BA Communication Equiment

Question 1

What does BARIE stand for?

Answer 1

Breathing Apparatus Radio Interface Equipment. When should a battery be changed? When the charge indicator shows two thirds charged.

Question 2

What are the components of BARIE?

Answer 2

Press to Talk (PTT) switch.

A bone conduction microphone. Ear speaker.

Question 3

What are the incident ground radio channels used for?

Answer 3

1. General incident and command.
2. Additional command.
3. Used under direction of OIC / Sector Commander for firefighter communications during specific tasks.
4. To be used only under direction of the Duty Radio Officer.
5. Communications where a leaky feeder or base station equipment is installed.
6. Breathing Apparatus.
7. Special use / Inter-agency.
8. Special use / Inter-agency.