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SDFD Dispatch Question
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:20 am
by ChrisK
On large fires I sometimes hear the dispatchers list something like "diz not" on the list of dispatched units. Does anybody know what this is?
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:47 pm
by SDnative
Are you sure it is not "HAZMAT"?
None of the other types of units have names sounding anything like what you asked.
I don't think I have ever heard "Diz not".
DIVNOT
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:26 pm
by jkphotog1
DIVNOT means Division Notification. Or, in other words, the on duty Battalion Cheif has been notified of the incident.
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:02 pm
by SDnative
See. Someone around here always has the answer
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:43 pm
by ChrisK
I was close.
Thanks for the prompt reply!
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:46 pm
by ChrisK
I think you must mean Division Chief. Battalion chiefs are always dispatched.
I have noticed that a Division Chief usually responds if they have an active fire.
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:57 pm
by hodad200
on the page screen
DIVNOT
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:35 pm
by N6766J
This is the Division Chief. He is paged out for ALL rescues, Commercial/Apt fires, multiple alarm fires, and unusual situations. Just for info, this position is now a Deputy Chief billet.
DivNot
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:43 pm
by N6766J
By the way...Divnot is not supposed to be voiced over the radio just as PDS isn't.
Re: DivNot
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:11 pm
by Control
[quote="N6766J"]By the way...Divnot is not supposed to be voiced over the radio just as PDS isn't.
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PDS is often dispatched along with the other units on the radio dispatch.