Post dispatch thoughts
- crew ability
- Preplans
- time of day
- CAD notes
- HazMat facility
- Rural Water
Calling for more units
- medics
- WFD
- Working fire task force
- Water supply task force
- 2nd alarm
- Mass decon task force
- Civil disturbance task force
Establish Command
Engine___ to fire alarm, I will establish _____command on side____ of the structure
BIR
- water supply
- address
- operating side
- Height in stories
- occupancy
- building type
- conditions
- Command mode (assume, pass, Investigate)
- 360
360 report
- # of stories if different than side A
- Basement status (presence, Conditions, exterior entrances
- Conditions if different than side A
- IAP (Side entering, Task, floor operating, # of personel)
1st engine
- Appropriate handline
- Protect occupants, stairway, extinguish
- IAP
- Benchmarks (Water on fire, Fire location)
2nd Engine
- Ensure water supply
- Two out
- back up line
- Support initial line
- floor above?
3rd engine
- RIT
- RIT 360
- Soften building
- Stage equipment
- monitor fireground activity (accountability)
RIT engine command statement
“engine ___ from command, preform a 360 and report back, establish RIT group on side A with your RIT tools to include a charged handline and RIT Pak. Take proactive measures to increase fire-ground safety and prepare to react in the event of a MAYDAY, Copy?”
4th Engine
- water supply
- position side C
- Charlie side report
- appropriate hand line to side C
- extinguish all vertical and horizontal fire spread
- no more than two lines in one stairway
4th engine command statement
“Engine____from command secure a second water supply and stretch a line to side C, extinguish all vertical and horizontal fire spread and prepare to enter the building via lines over ladder to avoid stairway congestion, copy?”
5th Engine
- Secure 4th water supply
- Prepare to stretch a 4th line at direction of IC
1st truck
- Side A
- Forcible entry
- Control ventilation
- coordinate ventilation with engine company
- ladder side A & B
- Fire floor primary search
- salvage overhaul fire floor
2nd truck
- Side C
- Forcible entry
- Control ventilation
- coordinate ventilation with engine company
- ladder side C & D
- Floor above primary search
- salvage overhaul floor above
- Utilities
Truck Command Statement
“Truck ____ from command, split your crew, exterior crew ladder sides ___&___, coordinate ventilation with interior crews and secure any utilities. Interior crew, primary search fire floor. Identify and control any flow paths, control any utilities and check for extension, copy?”
Rescue Squad
- Position out of the way
- ensure primary and secondary searches
- support ventilation, forcible entry and overhaul
Medic unit
- Position out of the way
- Immediate medical care for civilians and FFs
- Medical equipment and stretcher to side A
- set up rehab
Medic unit commmand statement
“Medic__from command, gather your stretcher and medical equipment and report to side A, canvas the crowd for any patients then set up a aid station and CCP, and prepare to accept any patients, copy?”
Safety officer command statement
“Safety5 from command preform a 360 of the building noting any safety concerns or hazards, assess the structural stability and report back, copy?”
EMS supervisor command statement
“Ems__from command you will have medical group. You are responsible for all patient care and FF rehab and decon. Medic __ has established a CCP and aid station on side A”
IAP
- action being taken
- entrance used
- location of operation
- # of members entering IDLH
