Did anyone else see this: Ky. fire chiefs oppose switch from plain language to 10 codes
Backwards motion at its finest.
Is a fire engine a 10-51 or 10-52? I can never remember (and I drive one). What's a 407? In Illinois, a 10-10 is a fight in progress. 2 miles away in Missouri it's a doughnut break - both are urgent, but require a slightly different response. How would the LEO's like it if the Fire IC told one of them to help with the rudda-pudda (rescue saw)? "Oopsie, I was busy and forgot it was a multi-agency incident."
Oh yeah, they'll switch to plain English when it becomes a Y'all Come ... just like they always switch to common channels (NOT!). How often do you hear a LEO call Dispatch and tell them to tell "them" something urgent because the LEO doesn't want to leave the comfort zone of "our" channel? Or worse, doesn't know how? I have an audio clip of one such 'relay to the Fire/EMS guys' communication, summarized as "Tell them to take cover because the perp with the gun is headed their way." By the time the message was relayed the 'perp' was already down the block.
Oh, I forgot. 9/11 was a fifteen years ago and the terrorists are on the run. Never mind that Daryl and his other brother Daryl get upset with the grade school principal somewhere every week.
Note the driving faction behind this bone headed maneuver: Quote: "After slightly more discussion, GPD Capt. "X" made the motion and GPD Maj. "Y" seconded it, to adopt the list the committee compiled and begin using 10-codes for day-to-day normal situations."
One of the things I preach is to treat every incident like it is going to blow up unto a full-scale disaster from the beginning. That way it is second nature, and you don't ever have to switch protocols in the heat of the battle. Barren County just made their responses more difficult and potentially hazardous.
Backwards motion at its finest.
Is a fire engine a 10-51 or 10-52? I can never remember (and I drive one). What's a 407? In Illinois, a 10-10 is a fight in progress. 2 miles away in Missouri it's a doughnut break - both are urgent, but require a slightly different response. How would the LEO's like it if the Fire IC told one of them to help with the rudda-pudda (rescue saw)? "Oopsie, I was busy and forgot it was a multi-agency incident."
Oh yeah, they'll switch to plain English when it becomes a Y'all Come ... just like they always switch to common channels (NOT!). How often do you hear a LEO call Dispatch and tell them to tell "them" something urgent because the LEO doesn't want to leave the comfort zone of "our" channel? Or worse, doesn't know how? I have an audio clip of one such 'relay to the Fire/EMS guys' communication, summarized as "Tell them to take cover because the perp with the gun is headed their way." By the time the message was relayed the 'perp' was already down the block.
Oh, I forgot. 9/11 was a fifteen years ago and the terrorists are on the run. Never mind that Daryl and his other brother Daryl get upset with the grade school principal somewhere every week.
Note the driving faction behind this bone headed maneuver: Quote: "After slightly more discussion, GPD Capt. "X" made the motion and GPD Maj. "Y" seconded it, to adopt the list the committee compiled and begin using 10-codes for day-to-day normal situations."
One of the things I preach is to treat every incident like it is going to blow up unto a full-scale disaster from the beginning. That way it is second nature, and you don't ever have to switch protocols in the heat of the battle. Barren County just made their responses more difficult and potentially hazardous.
