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After reading a story and reflecting on my experience in the field, I notice that there seems to be a breakdown in communication between Fire, EMS, and Police, on MCI type calls.
The private company I work for serves a city with paid police, volunteer fire, and our private company for EMS. It seems that whenever we get on a larger scene, our EMS supervisors take the lead, while the FD and Police support us.
The problem is, communication and planning isn't always the best, and at times we act as three individual organizations, each with our own purpose. We have supervisors in the field, but it seems as though usually no one person takes charge.
Anyone have any comments? Have you had any larger drills that tested your command structure? How did they go?
Thanks as always!
The private company I work for serves a city with paid police, volunteer fire, and our private company for EMS. It seems that whenever we get on a larger scene, our EMS supervisors take the lead, while the FD and Police support us.
The problem is, communication and planning isn't always the best, and at times we act as three individual organizations, each with our own purpose. We have supervisors in the field, but it seems as though usually no one person takes charge.
Anyone have any comments? Have you had any larger drills that tested your command structure? How did they go?
Thanks as always!