san francisco fd - radio traffic

[Peteri Szerlagi]

heard via openmhz today

the following traffic heard from Tac A15 / Batt 5 and Training Tac 15
- 2 different TGs

anything with double quotation marks (" ") is an exact quote /
verbatim / word for word transcription

"Battalion 5 this is Engine 12" - go ahead

"Eng 10, (from) 10 Driver"

"21 driver charge the 200" - 200 foot hose pack

"emergency traffic" X 2 - "go with emergency traffic" - (training)

"Engine 21 Firefighter"

the following traffic heard from Control A1 Downtown Dispatch = TG 925

AMR 2

Battalion 1

Medic 30

Engine 28 confirm response - seem to be having trouble with MDTs

"Control 1 (from) Battalion 1 - on scene"

Eng 28 standown = cancel your response

Engine 1

K101

Batt 2

short tone - "building alarm - box 4264 - location is 1944 Baker cross
Sacramento - companies due Engine 10 Truck 10 Battalion 4 - response
(channel) is Control A2 - Tac is 14"

"Engine 3 (from) Control 1" - I pushed the wrong button

"AOR" - available on radio

short tone - "special alarm" Engine 35 sent to a ems call as the ALS
engine - (1253pm edt - "Engine 35 you can stand down" per dispatcher -
"35 aor"

short tone - special alarm - R1 sent to an EMS call - 1250 pm edt -
(1255pm edt - someone cancels R1 - dispatcher says "Rescue 1 you can
stand down" - R1 says "Rescue 1 copies"

UTL = unable to locate (the party or incident)

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overall preliminary impression - radio traffic is more informal than
formal - (note - just changing one word of a 'formal message' makes it
an 'informal message' imho) - we would have to see their radio SOP to
know exactly which words are supposed to be used EVERY TIME - ears get
used to hearing certain words in certain orders

probably the only 2 formal radio messages that everyone in the USA
understands is "shots fired" and "mayday mayday" or "mayday mayday
mayday"