Snohomish County PUD Radio Operations Manual • Rev. 6/03
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Section VII
Emergency Operation Concepts
An individual is instructed to use the emergency button if the event or situation
involves PUD personnel and requires an aid car, paramedics or police. Any elec-
trical contact requires calling an aid car and hence the use of the emergency but-
ton.
Not all emergencies warrant the use of the emergency button. Events or situa-
tions not requiring an aid car or police should be reported to ECC (Station 1) us-
ing the regular trunked ECC talkgroups.
An event qualifies as an emergency if it is a life-and-death situation involving
PUD employees or the public where a person is down because of electrical con-
tact, falls, profuse bleeding, stroke or any condition that warrants medical treat-
ment, such as:
• Burns [body or eyes] - thermal, electrical or chemical
• Inhalation [difficulty breathing] - smoke or chemical
• Unconscious - not breathing
• Crushing or penetrating injury
• Amputation - fingers, toes, limbs
• Spinal injuries
•Allergic reaction - ingestion, injection, inhalation, or absorption
• Head injuries - decreased level of consciousness, combativeness, breathing
difficulty, seizures
If you accidentally press the emergency button, you must clear the alarm with a
radio call to an ECC dispatcher. Turning your radio off will not clear the alarm
on the dispatch consoles. See procedure for clearing emergency alarm.
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