Accountability 201.03 Flashcards
The purpose of this Accountability procedure is
to ?
account for all fire fighters operating in the hot zone
The hot zone will be defined as ?
Any area that requires the use of an SCBA.
Who must make a strong personal commitment to follow all policies and procedures regarding
accountability ?
Each person involved in an incident whether at the strategic, tactical, or task level of an incident
Command / strategic – addresses the strategic level of accountability by the tracking of all
crews and sectors/divisions/groups by location and function on a What?
tactical worksheet
What two things should company officers maintain current at all times for personnel responding on the
apparatus?
PASSPORT and MCT roster
Company officers must ensure that all crew members have proper company ID on what and
nametag across what ?
scba face piece and helmet.
Company officer must ensure that the _________ is delivered to their accountability location prior
to entering the hot zone and retrieved upon exiting the hot zone.
passport
The Accountability system will increase firefighter safety and provide the incident command team, sector officers/Division/Group Supervisor, and company officers a means to do what two things?
Track the location of firefighters
and function of firefighters on the scene.
Company officers must obtain PARs for their crews, which is a confirmation that all members assigned to his/her crew are accounted for and have an adequate what ?
exit air supply.
All crews work for command or sectors there is no ?
NO free lancing
A minimum crew size is ?
two or more members
Each member must have a ______ to communicate.
radio
All crews entering the _____ _____ must have a supervisor and crews must go in together, stay together, and come out together
hot zone
The entire crew will exit if an SCBA, radio, or any equipment that could compromise what ?
safety fails while in the hot zone
The _______ system will be used to effectively track firefighters in the hot zone
passport
Accountability equipment for each piece of apparatus and shift consists of what 4 things ?
- A passport with a pouch
- Small company ID tag
- Helmet ID stickers
- Hose ID tag
Passports are ?
- Bright yellow tags
- 3x4 inches
- Marked by company ID and shift
The small company ID tag is kept in a pocket on the back of the passport pouch and is used to replace the passport at the pump panel in the event that accountability is what ?
tracked closer to the building by a sector
When entering the hot zone with a partial crew, such as when an engineer remains at the engine to pump lines, the company officer must what ?
remove his nametag from the passport
Implementation of the passport system will occur at any incident that requires What to be used ?
use of an SCBA.
The first company on scene will give an on scene report. In the follow up report, their accountability unit identification and ________ _________ will be announced.
geographic location, north, south, east, west,
As stage units are assigned, each crew will deliver their passport to who?
The engineer of the engine where they deployed a hand line.
The engineer becomes the ________ officer for the crews that took the hose lines from his/her apparatus.
accountability
Ladder crews will leave their passports on the ladder dash when going where to do what ?
to the roof to perform ventilation
BACK UP ACCOUNTABILITY KIT are where ?
on every engine
All crews entering the hot zone must have a ?
supervisor
PAR (personnel accountability report) will be required for the following 7 situations ?
- Any report of a missing or trapped fire fighter
- Any change from offensive to defensive
- Any sudden hazardous event at the incident - flash over, back draft, collapse, May Day, etc.
- As companies report an all clear.
- As companies report under control.
- At every 30 minutes of elapsed time.
- Any time Command feels it is necessary
Passport accountability will be maintained throughout the entire incident. Accountability can be
terminated following a report of “____ _____ _____”, at which time a PAR for all crews must be
obtained.
“fire under control,”
6 Passport Rules
- Will reflect only those personnel presently in the hot zone
- Will be delivered to accountability location prior to entering the hot zone
- Will be maintained at the point of entry to the hot zone
- Never enter the hot zone
- Will be retrieved by crews upon exiting the hot zone
- Accountability location is the engine where the crew deployed the hose line
When going to the interior of the structure, each ladder crew will deliver their passport to
the engine closest to the what?
point of entry
The PAR is a confirmation that all members are accounted for and have what ?
an adequate exit air supply
MULTI-STORY / HIGH-RISE
All crews reporting to the building will deliver their passports to the _______ _______.
building lobby
MULTI-STORY / HIGH-RISE
The hoseline ID tag will be taken by who and to what location ?
by each crew to mark their hose line in the stairwell at the standpipe
If exiting the hot zone at a location other then where you entered the crew must notify who and retrieve what ?
accountability officer and retrieve their passport
