2020 - Personnel Accountability System

Question 1

Who shall be responsible for maintaining this document.

Answer 1

The Deputy Chief of Emergency Operations

Question 2

Who shall be responsible for:

1. Overall accountability of personnel under his/her command at the incident scene
2. Using the personnel accountability system, as adopted by TFD in conjunction with the TFD Incident Management System Plan, to account for the location and assignment of all companies, teams and other resources
3. Assigning the Accountability Officer over the tactical channel
4. Completing a PAR prior to standing down the RIC

Answer 2

The Incident Commander

Question 3

Who shall be responsible for maintaining the accountability system for personnel at an incident scene as directed by the Incident Commander.

Answer 3

The Accountability Officer

Question 4

Who shall be responsible for maintaining an awareness of the location and assignment of those personnel working for or with them.

Answer 4

Company Officers/Team Leaders

Question 5

Who shall be responsible for maintaining an adequate supply of spare personnel accountability components at battalion offices.

Answer 5

Incident Safety Officers

Question 6

Helmet Shield. 3”x5” heavy plastic shield with zone and company (e.g.; 80-L-2). Color-coded as follows:

Answer 6

officers - white, 
firefighters - yellow, 
paramedics - orange, 
HazMat - green, 
Safety - blue.

Question 7

Roll call of all personnel assigned to crews and sectors identified and organized by the Incident Commander for the purpose of confirming the accuracy of the accountability system and/or determining the identity of a lost/trapped firefighter.

Answer 7

Personnel Accountability Report (PAR).

Question 8

A group of fire districts or fire departments that comprise a specific geographic area in a county. Tacoma is ______

Answer 8

Resource Zone.

Zone 8.

Question 9

All TFD personnel shall enter into the personnel accountability system before:

Answer 9

participating in incident mitigation.

Question 10

_____________ shall maintain a supply of make-up nametags. _______________shall have a make-up kit for company designators and temporary ID tags.

Answer 10

Each station

Each Battalion Chief unit

Question 11

1. IMS Section Chiefs and/or supervisors shall use accountability boards carried on:
2. Accountability boards shall be used for displaying ID tags and tracking the following information:
   a, b, c, d

Answer 11

1. Battalion vehicles.
2. a. Partner(s)
   b. Assignment
   c. Radio designation
   d. Location

Question 12

When personnel are on duty this tag shall remain:

Answer 12

on the turnout coat throughout the tour of duty.

Question 13

Expanding IMS Accountability

1. Whenever the Incident Commander divides an incident by establishing a group, division or section, the Incident Commander also shall expand accountability by providing that new IMS division with an accountability board and an Accountability Officer.
2. Personnel assigned to groups, divisions or sections shall transfer their ID tags from the Incident Commander’s accountability board to:
3. The ID tag of the IMS supervisor shall be placed on the ______ accountability board by ___________
4. When any changes in accountability are made, the Incident Commander shall brief all affected companies/teams on the changes, either over the radio or face to face.

Answer 13

2. the appropriate IMS supervisor’s accountability board.
3. Incident Commander’s
   the Accountability Officer.

Question 14

______________ shall serve as a temporary collection point for ID tags until a formal command post is established.

Answer 14

The first arriving apparatus

Question 15

Absolutely NO entry shall be made into the hot zone by TFD personnel unless they are:

Answer 15

assigned a task from the Incident Commander or their IMS supervisor.

Question 16

No entry into a hot zone shall be made without .

Additionally, no exit shall be made from the hot zone without:

Answer 16

a partner
a partner(s). 
     a. The only exception is injury or death, when an individual decides s/he must leave his/her partner to get help

Question 17

All personnel shall report any major changes in location to:

Answer 17

his/her IMS supervisor.
a. Major changes shall include movement into or out of the hot zone, changing floors, movement into or out of exposures, and in large structures, movement into or out of interior quadrants

Question 18

ID Tag Collection

Answer 18

1. Prior to hot zone entry, personnel shall remove the ID tag from their turnout coats and give it to the company/team leader.
2. The leader shall attach personnel ID tags to his/her ID tag with the company designator.
3. The leader shall give the company/team ID tags to the Incident Commander or the Accountability Officer.
4. Personnel assigned to Rehab shall give their IDtags to the Rehab Manager.
5. Personnel assigned to Staging shall give their ID tags to the Staging Manager.
6. If a formal command post has not been established, companies/teams shall hang their company/team ID tags on the receptacle provided inside the driver’s door of the first arriving company apparatus.
   a. The exception to this is when the first arriving Company Officer identifies a different location for entry into the hot zone and identifies which apparatus shall be the temporary collection point for ID tags

Question 19

1. The Incident Commander may order a PAR for the following reasons:

Answer 19

a. Any report of a lost or trapped firefighter
b. Change in strategy
c. Following an order to abandon or withdraw from a building
d. Unforeseen catastrophic event (e.g.; building collapse, explosion, backdraft, etc.)
e. To account for all personnel before standing down the RIC
f. Any time the Incident Commander feels it is necessary

Question 20

The PAR shall include:

Answer 20

a. Who: Radio designator and company member names
b. What: Current assignment or task
c. Where: Location

Question 21

Alert tones and a radio announcement by the Incident Commander shall precede an order to abandon a building.
True or false?

Answer 21

True

Question 22

6.0 PROCEDURE FOR ORDERING A PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT (PAR)
6.1 Incident Commander
For a building collapse, suspected lost/trapped firefighter, following an order to abandon a structure and/or change in strategy

Answer 22

1. Make the announcement, “Command to all personnel, prepare for PAR.”
2. Ask each direct report for a PAR.
   Examples: “Command to Roof Ventilation, PAR.”
   “Roof Ventilation, Jones and Smith, NE corner roof”
   “Command to Search Team A, PAR”
   “Search Team A, Smith, Jones, Stevens, Searching Floor 2” “Command to Division 5, PAR”
   “Division 5, Smith, Jones, Adams, Brown, Davis, Card and Williams, Floor 5” 3.
   Continue the process until all personnel are accounted for.