How Many Fire Departments Give Out Two Way Radios to their Members?

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Permalink Reply by Ralph L. Carr IV on July 7, 2009 at 3:57pm

I`m on a very poor, very rural rescue. We don`t have a station. We respond in our own vehicles, NO lights, NO siren. The truest meaning of volunteer, we are here to help. We are issues a portabe that has a paging channel for tones or you can just listen to the fire dispatch channel all the time. The 7 members are pretty spread out in our 2 full township and 3 partial township coverage area so the radios come in handy. We can also talk direct to central, the fire IC or to incoming EMS (my day job). It works for us. Being so small, the chief can easily find and address any potential radio abuse......lol......A swift boot off rescue fixes that.

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Permalink Reply by Capt. Mick on July 10, 2009 at 3:09pm

Hey Ralph, Thanks for responding to the discussion. I can't beleive you don't
even have a station, that's a first. You also have just 7 members, that has to be
the smallest department that I have ever heard of. Again thank you for sharing
your story with us. Be well, and stay safe out there Brother.

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Permalink Reply by Abe Winter on July 7, 2009 at 5:47pm

every one on our dept. has a radio and onthe fire ground evruy one opperates on a tac channel only the ic communitcates with dispatch or incomeing MA Dept. to avoid any confusion i think it works well

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Permalink Reply by Capt. Mick on July 10, 2009 at 3:38pm

Hey Abe, Thanks for responding to the discussion. Sounds as if you have
everyone covered, and in place. Thanks again for your reply. Be well, and
stay safe out there Brother.

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Permalink Reply by Shanna Davis on July 7, 2009 at 7:24pm

Everyone on my dept. has a radio. This has just been in the last year though. Before that only officers and crew leaders had radios. The volunteers raised holy hell about the radio situation after having a few incidents where several members were basically endangered because they did not have a radio on scene. So now we each have a radio and a pager.

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Permalink Reply by shane phillips on July 10, 2009 at 2:28pm

Our Dept gives every member a radio, that way when 911 calls us out each member can call 911 and them know there in route to the station .

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