Reporting an Incident
To
report an incident in progress, please follow these steps...
1.) Call the FPO Hotline Number at 1-888-342-0143 or (614) 646-7999 in
Columbus or click here to use the Online Dispatching
Form.
2.) Leave as much info as you know on the answering machine. Ideally,
the perfect call to use should have the following information...
Your Name
FPO Number (If you have one) or other affiliation name
Your Phone Number in case we need to call you back to clarify
something
City and State of the Incident
Address
Box Number (if applicable)
Type of Incident
Companies Responding on the Assignment
Incident Size Up (IE. Eng 2 has flames from roof of 2 story Multi
Family Dwelling. or HazMat 1 O/S with overturned tractor trailer)
Any other information you feel should be sent with the page (IE
Reports of people trapped, Apparatus involved in the MVA, etc.)
3.)
Do not call with unconfirmed fires. Please wait until a unit has
arrived on scene and confirmed a working fire before calling the
hotline.
4.)
What should be paged out? FPO only pages out the following calls, all
others submitted with be subject to approval by the dispatcher
handling your incident as to whether it should be paged out.
Working Fires:
* This is defined as a first alarm assignment
working at a structure fire with the Incident Commander announcing a
working fire.
Multiple Alarms:
* When a Working Fire goes past the standard
working fire.
* The Incident Commander will ask for 2nd or 3rd alarm.
HAZ-MAT:
* Serious incidents
involving hazardous materials.
* Genuine incidents are usually indicated by evacuations, prolonged
operation, etc.
Major MVA (Motor
Vehicle Accident):
* Extra medics,
rescues, MedFlight, or confirmed pin job.
Alert 2 or 3 at
local Airports:
* Alert 2: When
aircraft is in danger of not making a safe landing at the airport.
* Alert 3: When aircraft has crashed
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