1 command & accountability. 2 incident command system
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Command
&
Accountability
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Incident Command System
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Incident Command System
• Ensures that an incident is managed with a common goal of life/property preservation and personnel safety as priorities.
• Reduces the number of personnel reporting directly to one person.
• Ensures that task priorities are addressed in a timely manner.
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Incident Command SystemOverview
Command
Safety
Liaison
Information
Operations Planning Logistics Administration
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Incident Command SystemTerms
• Command
• Division
• Group
• Sector
• Supervisor
• Incident Action Plan
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Incident Command SystemCommand
Incident Command• Successful fire
operations require the application of an effective overall management system
Incident Commander• The Incident
Commander is the overall incident site manager. Everyone else on the fireground will follow and support the Incident Commander’s plan
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Incident Command SystemSectoring
Functional Geographical
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Incident Command SystemSectoring
IncidentCommander
Pumper RescueInteriorAttack
Ventilation
Little Incident
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Incident Command SystemSectoring
IncidentCommander
Sector Officer
SectorOfficer
Water Supply
Pumper Pumper 2Interior Attack
VentilationInterior Attack
SectorOfficer
ExposureExteriorAttack
RIT Account
MedicalSector
Rehab Ambulance
Big Incident
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Incident Command System
• We need to utilize our Command System at all incidents.
• First arriving personnel announce who is command. Does not have to be an officer.
• Change of command MUST to be broadcast and documented by radio operator.
• Command has overall responsibility for scene and personnel safety.
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Incident Command System
• Command should remain in a location that gives them a good overall view of the scene if at all possible.
• Command should also remain in a certain location so they can be easily located.
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Incident Command System
• What can WE do to improve our system
• What can YOU do to improve our system
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AccountabilityWhy?
Who
Where
What
How Long
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Only way to maintain control of personnel on the fire ground
Use varies widelySystem needs to keep track of everyoneMust be:
— Established as a system— Established long before emergencies occur— Utilized by all personnel who could operate
on a scene— Practiced on all calls
Accountability
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Accountability
Accountability Systems
Manual Systems
Cattle Tag/Velcro
Computerized Systems
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Accountability
Accountability Systems
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Accountability
Accountability Systems
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AccountabilityHow?
• Two-tag movable system
• 1 for fireground accountability
• 1 for Entry Control Pass Alarm
• Master Board
• Entry Control ???
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AccountabilityEntry Control
• To monitor entrance into a hazardous area
• Entry Control check point established
• Check in / out mandatory
• Large incidents may have more than one
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•New style tags are made of lightweight New style tags are made of lightweight aluminum with personalized labelsaluminum with personalized labels•Easy and fast to replace if lost.Easy and fast to replace if lost.•Old style tags will be replaced as neededOld style tags will be replaced as needed•Does not matter which tag you use where.Does not matter which tag you use where.
New Type of TagsNew Type of Tags
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AccountabilityWhy Entry Control?
• Two In Two Out• Entry Control Officer• Hazardous Area
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Firefighters are responsible to advise Command, Accountability Officer or the Entry Control Officer as they exit a structure, and to pick up their second tag and disarm their PASS alarm if their next assignment will not involve interior operations.
• 2nd Tag attaches to pass key.
• Entry Control keeps both tag and pass key until FF exits
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AccountabilityPersonnel Accountability Reports
A verification to Incident Command that all personnel are accounted for should an issue of safety occur at an emergency scene.
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AccountabilityReasons For P.A.R.
• A report of a missing or trapped firefighter • A team is reported by Entry Control to have
worked in a hazardous area• In breathing apparatus for more than the minimum
allowable time of the bottle• A sudden hazardous event• A search and rescue operation is complete• A change in operations from an offensive to a
defensive mode• At any time Command deems it necessary
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Accountability is not tags…It is knowing where your people areAnd what they are doing!
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Command Accountability System
• Must be utilized at all incidents, regardless of size
• Is a requirement under OH&S Section 21 guidelines
• Is there YOUR SAFETY
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Command Accountability System
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