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<p class="MsoNormal">We are encouraged to see many firefighters practicing Mayday procedures using the EID function on the portable radios.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">As a reminder, for training, confirm and use only the Training Channels 401-414 (400’s Zone) for practicing EID activations.</span> The 400’s Zone does not display on the Dispatch radio
console and does not disrupt Dispatch operations.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Do not practice EID’s on 415</span>… this channel is tied to TRV AF EMERG (Primary Zone Channel 15) along with 215, and 315 (Command Channels). An EID on any of these channels
<i>will</i> display on the Dispatch Console. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have had several firefighters practicing the EID on the wrong channels, during working BOX alarms. You can imagine the chaos this is causing Dispatch trying to figure out if there is an actual emergency when this happens.
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<p class="MsoNormal">So… PLEASE confirm and use only the Training Channels 401-414.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">MIKE REUSH
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323130;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">|</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Captain – Fire Dispatch</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">5010 Manor Road, Austin, TX 78721 |
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">PC</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">: 512-673-7403
<a href="http://www.austinfiredepartment.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.austinfiredepartment.org</span></a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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