Transcript PowerPoint - Massachusetts Fire District 7
Fire District Strike Teams & STATE FIRE MOBILIZATION TASK FORCES
Massachusetts Fire District 7
26 Cities and Towns located in South Central Massachusetts
MEMBER TOWNS:
Worcester.
Auburn-Blackstone-Brookfield Charlton-Douglas-Dudley-East Brookfield Grafton-Leicester-Mendon-Millbury-Millville Northbridge North Brookfield-Oxford-Paxton Southbridge-Spencer-Sturbridge-Sutton-Upton Uxbridge- Warren-West Brookfield-Webster-
Massachusetts Fire District 7
The District
Geographically segmented into Five Strike Teams
East 1
East 2
Central
West 1
West 2
Massachusetts Fire District 7
Strike Team Composition
Structural
Brush
Tanker
Disaster
Worc. Tankers
Ambulance
Massachusetts Fire District 7
Strike Team Equipment
Structural 4 Engines 1 Ladder Air / Light Unit 2 Comm Units Some Cards have Heavy Rescue Units Some Cards list Alternate Equipment
Massachusetts Fire District 7
Strike Team Equipment
Brush 2 Team Leaders Mix of Engines Brush Trucks 4WD Pick-ups Tankers Comm Units
Massachusetts Fire District 7
Strike Team Equipment
Tankers / Tenders 2 Leaders 4 / 5 Tankers / Tenders Alt / Additional Tankers / Tenders 2 Comm Units
Massachusetts Fire District 7
Strike Team Equipment
Disaster 2 Leaders 2 / 3 Engines 1 Ladder Air / Light Unit 2 Comm Units Some Cards have Heavy Rescue Units Some Cards list Alternate Equipment
Massachusetts Fire District 7
Strike Team Equipment
Worcester Tanker 2 Separate Requests East / Central 5 Tankers / Tenders
Massachusetts Fire District 7
Strike Team Equipment
Ambulance 4 Teams 5 Ambulances 1 Alternate
http://www.massfiredistrict7.com
This lists all the strike teams for the whole district If you go to your area you will see what you send based on the request. Please review these periodically to confirm
Where is the information?
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST
1. The Community requesting the Strike Team will do so after their normal mutual aid plan has been utilized, unless the incident type / size requires an immediate response of a Strike Team
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST
2. The community requesting the Strike team is responsible for designating the staging area and providing directions to the staging area or fire location. Whenever possible, the requesting community will have a fire department officer / official waiting for the Strike Team to arrive on scene.
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST
2. (cont) That fire department official will apprise the Strike Team Commander of the incident scope and will transmit a message to the Incident Commander that the Strike Team Commander is on scene.
Request Procedures
Community Requests
The Dispatcher will call over the County Band and request Strike Team The Control Point will confirm the request and obtain information
Location
Directions Incident or Staging
I. C. contact info
TOWN Auburn - 20 Strike Team Requests Type
Brush Disaster Structural Tanker Amb
Blackstone - 45
Brush Disaster Structural Tanker Amb
Brookfield - 14
Brush Disaster Structural Tanker Amb
1 2 3 4
West 2 East 1 West 2 West 2 East 1 West 2 East 1 East 1 East 2 East 2 East 2 East 2 West 1 West 1 West 1 West 1 West 2 West 2 West 2 West 2 Central Central Central Central Central City East 1 East 1 East 1 East 1 East East 2 East 2 East 2 East 2
Charlton - 24
Brush Disaster Structural Tanker Amb East 1 East 1 East 1 East 1 East 2 East 2 East 2 East 2
Douglas - 42
Brush Disaster Structural Tanker Amb Central Central Central Central West 2 West 2 West 2 West 2 West 1 West 1 West 1 West 1
Dudley - 23
Brush Disaster Structural Tanker Amb West 1 Central Central Central Central West 1 West 1 West 1 East 2 East 2 East 2 East 2 East 1 East 1 East 1 East 1
TOWN Douglas - 42 Type Millbury - 34 Sutton - 40
Brush Disaster Structural Tanker Amb Brush Disaster Structural Tanker Amb Brush Disaster Structural Tanker Amb
1 2 3
Central Central Central Central West 2 West 2 West 2 West 2 West 1 West 1 West 1 West 1
4
Central Central Central East 2 East 2 East 2 East 2 Central West 2 West 2 West 2 West 1 West 1 West 1 West 1 West 2 East 2 East 2 East 2 East 2 Central Central Central Central West 2 West 2 West 2 West 2 West 1 West 1 West 1 West 1
Request Procedures
Response
Station 25 Southbridge or Station 41 Northbridge will call for a Strike Team Response to your dispatch.
The Dispatcher will tone out the Department for a (brush, structure, tanker or disaster) strike team activation.
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM RESPONSE
3. The responding communities are responsible for knowing what equipment or alternate equipment to send for each type of Strike Team. All available apparatus listed on the Strike Team Run Card shall be sent upon request, unless that unit is out of service at the time of the call.
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM RESPONSE
3. (cont.) In the event that apparatus is not available at the time of the call, the responding community shall, whenever possible, fill in with apparatus of the same type.
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM RESPONSE
3. (cont.) If alternate apparatus is not available, the community shall notify the Control Point dispatcher, who will contact the communities on that particular Strike Team to see if they can fill in with the appropriate apparatus
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM RESPONSE
3. (cont.) If those communities can not fill in with the appropriate apparatus, the Control Point Dispatcher shall contact another community, not on the Strike Team, to see if they can fill in for the assigned apparatus
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM RESPONSE
4. Communications between the local Department and the Control Point will remain on the low band frequency 33.62 MHz County Band
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST & RESPONSE
What is the response mode ?
Incident Scene Lights / Siren
Incident Staging Area Lights / Siren Always ??
Remote Staging Area for future assignment
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST & RESPONSE
What is the radio channel ?
Where can I find that information??
District 7 Fire Repeater Channel Orange
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST & RESPONSE
Who do I call?
Station 25 ??
Station 41 ??
NO, CALL THE STRIKE COMMANDER ONLY.
* * DO NOT CALL STAGING OR ANYONE ELSE.
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST & RESPONSE
Communications between the local department and responding strike teams will move over the District 7 – VHF ORANGE channel for response coordination.
The District 7
ORANGE
channel will be for communications for the following areas.
Command staff Command staff Staging area Strike team commander strike teams staging area strike team commander strike team apparatus
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST & RESPONSE
Responding Communications on District 7
ORANGE
: Strike Team Commander will sign on the air with the District Control Point (Southbridge or Northbridge) Strike Team Apparatus will sign on the air with the respective Strike Team Commander when they are responding to the staging area Commander and Apparatus will remain on the
ORANGE
channel until they arrive at staging or the incident The Strike Team Commander will communicate with the District Control Point when the strike team has arrived at the staging area.
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST & RESPONSE
A Communications plan will be developed with command by the Incident Dispatch Team that responds with the Strike Team D7
RED
and
BLUE
should be utilized to assist with communications and allow for UHF and Low band resources to be utilized at the incident scene.
PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST & RESPONSE
Is there any paperwork for it ? ?
Each town should have received manifest forms at a District 7 Chief’s meeting for your vehicles. You must provide them to the Commander when you arrive at the location.
Paperwork ?
Massachusetts Fire & EMS Mobilization Plan
Massachusetts Fire & EMS Mobilization Plan
15 Fire Districts
4 Regions
Fire District Regions Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4
Massachusetts Fire & EMS Mobilization Plan
Task Force Composition
Structural
Brush
Tanker
Disaster
Ambulance
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Task Force Equipment
Structural 2 Leaders 5 / 6 Engines 1 / 2 Ladder Alt Engines Alt Ladders Alt Leaders
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Task Force Equipment
Tanker / Tender 2 Leaders 5 / 6 Tankers / Tenders 2 / 3 Engines Alt Tankers / Tenders Alt Engines Alt Leaders
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Task Force Equipment
Forestry 2 Leaders Tankers / Tenders Breakers Trucks Alt Equipment Some have a Mechanic
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Task Force Equipment
Disaster 2 Leaders Engines Ladders Tankers Rescues Search Teams Alt Equipment
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Task Force Equipment
Ambulance 2 Leaders 5 Ambulances Alternate Amb Alternate Leader
Massachusetts Fire & EMS Mobilization Plan
http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/mema/ This lists all the State Task Forces
Where is the information?
Massachusetts Fire & EMS Mobilization Plan
What is the response mode ?
Incident Scene Lights / Siren
Incident Staging Area Lights / Siren Always ??
Remote Staging Area for future assignment
Designated Rally Point
Then proceed as a group to the location
Massachusetts Fire & EMS Mobilization Plan
District Broken into 4 areas for Response
7 A
7 B
7 C
7 D
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District Broken into 3 areas for Receiving Aid
Response Area 1 Brookfield, Charlton, Dudley, E. Brookfield, N. Brookfield, Spencer, Southbridge, Sturbridge, Warren, W. Brookfield
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District Broken into 3 areas for Receiving Aid
Response Area 2 Auburn, Douglas, Leicester, Milbury, Oxford, Sutton, Webster, Worcester
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District Broken into 3 areas for Receiving Aid
Response Area 3 Blackstone, Grafton, Mendon, Millville, Northbridge, Upton, Uxbridge
What are the Differences ? ?
What are they ? ?
Who requests which and where can either go ? ?