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MABAS FOR
TELECOMMUNICATORS
22ND ANNUAL
APCO-INENA-ICC CONFERENCE
2006
PRESENTATION COVERAGE
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HISTORY OF MABAS
BASIC DISPATCHING TECHNIQUES
NEW BOX CARD FORMAT
THE STATEWIDE PLAN
QUESTIONS??
A BIT OF HISTORY……
• City of Chicago divided into 18
battalion districts after Great
Chicago Fire of 1871.
•Companies relocated
to provide coverage
where needed when call
volume higher.
More History…
• Elk Grove FD adopted
procedure creating 1st
MABAS Box Cards in
1968 for Northwest
Suburbs
• Over 1300 fire
departments from
Illinois, Wisconsin,
Missouri, Indiana and
Iowa make up
MABAS today
Primary Purpose
• Coordinate effective and efficient provisions
of mutual aid during an Emergency, Natural
or Man Made Disaster
Provisions
• Immediate Assistance
• Special Response
Teams
• Specialized Equipment
• Contractual
Agreement covering
responsibilities and
liabilities for all
member departments
• Standard policies
Current Illinois
MABAS Divisions
70+ Divisions in Illinois,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri &
Indiana
More Divisions coming on
board every month!
Box Alarm Cards
• Each department has their own
• Basic Templates available for - Structure Fire,
Tender, Brush, EMS, Special Rescue, Target Hazard
• Can be assigned based on special circumstances or
geographic areas
• Provides for change of quarters companies
• Distributed to surrounding departments and
dispatch centers
New Box Card Design
• Standard template created to
assist new and existing
Divisions redesigned in 2004
• Changes made to the
“Traditional Style” to make it
easier to understand and
reduce errors.
• 4 Letter abbreviations
eliminated and full names of
departments are used.
• Change of Quarters section
incorporated to each level.
Station number added in ( )
• No limit to number of levels
• Last level reserved for
“Interdivisional Request”
• Tankers replaced with Tenders
New Box Card Design-Complete
DEPARTME NT NAME:
BOX ALA RM TYPE:
EFFECTIVE DA TE:
MABAS DIVIS ION:
FERMILAB
STRUCTURES WITH HYDRANTS
8/1/05
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BOX ALA RM #:
LOCA TION OR AREA:
7111
AREA WIDE
AUTHORIZE D SIGNA TURE:
Chief
LOCAL DISPATCH AREA:
ALARM
LEV EL
STILL
ENGINES
TENDERS
Brush Truck/
TRUCKS
SQUADS
EMS
BATAVIA &
GENEVA
2 FERMILAB
CHIEFS
SPECIAL
EQUIPMENT
CHANGE OF
QUARTERS (STA #)
FERMILAB
MABAS BOX ALARM:
ALARM
LEVEL
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BOX
ND
2
ENGINES
TENDE RS
N. AURORA
BATAVIA
AURORA
GENEVA
NAPERV ILLE
WINFIELD
SQUADS
ELBURN
W. CHICAGO
LISLE WOODRIDGE
RD
3
TRUCKS
ST. CHARLES
EMS
BATAVIA
WINFIELD
MONTGOME RY
AURORA
CHIEFS
SPECIAL
EQUIPMENT
BATAVIA
N. AURORA
AURORA
WNFIELD
GENEVA
W. CHICAGO
ELBURN
ST. CHARLES
TH
4
SUGAR GRV
TH
5
SOUTH PARK
INTE RDIV IS IONAL
REQUEST
ST
1 CHOICE
DIVISION 2
INFORMA TION:
STA TION ADDRESS: 900 S. KIRK RD
ND
2 CHOICE
DIVISION 6
RD
3 CHOICE
DIVISION 10
CHANGE OF
QUARTERS (S TA
ST. CHARLES
WHEATON
Or… adapt them to suit your needs
The MABAS executive committee has okayed
the adaptation of box alarm cards within the
dispatch center as lo9ng as pertinent
information is not changed.
If the FD format doesn’t work for your center Here are some examples of other formats that
may make it easier:
Geneva Fire Department
Paper Card Option
MABAS Box Card Number: 2910
Efffective Date: 1-01-04
Incident: City Residential
Agency:
North Aurora
Fermilab
Batavia
West Chicago
Elburn
Winfield
St. Charles
Equipment/ Personnel:
1st Box
Engine & Chief
Engine
Ambulance
Truck
Chief
Engine
Ambulance
Destination:
Winfield
St. Charles
South Elgin
West Chicago
Carol Stream
Wheaton
2nd Box
Engine from Station 1
Truck
Engine
Squad & Chief
Engine
Truck
Scene
Scene
Scene
Scene
Station 1
Station 1
Carol Stream
Wheaton
Warrenville
Sugar Grove
Glen Ellyn
3rd Box
Engine from Station 1
Truck from Station 1
Engine
Engine
Truck
Scene
Scene
Scene
Station 1
Station 1
Sugar Grove
Glen Ellyn
Aurora
Bartlett
4th Box
Engine from Station 1
Truck from Station 1
Engine
Engine
Scene
Scene
Scene
Station 1
Bartlett
Naperville
Lisle-Woodridge
5th Box
Engine from Station 1
Engine
Engine
Scene
Scene
Station 1
Scene
Scene
Scene
Scene
Scene
Station 1
Station 1
•Portrait option
•List Towns/Equipment
•Not Equipment/Towns
•Bold your own towns
•COQ’s stay at bottom
Browser Option
•This option works like a website
•Does not require an internet connection
– just a Windows Browser
•Point and click accuracy
•Allows for access to more functions
Communications
MABASRADIO.org
Valuable resource for Advocacy
Statements & Recommended
Practices. Everything needed for
MABAS radio communications
Communications (cont’d)
• Each MABAS Division designates a
Primary and Back Up Dispatch Center
• Both with paging capabilities
• All MABAS alarms and dispatches carried
out over IFERN.
• Narrow-Band Channel IFERN2 coming
soon to be used during disaster ops by
Statewide Response Teams
NIMS
National Incident Management System
Adopted as the SOP for all
MABAS members for incident
management in 2003
NIMS provides a consistent nationwide
template to enable all government, privatesector, and non-governmental organizations to
work together during domestic incidents.
Communications (cont’d)
• 6 Current Fireground
Frequencies
• Red, White, Blue, Gold, Black, Gray
• Low power
• Incident Scene Coordination
• Statewide wireless voice radio
system by Motorola allowing
users to talk virtually anywhere
in the state
• Effective and Cost Efficient
network giving users
interoperability they could not
achieve on their own
• ITTF offered every PD, FD,
EMA, Public Health Agency and
Com Center in Illinois a control
station or radio in 2004
• More information available at
www.mabasradio.org
Box Alarm Requests
• Emergency situations that exceed a stricken
departments capabilities can generate a MABAS
Box Alarm Dispatch
• Organized Box Cards prevent self-dispatching
and overloading the IC or Local Dispatch center
• If you’re not asked for – DON’T GO!
Box Alarm Request (cont’d)
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Procedure
Mutual Aid need determined by IC
Appropriate Box # and level determined
Staging area determined
Local dispatch center advised MABAS is
being activated
MABAS dispatch center contacted to
request the Box on IFERN by IC
Box Alarm Request (cont’d)
Information MABAS Dispatcher Needs
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Requesting Department
Box Alarm Number
Level
Nature/ Location
Staging
Authority
Incident Communications
• IC and Staging Ofcrs. must
monitor IFERN
• Primary fireground
frequency monitored by the
Incident Commander or
his designee
• Dispatch and IC
communications on IFERN
• Scene operations occur on
fireground freqs.
MABAS Dispatch Communications
• Dispatcher monitors
IFERN continuously
• Acknowledges request
for Box Alarm
• Locates Alarm Card and
prepares the dispatch
• Activate Tones
• Dispatch Box Alarm
• Keeps IC abreast of any
updates/changes
Statewide Mutual Aid
The Coloring Book
• Guideline created by the
MABAS Executive Committee
in conjunction with the Office
of Homeland Security and the
Illinois Terrorism Taskforce.
• Designed for the specific
purpose of planning for
activation of the Statewide
Mutual Aid Plan and local
subsequent responses.
Statewide Mutual Aid
MABAS vs. Statewide
MABAS - SPEED of Response:
• RADIO - IFERN – STAGING
STATEWIDE PLAN - QUANTITY of Response:
• TELEPHONE - RECEPTION AREA SUSTAINMENT
Statewide Mutual Aid
Statewide Plan Methods
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MABAS / ITTF / IEMA Driven
MOU Signed January 16, 2001
Activated by Declaration of Disaster
Governor’s Mobile Support Teams
Liabilities, Reimbursements, Authority
Links MABAS & Non-MABAS Agencies
Fire/EMS/Special Ops - State Asset
4 Region Design
All Hazards / All Risks
Checklists
•RED - Security Validation Code
•Communications Authentication Code
(MATRIX)
•FACT Message
•On Scene Visual Validations (ARMBANDS)
•Homeland Security Threat
Status Checklists
•Located in Northbrook at Fire Station #12
•Dispatch center for 6 Suburban Fire Departments and 3
Fire-Protection Districts
•Dispatch center for MABAS Division III
•Lead dispatch center for Statewide Mutual Aid Box
Alarm System
•Orland Central Dispatch is their backup
Activation of Statewide Aid
Activation information will by given by RED
Center, Orland or IEMA EOC when the plan is
activated.
-including requested equipment,
routing, reception site and validation code. The
POD chief will get this information from Tri-Com
only if RED Center is unable to.
Activation of Statewide Aid
MABAS Dispatch Centers•Will contact Local Dispatch Centers by phone.
•Local Dispatch Centers will use tone w/generic
message too have the fire departments call their
dispatch center for information or call them by
phone. Relay information given by RED via phone
to command officer.
•Use checklists to track all apparatus, manpower &
equipment reported by the fire departments.
Activation of Statewide Aid
Local Dispatch Centers•Will use tone w/generic message too have the fire
departments call their dispatch center for information
or call them by phone. Information received from
MABAS center will be relayed.
•Contact MABAS Center back with availability of
requested equipment and personnel within 30 minutes
Activation of Statewide Aid
Fire Departments-
•Need to acknowledge the box alarm and availability of
their resources within 20 minutes and contact local
dispatch via phone or local radio frequency if possible
•Responding units en route to the POD and
responding to reception area SHALL NOT transmit on
IFERN!
•Once at the reception area, a staging officer will then
direct frequency assignments for operations
•All units will respond together as a “package”
Activation of Statewide Aid
MABAS Dispatch Center-
•Will gather the information from the dispatch centers.
•Will fill in a requested resource not available from a primary fire department,
with a secondary fire department resource on the box card
•When the highest ranking officer in the POD calls, he will report his name,
rank, department, that he is in the POD ready to receive information. He will
give a call back number and hang up.
•The MABAS center will verify the ranking officer’s identity Then call RED
and relay the name & call back number for RED to relay routing, reception
and validation code.
•Only if instructed by RED will MABAS Division relay any security
information
Activation of Statewide Aid
Deployment Procedure-
•Available Chiefs will respond to the POD to help organize and activate
the responding “package”
•POD Coordinator maintains a log of all activities on form and assign
other duties to responding chiefs (i.e.)
Accountability Worksheet
Emergency Contact Information
Personal Equipment Check
Electronic Equipment Check
Deployment Bag Worksheet
POD Activity Log
MABAS Communications
Directions & Maps
Vehicle Assignments
Money Transfers
•The apparatus designated by the statewide box card will meet at the POD.
NO MORE – NO LESS!
Activation of Statewide Aid
POD Arrival•Check in for accountability - Picture ID and PASSPORTS required
•Incident briefing
•Member information form
•Additional personal clothing/equipment cache issued if required
•Security: personal gear will be searched. Electronic equipment will
be inventoried and collected. Items will travel with the team and
may only be used for emergencies or when authorized by the team
leader.
•Team leader will be issued a cash stipend for operational needs.
Activation of Statewide Aid
REMEMBER
Response to the POD for
statewide deployment is
NON-emergency!