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 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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