Fire Departments are growing and mutual aid is a given. Multiple units with lots of unfamiliar faces are showing up on every alarm. There are so many new faces that the day of recognizing a firefighter by his helmet or the rig they ride on are in the past. Accountability systems are the only way that we can run a scene efficiently, effectively and safely.
The F.D. Company Identifier was developed for this reason. Have you ever been given an assignment to meet up with another crew inside a structure and had to do a face to face with that crew to make sure they are the ones you are looking for? Or been separated from your crew and find out you are following a different crew. Ever had to yell hey you at someone because you didn’t know which unit he was on. With the identifiers on your SCBA you can find crews in poor visibility, keep crews together and see which crews are entering and exiting the structures with no problem.
Whether you are inside a structure or doing outside operations every firefighter is identified by the unit they are assigned to. Developed by firefighters for the safety of firefighters, it has proven itself as a great tool in accountability systems.
