Recommendation R1

Recommendation R1

Establish a set protocol for the first arriving fire unit to notify dispatch as to how many additional resources need to be dispatched immediately. This could be in the form of a 2nd alarm, 3rd alarm, 4th alarm, 5th alarm notification in the initial radio communication from fire unit to dispatch. With the known geographic location and the call for a 3rd alarm assignment, dispatch would have a call out list and could immediately dispatch the appropriate fire units and other designated resources.