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STATION |
LOCATION |
| Station 1 |
Eastern Hill . Melbourne |
| Station 2 |
West Melbourne |
| Station 3 |
Carlton |
| Station 4 |
Brunswick |
| Station 5 |
Broadmeadows |
| Station 6 |
Pascoe Vale |
| Station 7 |
Thomastown |
| Station 8 |
Burnley Training |
| Station 9 |
Sommerton |
| Station 10 |
Richmond |
| Station 11 |
Epping |
| Station 12 |
Preston |
| Station 13 |
Northcote |
| Station 14 |
Bundoora |
| Station 15 |
Heildelberg |
| Station 16 |
Greensborough |
| Station 18 |
Hawthorn |
| Station 19 |
North Balwyn |
| Station 20 |
Box Hill |
| Station 22 |
Ringwood |
| Station 23 |
Burwood |
| Station 24 |
Malvern |
| Station 25 |
Oakleigh |
| Station 26 |
Croydon |
| Station 27 |
Nunawading |
| Station 28 |
Vermont South |
| Station 29 |
Clayton |
| Station 30 |
Templestowe |
| Station 31 |
Glen Waverley |
| Station 32 |
Ormond |
| Station 33 |
Mentone |
| Station 34 |
Highett |
| Station 35 |
Windsor |
| Station 37 |
Marine Response |
| Station 38 |
South Melbourne |
| Station 39 |
Port Melbourne |
| Station 40 |
Laverton |
| Station 41 |
St Albans |
| Station 42 |
Newport |
| Station 43 |
Deer Park |
| Station 44 |
Sunshine |
| Station 45 |
Spotswood |
| Station 46 |
Altona |
| Station 47 |
Footscray |
| Station 48 |
Taylors Lakes |
| Station 49 |
North Laverton |
| Station 50 |
Ascot Vale |
| Station 51 |
Keilor |
| Station 52 |
Tullamarine |
| Station 53 |
Sunbury |
| Station 54 |
Greenvale |
| Station 55 |
Caroline Springs |
| Station 56 |
Melton |
| Station 57 |
Tarneit |
| Station 58 |
Point Cook |
| Station 59 |
Derrimut |
| Station 60 |
Training |
| Station 61 |
Lara |
| Station 62 |
Corio |
| Station 63 |
Geelong City |
| Station 64 |
Belmont |
| Station 65 |
Armstrong Creek |
| Station 66 |
Ocean Grove |
| Station 67 |
Ballarat |
| Station 68 |
Lucas |
| Station 70 |
Warrnambool |
| Station 71 |
Portland |
| Station 72 |
Mildura |
| Station 73 |
Bendigo |
| Station 74 |
Wangarrata |
| Station 75 |
Shepparton |
| Station 76 |
Wodonga |
| Station 77 |
Tralalgon |
| Station 78 |
Morwell |
| Station 79 |
LaTrobe West |
| Station 80 |
Craigieburn |
| Station 81 |
South Morang |
| Station 82 |
Eltham City |
| Station 84 |
South Warrandyte |
| Station 85 |
Boronia |
| Station 86 |
Rowville |
| Station 87 |
Dandenong |
| Station 88 |
Hallam |
| Station 89 |
Springvale |
| Station 90 |
Patterson River |
| Station 91 |
Frankston |
| Station 92 |
Cranbourne |
| Station 93 |
Pakenham |
| Station 94 |
Mornington |
| Station 95 |
Rosebud |
False Alarm Codes
| 609 | Good intent call, not classified above |
| 611 | Wrong Location |
| 612 | Vicinity Alarm .. Incident in another location |
| 621 | Smoke scare. Odour of smoke |
| 622 | Steam vapour, fog or dust thought to be smoke |
| 624 | Controlled Burning |
| 625 | BBQ |
| 626 | Burglar Alarm |
| 711 | Malicious False Alarm |
| 721 | Bomb scare, no bomb. Includes parcel resembling a bomb |
| 734 | Sprinkler malfunction - includes water pressure fluctuation and equipment fault |
| 735 | Smoke detector malfunction - includes fault in detector, wiring or indicator panel |
| 736 | Heat detector malfunction - includes fault in detector, wiring or indicator panel |
| 737 | Fire indicator panel in normal condition on arrival |
| 751 | Smoke detector operated - a simulated condition activates an alarm |
| 752 | Heat detector operated - a simulated condition activates an alarm |
| 762 | Accidental operation of alarm - includes where human activity has simulated a condition that activates a fire alarm (includes damage to sprinkler head) |
| 763 | Failure to notify of test |
| 764 | Incorrect test |
| 769 | Unintentional alarm - not classified above |
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After being dispatched to a job through the RMR network by ESTA / VicFire, when on scene and a control point has been established, a Fireground channel is nominated. This Fireground channel allows the on-scene appliances to communicate with each other, without 'clogging up' the dispatch channel. This channel is selected from the District Default Communications Plan, and is usually a digital, simplex, conventional channel. That is, it is not trunked (or repeated), therefore it is line of sight transmission only. Hence, you will only be able to monitor the fireground channel if you are on-scene or generally within about 30km (terrain dependant). If the incident has escalated to a sufficient size, with enough appliances on scene that it is necessary for a more complicated communication plan, a Forward Command Vehicle (FCV) is often dispatched. The FCV has two mobile radios, and often one or more portable radios. This facilitates one radio that is set to monitor the dispatch channel, enabling ESTA operators to communicate and pass messages to appliances, alert to changed conditions, or take messages. While the second radio monitors the fireground channel, enabling the FCV to act as a 'go-between'; on scene appliances & ESTA can use the FCV to relay messages through to any particular appliance, maintaining a continuous chain of communication. Without which, individual appliances would have to switch back and forth between dispatch and fireground channels, potentially missing messages, complicating operations and even putting lives at risk. |
