The Importance of Initial Radio Traffic – Surfside, FL Condo Collapse

The Florida community of Surfside is still reeling from the sudden collapse of an condo building overnight a few days ago leaving 150 people presumed dead. While many news outlets are finding new security footage, as first responders we can learn a lot from talking to the responders first in on these scenes.

While they may pop up at a conference in a year or two, being able to listen to their initial report can be a learning experience in itself. This week the guys do exactly that. Here’s a video from Miami News 7 which put together the initial radio traffic:

Imagine you just pulled up to this at 2am, still wiping the sleep from your eyes, would you be able to remain this calm and give this good a report?

You’ll learn:

• The importance of a good LCAN report (Location, Conditions, Actions, Needs)
• Determining next steps and deploying teams to meet those needs
• Transmit safe ingress and report hazards
• At what point do “missing” become “presumed dead”?

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