest to all fire agencies |
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IF you need to activate the Local Mutual Aid Plan, what is the information that you should transmit
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-Agencies requested (name the Public Safety Answering Point - PSAP, on RED NET
-Requesting jurisdiction -Incident name, Incident type -Jurisdiction incident number -Reporting location-fire department zone number from appropriate mutual aid sheet in appendix 3 -Thomas brothers map location -Frequency assignments: Travel frequency, Command frequency, Tactical frequency -Resources requested -Probably assignment |
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Individual personnel on portable radios will be id'd by department, vehicle type, unit number and position - give example
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San Jose Engine 26, Captain, what is your location?
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Explain automatic aid response between two departments
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This will be considered a single department alarm and all radio communications should take place on a radio frequency utilized by the department in whose jurisdiction the alarm is located
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If one department does not have the capability for operating on another departments frequency, what channels are to be utilized and in what order
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-XSC command 20 countywide mutual aid
-XSC tac 40 countywide mutual aid -White 1 (soon to be vfire 21) mutual aid intersystem -Vfire 22 mutual aid intersystem -Vfire 23 mutual aid intersystem |
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The SCC area fire coordinator shall be notified and updated incident status through SCC communications when ___ or more mutual aid resources are requested
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5 or more resources
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Who shall provide communications during travel to assembly for strike teams leaving the county
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Santa Clara County Communications will provide it
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When can radio reprogramming and channel renaming take place and when will they become effective
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-They must be finalized between February 1st and March 31st
-All changes will become effective each year on the first Monday in April |
