[MFD594]

Now, the "dont post everything ya hear on the Rant" has been beaten to death, but there's a double sided problem to this issue....

There are literally 1,000's of people tuning into every FD, PD & EMS transmission in this county. Between members, buffs, reporters, to john q public down the block with nothing better to do....

As always, THINK BEFORE YOU ACT/TRANSMIT!

About 5 years ago, we went out with a message over 46.10 for "any member who borrowed tables & chairs, please return them ASAP". A quite amuzing message that to this day gets brought up regularly.

On our darkest days, it was "all members check your phone or report to the firehouse"....

It is 2008. There are literally millions of cell phones.

There are 18 various ways of notifying members of FD-related issues (private website, email, home phone, cell phone, callingpost.com, text messaging, or good ole "pass it along")

There is literally NO reason to transmit sensitive or FD-private related info via county fire radio.

SOMEONE at a scene HAS to have a cell phone.... Call the Marshals direct.

Depts should have a database of their member's home/cell/emergency contact numbers. If you dont employ any of the techniques listed above, use a good "ole-fashioned" phone chain- I can & have told 10 members personally in the event of something that was a "private" issue.

In essence, somethings are better left "off the air". Dispatchers will transmit what you tell them to. Use your cellphone & your heads!

[tl254truckie]

MFD good post...all too often you hear nonsense or things that should have been handled with better discretion...there are countless ways to contact people...its not like it was 20 or even 10 years ago...

[underthedome]

My favorite radio message is this: Firecom for the xyz fire department--xy01 signal 11 xy00 on his cell phone."

[MFD594]

Originally Posted by tl254truckie

MFD good post...all too often you hear nonsense or things that should have been handled with better discretion...there are countless ways to contact people...its not like it was 20 or even 10 years ago...

Thank ya...

Besides the "nonsense" things, the important things- why does ANYONE outside of anyone's shop know anything about "something" before proper notification is made? LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS!

(PS-It HAS happened on the Rant, but not often)

Godforbid I get f*cked up- I want someone my loved ones know to tell them. Not see it posted on a website, OR transmitted over the radio....

Keep the same respect for ALL members of service. Again, this isnt a "Rant" thing, it isnt a FD radio thing, it isnt a PD or VAC radio thing- just THINK for 1 second.... "The message I have to relay to marshals/family/firecom/"Hq" etc could just as easily be relayed via cell phone, with 2 people hearing the particulars instead of 2,000.

We all love each other, are brothers & sisters & are concerned whenever "shit goes bad". But 1 second of thinking before a radio message goes out, or 10 minutes of "waiting" to hear the "real deal" will solve a lotta BS down the road....

....Yet another "prime example"... "injured member enroute to XYZ Hospital"...

We're ALL concerned, but, a twisted ankle on ice quickly turns into a full-blown cardiac arrest through the "telephone" game...

Again, as always, think before ya speak.

When ya need the calvary, call em! When ya dont, DONT!

We all tend to "over-react" on things- thats our nature, we protect our own.

But someone getting a side-view mirror to the back at 15 MPH vs. someone getting a front bumper at 45 MPH is a WORLD of difference!

"Dont put me in the ground before my time".... Lotta good guys & gals have come back from some bad shit. DONT be a "Ranter" or "Rumor King"-

Be a BROTHER- get facts, and tell what you KNOW, NOT what you HEARD.

[Rant Boss]

Hahahahaaaaa.......hooo boy.....listen MFD594, if you can come up with the magic incantation that gets people to exercise their discretion before communicating, you let me know ASAP.

[MFD594]

Originally Posted by Rant Boss

Hahahahaaaaa.......hooo boy.....listen MFD594, if you can come up with the magic incantation that gets people to exercise their discretion before communicating, you let me know ASAP.

"O num shivoy" seemed to work well in the "police Academy" movies

[Thunderfoot]

Originally Posted by underthedome

My favorite radio message is this: Firecom for the xyz fire department--xy01 signal 11 xy00 on his cell phone."

Thats my favorite too, but if we didn't do as we are asked there would probably be a new thread started here on the Rant about "how come those guys at firecom didn't put out my message?" With no uniform standard of how each one of the 71 places is to use the radio, this is what you get....Birth announcements anyone? I'll hold my person not breathing while we here about FF Johnny Lookatme's precious little snowflake who is doing fine and weighed in at a hearty 6 lbs 8oz. Stay Classy Nassau

[smokeater]

Some people just have to and love to hear themselves talk over the radio for no reason.