Attractions Comal County (TX)
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Comal County Attractions
Schlitterbahn Waterpark and Resorts
Schlitterbahn Waterpark is a 65 acre water amusement facility consisting of 3 parks in New Braunfels, TX, split between 2 plots of land. Schlitterbahn Main Park (Castle Entrance off Liberty Street) and Surfenburg/Blastenhoff (Union & Lincoln Streets- the old Camp Warnecke). Schlitterbahn West (Main Park) utilizes fresh water from the natural Comal River, and the East Park utilizes treated water from New Braunfels Utilities.
Channel Lineup
- Ch. 1: Operations ("Ops"), Security ("C"), First Aid ("FA"), Admissions Supervisors ("Gate").
- Ch. 2: Maintenance, Resort Housekeeping, Trams, also used by Operations to keep longer communications off the primary channel
- Ch. 3: Ch.1 Talkaround, mostly used as a backup when the repeaters go down(it happens)
- Ch. 4: Ch.2 Talkaround, mostly used as a backup when repeaters go down
- Ch. 5: Manager talkaround (limited use, only about 30 radios programmed with Ch. 5).
- Ch. 6: Foods, Admissions, Gift Shops.
- Ch. 7: Blastenhoff Tower Operations Talkaround(used exclusively by Ops 19, 19.5, "Books", and "Top of the Tower")
Radio Models used
- Motorola Radius GM300- Dispatch Stations, Trams(?)
- Motorola Radius P110- Blastenhoff Operations Talkaround Radios(Ch.7)
- Motorola Radius P1225- Security, Foods, Giftshops, Gates, Maintenance
- Motorola Radius GR1225- Believed to be the model of repeaters in use(as of 2005)
- Icom IC-F60- "Waterproof" radios used by Operations Supervisors in Surfenburg/Blastenhoff Parks
- Kenwood ???- Radios used by Operations Supervisors in the Main Park
Unit Numbers
Operations
- Park1: General Manager
- Park2: Director of Operations
- Op1: Duty Manager (changes every 2-4 hours, rotating btwn Ops 2-9)
- Op2-Op9: Operations Managers
- Op11: Section 1 Ops Supervisor (Lagoon)
- Op12: Section 2 Ops Supervisor (Castle Entrance)
- Op13: Section 3 Ops Supervisor (Kinderlund)
- Op14: Section 4 Ops Supervisor (Wavepool)
- Op15: Section 5 Ops Supervisor (Comal River)
- Op16: Section 6 Ops Lead Guard (Camp Warnecke)
- Op17: Section 7 Ops Supervisor (Lower Surfenburg)
- Op18: Section 8 Ops Supervisor (Upper Surfenburg)
- Op19: Section 9 Ops Supervisor (Blastenhoff, carries both IC-F60 and P110 radios)
- Op19.5: Blastenhoff Tower Operations Supervisor (Blastenhoff, carries both IC-F60 and P110 radios)
- Books: Section 9 Lead Guard (Ch. 7)
- Top of Tower: Tower Lead Guard Top (Ch. 7; AKA: "Top/Conveyor/Tower")
- Bottom of Tower: Tower Lead Guard Bottom (Ch. 7)
- FA20: Main Entrance First Aid
- FA21: Sections 1&2 First Aid Response
- FA23: Sections 3,4 & 5 First Aid Response
- FA27: Sections 7 & 8 First Aid Response
- FA29: Sections 6 & 9 First Aid Response
- Night Op: Night Operations Supervisor (rotates weekly through an Ops Supervisor)
- Dispatch: Main Dispatch
- Green Warehouse: Surf/Blast Dispatch
Security
- C1: Director of Security
- C2: New Braunfels Security Manager
- C3: Main Park Security Supervisor
- C4: Main Park Security Supervisor
- C5: Bahn Resort Gate Guard
- C6: Rapids Resort Gate Guard
- C7: Surfenburg Security Supervisor
- C8: Surfenburg Gate Guard
- C9: Blastenhoff Security Supervisor
- C11: Employee Parking Lot Guard
- Bike1-Bike4: Roving Parking Lot Bike Security Guards
- PD1: Main Park Police Officer
- PD2: Surf/Blast Police Officer
- PD3: Fairgrounds Police Officer
Admissions
- Gate1: Director of Admissions
- Gate2-Gate8: Admissions Managers
- Gift1: Director of Retail
- Gift2-8: Gift Shop Supervisors
- Baby Dispatch: Admissions Dispatch
Food and Beverage
- Food 1: Director of Food and Beverage
- Food2-Food4: Food and Beverage Managers
- Food7: Food Delivery
- Cart1-Cart4: Vending Supervisors
- Tub1-Tub4: Bar Supervisors
Transportation
- Store1-Store10: Transportation Department (Buses, Trams and Mechanics)
- Resort1: Bahn Resort
- Resort2: Rapids Resort
Maintenance
- Maintenance "Name": Park & Resort Maintenance
- Grounds "Name": Groundskeepers/Landscaping
- Warehouse "Name": Tubes
- Night Crew "Name": Night Maintenance Crew
Schlitterbahn utilizes the same 10 codes that were adopted by New Braunfels Police Department (for multiple reasons) and utilizes these most often:
10-Codes
- 9-01 Clear the Air
- 10-4 Confirmed
- 10-6 Busy
- 10-7 Out of Service
- 10-8 In Service
- 10-9 Repeat Message
- 10-10 Fight
- 10-18 Quickly(urgency is required in responding)
- 10-20 Your location?
- 10-21 Contact by phone
- 10-22 Disregard
- 10-23 Arrived on Scene
- 10-25 Meet in person
- 10-30 Unnecessary Radio Use
- 10-33 Emergency
- 10-47 Mechanical Breakdown
- 10-50 Car wreck
- 10-52 Ambulance
- 10-56 Intoxicated Subject
- 10-70 Fire
- 10-74 Negative
- 10-78 Needs Assistance(refers to handicapped/special-needs guests)
- 10-96 Mental Subject
- 10-100 Bathroom Break-#1(very unofficial, but it's been used)
- 10-200 Bathroom Break-#2(very unofficial, but it's been used)
First Aid Codes
Given in format: severity code/wound code
Severity Codes
- 600- Very minor
- 601- Minor
- 602- Needs attention
- 603- Injury comprimising ABCs
- 604- Life threatening Injury(EMS will be called)
Wound Codes
- B- bee sting
- D- drowning victim
- H- head
- I- eye
- L- limb
- M- cardiac emergency
- N- nosebleed
- R- rescue ("600-R" is very common and generally means a lifeguard entered the water, it wasn't a serious event, and that everything is OK and First Aid can stop standing by)
- S- spine injury
- U- unknown injury(often will be used to describe fainting, "601-U")
- Z- seizure
Pool Codes
- Code 10- Overflowing Pool
- Code 20- Chlorine Spill
- Code 30- Acid Spill
- Code 50- Acid/Chlorine Mixture Situation
- Code 75- Unknown Hazardous Material Spill
Security Codes
- Code1- non-emergent call
- Code2- emergent call
- Code3- emergency
- SP- separated party
- Mr. Squiggley- Used by Operations to indicate a snake has been found in the park, this euphemism is employed as saying the word "snake" aloud can easily cause some guests to panic