Transcript Size up & Incident Command - DSED Fire Protection District

Size Up & Incident
Command
A Guide for Initial Command
Actions
Initial Command Actions
Will Often Determine the Future
Course of the Incident
5 Step Method
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Arrival
Report on Conditions
Declare Assuming Incident Command
Action Plan Statement
Resources Needed
1. ARRIVAL
►A
Brief Statement That You Are At Scene
“Camino, ____(your I.D.), At Scene”
►
Confirm Address or Location of Incident
“2345 ______ Road”
2. Report On Conditions
►A
Brief Description of the Incident
 (What do you see?… paint a picture for Dispatch & for those listening)
 Describe Occupancy Use, Building Type, or Construction
► Key
Phrases Are Useful
 Some Typical Key Phrases for Structure Fires:
►“Nothing
Showing”
►“Smoke Showing” or “Fire & Smoke Showing”
►“Fully Involved” or % or “Room & Contents”
►“Building Evacuated”
Report on Conditions
Continued
►Key Phrases
 Size:
for Wildland Incidents:
 Rate of Spread:
 Fuel Type:
 Direction of Spread:
►Note:
“____Acres”
“Slow, Moderate, Rapid”
“Grass, Brush,Timber”
“Topographical or
N,S,E,W”
Indicate if Threat to Structures
3. Declare Assumption of
Incident Command
► ECC
Assigns Incident Name and Tactical
Frequency / Channel
► Declare Assuming Command
► Confirm the Incident Name, On the Air:
 “I Will Be _____ (Name) I.C. on Tac 9
►
Identify Location of ICP
 “ICP is Located at _______”
When in Charge
Take Charge
Assuming Command vs.
Passing Command
► Tactical
Priority Requires You Take Action
Rather Than Assume Command
► Life Rescue
► Time Factors in Operations
► Limitations on Passing Command
► See District S.O.P. 201, Section IV
4. Action Plan
► An
Initial Statement of Objectives
► Command Texts Often Refer to “Modes”
► Key Action Phrases:
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“Inside to Investigate”
“Interior Attack Line with Rescue”
“Offensive”
“Defensive”
Action Plan
continued
► Assigning
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Other Units In Your Plan
“Engine __, Establish Water Supply”
“Take Ventilation”
“Take the Left Flank”
“Protect Exposures”
“Set Up Traffic Control”
► Note:
Think of RECEO
RECEO
Establish Priorities
►Rescue
►Exposures
►Confinement
►Extinguishment
►Overhaul
►Salvage
& Ventilation
5. Resources Needed
► Do
you have Enough Resources?
 If so, then transmit:
“Can Handle with Units At Scene”
Do you have Authority to Order:
Additional Company’s ? Alarms?
Remember: When in Charge, Take Charge
Staging Resources
► If
You Can’t Find the Incident, Consider
Staging Your Incoming Units
 “Have All Units Hold Present Location”
► Useful
Technique: Staging Area
► Note: If You Must Create a Staging Area
 Assign a Staging Area Manager (STAM)
Canceling Resources
► If
Not Needed, Canceling is a Valid Option
► Better to Order Too Much Than Not Enough
► Never Too Late to Cancel Resources
► You Can Always Send Them Home
► Asserting a Cancellation is a Function of
Command
If you know a Medic Unit will
Transport:
“Camino, Medic 48 Committed”
All Risk Considerations
►Mass
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Declare an MCI
►Haz

Mat
Isolate, Identify, Deny Entry & Notify (S.I.N.)
►Law
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Casualty Incidents
Enforcement
Traffic Control, Road Closure, Early Warning
►Structural
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Collapse
Need to Evacuate from Structure, RIC
Other “Nuggets”
► F.A.T.S.
 Fireground Accountability Tracking System
► L.C.E.S.
(Wildland and “All Risk”)
► Interface
Fires with Threat to Structures:
 Immediate Threat to Life & Property
Use of Checklists & Guides
► The
10 & the 18
► D.O.T Guide
► F.O.G.
► ICS 201 and Other Forms
► Incident Response Pocket Guide
 NFES #1077, January 2004 (See page 12)
 Lots of Reference Resources for you!
Volunteer & Off Duty Response in P.O.V.
► Professionalism
► Cell
Phone with ECC’s Phone Number
► Radio
► How to I.D. Self and Pass Information
► What Is Appropriate vs. What Isn’t
SUMMARY
► It
All Starts With Attitude
► Preparation
► Commitment
 Your Sense of Professional Courtesy
 Seek Information
 The Next Incident will be “Come as you are”
► Practice
(and opportunity to practice
► Are you ready?