Transcript Assume, Confirm, and Position of Command 1st Function of
Command Function #4
Deployment
Henderson Fire Department Incident Command Training
Objectives
Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to:
Identify the basic concept of incident-deployment management.
Explain the dispatch/communication process as it relates to deployment management.
Describe how an Incident commander determines incident resource needs.
Demonstrate level I, level II staging, and On-Deck staging. Demonstrate incident accountability and incident evolution.
Competencies
Predict resources based on the most rapid, accurate, current, and forecasted event profile you can develop based on the tactical objectives.
Maintain awareness of local / area response capabilities.
Use staging, assignment by the IC and accountability SOPs to get firefighters into the standard work cycle.
Maintain current, accurate, resource inventory; always maintain an appropriate resource reserve and tracking on a tactical worksheet.
Overview
Deployment is where we mobilize and begin to physically address the incident problem.
The IC does the other seven functions of command in order to manage deployment
Command Function #4
Deployment Major Goal:
“To provide and manage a steady, adequate, timely stream of appropriate resources.”
Command Function #4
Competency:
Predict resources based on the most rapid, accurate, current, and forecasted event profile you can develop based on the tactical objectives.
The deployment process begins with the customer’s initial call for help.
Responders.
In a very practical way, dispatch and responders basically share command.
Command Function #4 IC must compare the event profile and the response profile to call for the additional resources required.
Event profile – What type of problem is it?
– How big is it now/how big do you think it will get?
– How long has it been going on/how long do you think it will go on?
Response profile – What resources are on scene?
– When will the responding resources arrive on scene?
– What additional resources are required?
Command Function #4
Competency:
Maintain awareness of local / area response capabilities.
IC have a good grasp of the available area personnel, equipment, apparatus and the systems used to activate and manage those resources.
The IC must also be familiar with how long it takes to get them to the scene.
Additionally, responding company and command officers should advise when they will be delayed.
Command Function #4
Deployment Competency:
Use staging, assignment by the IC and accountability SOPs to get firefighters into the standard work cycle.
Incident scene deployment begins with staging.
Staging SOPs create a standard “entry gate.” Level I staging is automatically activated.
Level II staging creates a huge command advantage.
Command Function #4
On Deck
On Deck = Forward Staging
On Deck crews can be used to:
- Relieve existing crews - Reinforce a current position - Cover a new position - Rescue
Command Function #4
On Deck:
- Places resources in the correct positions prior to the need.
- Provides division supervisors sufficient resources to get the job done.
- Puts us in the best position to keep pace with (or ahead of) the incident problem power curve.
Command Function #4
- The IC should instruct the company officer to report back when they arrive at their position
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Crews in transit between staging and division or division to division should always notify command of their arrival.
- Crews can report to division officers in established divisions.
Example:
E1 E3 E2
Example:
E1 E3 E2 E5 On-Deck E4 On-Deck
Command Function #4
3 Deep Deployment Model
Hot Zone E-81 E-83 E-82 Warm Zone Div E-97 On-Deck On-Deck E-98 Level II Staging E 1 T 1 E 2 E 3 E 4 E 5
D/G Co.s working in the Hazard Zone On-Deck Companies Companies in Staging
When Manpower Allows
- One crew inside working
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One crew available for relief - One crew to step in to the relief position while the original crew is refilling their air - This becomes the basis for continuous rotation
Command Function #4
Assignment by the IC
The Command and Control cornerstone of everything we do.
Manage Work Cycle Periodically Recycle or Rehab
Round Trip Deployment Practices
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Everyone that goes in – comes out
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Must follow SOP’s to get into the (game) IAP properly
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Have right equip-tools prior to entering hazard zone
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Have Company IAP prior to entering hazard zone
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Never leave hose line – proper spacing on the line
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Within voice, vision or touch (use the TIC)
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Know crews air consumption rates
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Have an exit plan
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Max depth into structures: 150 feet
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Work time once on air: 10 – 12 minutes
Command Function #4
Work / Rest Cycle
Interior Work Time 10 - 12 Min.
Defines the “work cycle”
Should be agreed on as part of the Round Trip Ticket
May vary based on crew fitness levels
The decision to leave the hazard zone must be based on having a reserve air supply to exit safely
Mobile Air Supply
Command should provide a “ forward” air supply to the divisions as soon as possible.
Air supply has this capability if they can spot their apparatus within 300 to 400 feet of the critical divisions.
Command Function #4
Recycle
Not Rehab… you’re going back to work
Still Assigned to your original div/grp
1 st bottle off of the pack, 2 nd engine – spare air cylinders bottle from the
Crew stay together and returns to div/grp together
Be prepared to go right back to work
Check-out/check-in with the div/grp supervisor when recycling
REHAB
Crews may rotate in and out of the “hot zone” within the division itself to maximize manpower.
Once a Company is assigned out of the division to Rehab Group they must be re assigned out of Rehab by Command.
IC may determine if Company “Recycling” or a formal “Rehab” is appropriate.
Command Function #4
Review: Staging, On-deck, Recycle, and Rehab SOPs
Goal of Accountability
To enable us to track crew members at all times and to identify the location all units inside the hazard zone.
To effectively track the location of all crews operating in the hazard zone , we need three things: 1. Hold company officers and/or team leaders accountable for the unity of their crew.
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“Incident-specific” assignments given by a single IC (utilizing a tactical worksheet).
3. Require crews to inform Command when they have completed their assignments and are leaving a specific area to work another area.
Strategic
The IC starts the accountability process by first recording and then tracking the assignment status and location of resources.
Accountability benchmarks “PARs” PARs mean the crew is in the assigned location, doing ok and in contact with the IC or Division/Group
PARs
Required for the following situations: All clear Knockdown Change in strategy (Offensive to Defensive) 20 minute elapsed time Any report of a missing or trapped firefighter Sudden hazardous event Any time Command feels it is necessary
Passports
Kept on dash
Passport, TeleStaff Roster, and Helmet ID updated at beginning of shift
Command Function #4
Deployment Competency:
Maintain current, accurate, resource inventory; always maintain an appropriate resource reserve and tracking on a tactical worksheet.
Control the position and function.
Major tool = TWS (along with a radio).
Tactical reserve
Accountability / Tracking System
A tracking system should be able to answer three critical questions Who’s on the fireground?
- Where are they on the fireground?
- What are the doing?