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BASE STATION OPERATOR RESPONSIBILITIES
The base station Operator must create and track ASSIGNMENTS.
The base station operator must monitor and respond to any ACTIVE ALERTS in
accordance with the organization’s event management program. This may include
issuing an EVAC signal to the individual or to the entire TEAM.
Monitor for the following
TEAM MEMBER ACTIVE ALERTS
including:
•
LOW AIR
–
When the air supply cylinder reaches predetermined pressure, the end-of-
service-time indicators (EOSTI) will activate on the SCBA and a LOW AIR
signal will be sent to the base station. The TEAM Icon will flash RED, the
"Team Summary" will show a red bar, the team member image of effected
individual in the "Teammate Details" will display a red bar and the base
station will sound the LOW AIR audible alarm.
•
PASS
–
When a User's PASS has been activated, the TEAM Icon will flash RED, the
"Team Summary" will show a red bar, the team member image of effected
individual in the "Teammate Details" will display a red bar and PASS icon,
and the base station will sound the PASS audible alarm. These alarms will
continue until the PASS has been turned off on the PDA unit.
•
OUT OF RANGE
–
The OUT OF RANGE caution will begin after forty (40) seconds without
a signal from the SEMS II PDA User or the QUEUE interface to the Base
Station,
or two (2) minutes without transmission from
BLUETOOTH
enabled
PDA to the APX Radio. The TEAM Icon will flash YELLOW, the "Team
Summary" will show a yellow bar, the team member image in "Teammate
Details" will display a Yellow bar and Out of Range icon, and the base station
will sound the Out of Range caution audible alarm indicating the system is
trying to re-link with the user.
–
If re-linking does NOT occur, the TEAM Icon will flash RED, the "Team Sum
-
mary" will show a Red bar, the team member image in "Teammate Details"
will display a Red bar and Out of Range icon, and the base station will sound
the Out of Range audible alarm The base station operator must respond to
the User’s out of RANGE signal in accordance with the organization’s event
management program.
•
WITHDRAW
–
An individual TEAM Member chooses to WITHDRAW by pressing the GRAY
(or BLUE) button on the User’s Control Console on the SCBA. When this
occurs, the WITHDRAW message is sent to the base station. The TEAM
Icon will flash RED, the "Team Summary" will show a red bar, the team
member image of effected individual in the "Teammate Details" will display
a red bar and WITHDRAW icon, and the base station will sound the WITH-
DRAW audible alarm.
PAR CALL AND RESPONSE
•
Support Personnel Accountability
(Non-SEMS II PDA users by use of RFID
Tags to log into the system).
–
The base station operator must monitor and coordinate the activities of Non-
SEMS II PDA users who have logged into the system by the use of RFID
Tags in accordance with the organization’s event management program.
ALARM ICONS
Out of Range
Evacuate
Evacuation
Acknowledged
Withdraw
Withdraw
Acknowledged
PASS Alarm
PASS Alarm
Acknowledged
WARNING
AUDIBLE ALARMS WILL ONLY SOUND FROM
THE IMPERIUM BASE STATION WHILE WORKING
WITHIN AN OPEN EVENT. NAVIGATION TO ANY
OTHER SCREEN WILL RENDER THE ALARMS
AT THE IMPERIUM BASE STATION SILENT. THE
IMPERIUM BASE STATION COMMANDER MUST
NOT NAVIGATE TO OTHER SCREENS DURING
AN ACTIVE EVENT. FAILURE TO MONITOR AND
RESPOND TO AN ACTIVE ALARM COULD LEAD
TO SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
WARNING
SEMS II PDA UNITS AND THE QUEUE ACCES-
SORY WILL ONLY CONNECT TO THE IMPERIUM
BASE STATION WHILE WORKING WITHIN AN
OPEN EVENT. NAVIGATION TO ANY OTHER
SCREEN WILL TEMPORARILY DISCONNECT
THESE DEVICES AND THEIR ALARMS. UPON
RETURN TO THE EVENT, THE DEVICES WILL
HAVE TO REESTABLISH A CONNECTION AND
WILL NOT SHOW ANY VISUAL OR AUDIBLE
ALARMS FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES
UNTIL CONNECTION IS REESTABLISHED.
COMMANDER MUST NOT NAVIGATE TO OTHER
SCREENS DURING AN ACTIVE EVENT. FAILURE
TO MONITOR AND RESPOND TO AN ACTIVE
ALARM COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY
OR DEATH.
