SOP Manual - Cleveland Fire Department

Cleveland Fire Department
Federal Communications Commission Laws
It Is Unlawful To:
Operations Manual
1. Transmit superfluous signals, messages, or communications.
2. Use profane, indecent, or obscene language.
3. Willfully damage or permit radio apparatus to be damaged.
4. Play music through a transmitter.
5. Cause unlawful or malicious interference with another radio communication.
6. Intercept and use or publish the contents of any radio message without the express
permission of the proper authorities in your department.
7. Make unnecessary or unidentified transmission.
8. Transmit without first making sure the intended transmission will not cause harmful
interference.
9. Make any adjustments, repairs, or alterations to your radio transmitter. It is required by
law that only a professional radio technician, holding a second class license or higher,
may make adjustments and repairs.
10. Deny access to your radio equipment if a properly identified representative of the FCC
asks to inspect it.
11. Transmit a call signal, letter, or numeral not assigned to your station or car.
Radio Procedures
A. Communications is an important factor in any fire ground situation. The Cleveland Fire
Department is a member of the Tri-State Mutual Aid Association and in most cases of multiple
alarm fires in the area there will be Mutual Aid Response, whether it be at the request of the
Cleveland Fire Department or another Department within the area. To insure that all Departments
in the Tri-State Mutual Aid Association will have sufficient communication abilities, we have
adopted a Mutual Aid frequency for radio communications. This frequency is 154.280 or Channel
four (4) in Cleveland Fire Department radios. Anytime that a Mutual Aid response is in progress,
it will be the responsibility of the Incident Commander to insure that all responding resources use
this channel for radio communications.
The Incident Commander shall notify the Communications Center that he/she will be monitoring
to the Mutual Aid channel. Communications between Command and Dispatch may also be done
on Channel one (1).
Effective: June 1, 1997 Revised: 5/14/2009 Page | 168
Approved by: Chief Chuck Atchley