COORDINATING COMMUNICATIONS

Fire Mutual Aid Chief's Vehicle operating at the 2nd alarm fire at Stratton Base Lodge. This vehicle is deployed, when available at usually 2nd alarms and greater to coordinate communications between departments. It is equipped with many mobile radios with many different frequencies. This fire included the dispatching of departments on 2 different frequencies (KEF-980 and KCF-415) and 2 different fire ground frequencies were assigned for this fire. This vehicle helps to monitor all the frequencies involved in an incident. Photo of vehicle by Dale West. Photo of radio set up in back by Tom Redin.