How many Beacons and Trackers are needed for a Fire Department?
We recommend that there should be one Beacon for every firefighter who might need to be rescued. At a minimum, this would be the number of SCBA units. At a maximum, this would be the number of firefighters in the Department. We also recommend that there should be one Tracker for every piece of apparatus that could arrive at a fire scene. This would insure that there would always be a Tracker at every fire scene. In addition, one Exit Beacon should be kept with each Tracker so that there is a method to distinguish an exit. Auxilary Exit Beacons are optional, and numbers would vary on the department’s preferences.
