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Too many of us on both sides of the radio are becoming "screamers". Its a working fire. Not a plane crash. The units are gonna come either way you slice it. But by XYZ unit or dispatcher screaming over the air, you only inject more into an already "intense" situation. Take a breath and clamly transmit your message.
Often the first person on the radio sets the tone for the entire operation. If the chief is a screamer and because of his initial transmission, chaos errupts and things go sour ... often he has no one to blame but himself.
You arrive at a car fire with someone trying to climb out the window ... on fire. Do you very best to take a deep breath before getting on the radio. Not knocking anyone particular person or saying what I would do, but if the incomming units hear screaming, your going to roll the dice when it comes to predicting what they are thinking or what they're going to do when they arrive.
Often the first person on the radio sets the tone for the entire operation. If the chief is a screamer and because of his initial transmission, chaos errupts and things go sour ... often he has no one to blame but himself.
You arrive at a car fire with someone trying to climb out the window ... on fire. Do you very best to take a deep breath before getting on the radio. Not knocking anyone particular person or saying what I would do, but if the incomming units hear screaming, your going to roll the dice when it comes to predicting what they are thinking or what they're going to do when they arrive.
Too many of us on both sides of the radio are becoming "screamers". Its a working fire. Not a plane crash. The units are gonna come either way you slice it. But by XYZ unit or dispatcher screaming over the air, you only inject more into an already "intense" situation. Take a breath and clamly transmit your message.
We're firefighters and medical personnel. We should expect to see something on fire, or someone dying, on every alarm. We shouldn't be caught off-guard when something is actually burning, or when that sick call winds up being a cardiac. When you need to talk on the radio, take a breath, think, then click the button. Ideally, it should sound like you aren't even involved in the situation. This also extends to driving and operating at the scene... take a breath, calm down, and just like MFD said, everything will go a lot SMOOTHER and, more importantly, SAFER.
take a breath, calm down, and just like MFD said, everything will go a lot SMOOTHER and, more importantly, SAFER.
Like someone else's signature says, "the sanitation worker doesnt get excited when he sees garbage around the corner- neither should you when you see fire"....
Older member always said, "It's their emergency, it's only our problem. You can tolerate their pain all day." Remember, if you see something on fire you don't have to yell like you are on fire!
They should have a meter that sends out an electric jolt through the microphone when your voice reaches a certain decibel. I would call it the "CALM THE F*CK DOWN Meter.
You wanna hear calm? Listen to NCPD, usually 2&8 pct. "Mellow Mike" will put you to sleep.
Speaking of too calm, I was in the fly-car, first in for a daytime diff-breather. When I got back to the firehouse the dispatcher told me he had to replay the tapes after I transmitted the code. He didn't believe he heard right. Said it was the calmest "code red" he ever heard. He actually asked for a bit more excitement because after dispatching for so long, he expected it! I kinda took him off-guard.
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