BOOK: Support SECTION: Dispatch (CAPTAIN NOTES) Page 1 of 1

BOOK: Support SECTION: Dispatch (CAPTAIN NOTES) Page 1 of 1 Dispatch (Updated through 7/04) OPS/001 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MAINTENANCE . Daily cleanup of communications center includes: sweep/mop, dust, empty trash (wash if needed), clean bathrooms, clean/vacuum bedrooms. . Clean out refrigerators in communications center at end of each tour. OPS/002 NOTIFICATIONS . Situations that require the "Notification List" are made by phone call or pager (one time page). . Pager notifications will include: incident type, location, time began, and description of what has happened. OPS/003 AUDIO TESTS . Audio test conducted daily at 0700 and 1900 hours. . Radio test conducted daily at 0705 hours. . Circuit test is conducted daily at 0600 hours to serve as wake up call and to ensure operation of circuit. . Station printer and hot printer tests are conducted daily between 0645 and 0700 hours. OPS/004 DAILY OPERATIONS . The Shift Supervisor or Lead Dispatcher changes recorder tapes as needed and tapes are kept indefinitely. . The dispatch Shift Supervisor maintains the Log Book, FMIS FIRLOG., and cycle sheets for each employee. . Fuel readings are reported to the Maintenance Shop through the Intranet every Wednesday and the 1st day of each month by 0900 hours. . If the Intranet is down, fuel readings are called into dispatch and faxed to Maintenance Shop by 0900 hours. . Oxygen Cascade readings are reported to Maintenance Shop through the Intranet every Monday & Thursday morning by 0900. . If Intranet is down, high, medium, and low oxygen cascade readings are phoned into Dispatch, who faxes readings to Maintenance Shop by 0900. OPS/005 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS . Dispatcher uses a direct line to Police Department when company requests them (must include nature of call). . The direct line from the water department to dispatch is used to give dispatchers info on water line breaks, hydrants out, etc. . ONG is notified by direct line from dispatch AFTER a company has been dispatched on a gas leak or CO detector check. . Dispatch uses direct line to OG&E when company requests them. . If MDTs are changed out, dispatch will reassign the MDT to their company. OPS/006 EMERGENCY GENERATOR . If emergency generator does not kick on during power outage, generator must be manually switched on (this will cause delay of a few minutes in which NO form of communications will be possible).

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