CALLSIGNS.

[VL7UFB: Official Urban Brigades callsign]; [VL7CFB: Official Country Brigades Callsign]

FireComm: Actual Callsign used by TFS Base.

Callsigns start with Station name (eg Hobart) and the two-digit number that follows indicates vehicle type, so Hobart 12 on-air would be a Heavy Pumper from Hobart Fire Station.

Callsign	Meaning
1-10	Sedans & Station Wagons (Holden Commodore/Ford Falcon)
11-20	Heavy Pumper, Urban with Crew Cab
21-30	Medium Pumper with Crew Cab
31-40	4wd Heavy Tanker, ROPS Crew-back
41-50	4wd Medium Tanker
51-60	4wd Light Tanker
61-70	Snorkels, Telebooms, Telesquirts, Ladder Trucks
71-80	4wd Crew Cab Ute
81-90	Road Accident & Other Rescue, Hazmat & Miscellaneous
91-99	Mechanical Services
FI(#)	Fire Investigations/ Investigators
CommTech	Communications Technician

2. As with the Victorian CFA, TFS arrive at a fire scene and assume the callsign of the street or landmark, so when the Hobart 12 arrives ‘on scene’ he will change the callsign to say “Blackstone Heights Control”

3. The rest of TFS radio talk is easy to understand, they’ll turn-out, arrive on scene, get fire under control , make up & return, and then be back in station.

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This Page Last Updated: January 11, 2004

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