The Swansea Ambulance Corps Radio Guidelines document provides instructions for radio use including being brief and specific in transmissions, acknowledging calls with the address and chief complaint, supervisors acknowledging calls as "SP-1" when responding as mutual aid, and not cancelling fire assets if dispatched. It also notes the EMS and Fire Tactical channels are available for updates, directions, and other needs at details and civic events.

1. Swansea Ambulance Corps
Radio Guidelines

2. Guidelines for Radio Use
• Make every effort to eliminate or minimize
accidental radio transmissions
– open microphones
– clicking the microphone
• Be specific and brief
– “A-1 to 552 A-1 on scene”
• Avoid the use of such terms as “show this
unit on scene”.

3. Initial Dispatch
• For accuracy and conciseness, it is
requested that we acknowledge the
address and a brief chief complaint
– “Ambulance received 320 Wilbur Ave for a
male with chest pain”.

4. Supervisors
• Supervisors will be toned out as SP-1
when a mutual aid ambulance is
responding to Swansea.
• Supervisors should acknowledge the call
as an ambulance does and report on
scene.
• Use “SP-1”, and no other designation.

5. Fire Assets
• If fire assets such as an Engine or the
heavy rescue have been dispatched, do
not cancel these assets.

6. Other Radio Channels
• The Swansea EMS channel and the
Swansea Fire Tactical channel are at our
disposal
– Updates, directions, and any other needs
while operating at details and civic events
– If one of these channels is to be used any
participating units should be advised