AIIMS Flashcards
1
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Duties of Incident Controller (IC)
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- Chair and manage EMT
- Authroise Public Information and Warnings
- Establish and take control
- Establish a control facility
- Establish and maintain a management structure
- Establish procedures that permit control to be exercised
- Assess the situation, identify risks and determine priorities
- Monitor and Review Safety and Welfare
- Facilitate Media Management
- Develop, Implement and monitor IAP
- Communicate within Control Structure
2
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Duties of Operations Officer (OO)
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- Brief the IC on current strategies when handing over control
- Establish Safety Officers, Sectors, Staging, BA Entry and allocate resources to enable safe work practices to be implemented
- Manage all activities undertaken to resolve incident
- Implement Operations component of IAP
- Implement process for briefing personnel (SMEACS)
- Provide regular reports to IC
- Identify new and emerging risks, manage and communicate these to IC
3
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Duties of Logistics Officer (LO)
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- Determine resoure and facilities needs for personnel and IMT
- Ensure effective communications (Comms Plan)
- Ensure availability of facilites, materials and services
- Establish shelter, refreshments, food and hygiene
- Participate in development of IAP
4
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Duties of Planning Officer (PO)
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- Identify current objective, strategies and resources
- Prepare IAP
- Risk assessment now and future
- Obtain incident information (Weather, HAZMAT, firewater runoff)
- Prepare SitReps
- Prepare media briefings
- Report for IC at incident conclusion
- Prepare Communications plan
5
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Duties of Sector Commander (SC)
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- Implement portion of IAP relevant to their sector
- Geographical: (Sectors 1-4)
- Functional: (Staging, Evacuation, Hazmat)
- High Rise: (Sector or Floor #
- Log personnel in and out of Sectors
- Regularly report to OO/IC about personnel accountability
6
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Duties of Staging Officer
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- Establish area and communications with OO
- Collect roll board from all appliances and senior operational staff on scene
- Ensure rapid deployment as requested by OO/OIC
- When directed, maintain a reserve of two(2) pumper and crew
7
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Breathing Apparatus Officer (BAO)
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- Liaise with the IC and OO on BA strategies and tactics and send periodic reports to tht IMT
- Supervise BA Service, entry points and ll BA requirements
- Set up the Emergency Signal Unit (ESU)
- Ensure adequate number of personnel are dressed in BA as reliefs including 2 for emergency purposes
- Liaise with BA Entry,BA Service
8
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Decontamination Officer
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- Ensure that appropriate decontamination procedure is established with regards to hazardous materials
- Ensure Hot, Warm and Cold zones are established and identified
- Decontaminate all equipment, vehicles, crews and other agency reps
- Control movement of personnel in designated areas
9
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Duties of Safety Officer
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- Preferably hold the rak of SO or above and report to IC
- Check general structural safety
- Ensure appropriate PPE is used
- Ensure appropriate processes employed (HAZMAT, Decon, High Rise)
- Ensure appropriate BA processes employed (relief crews / tallies)
- Communicate risks/problems immediately to OO and/or IC
- Ensure injuries reported and followed up
- IC may allocate more than one Safety Officer depending on incident complexity
10
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SMEACS
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SITUATION
Details of incident
Life and property at risk
Location
Weather
Resource deployment
MISSION
Incident Objectives
EXECUTION
Sectorisation
Strategies and Tactics
ADMINISTATION (AND LOGISTICS)
Locations of staging areas
ICC and operations points
COMMAND AND COMMUNICATIONS
Incident management structure
Communications plan
Radio Channels
Strategic phone numbers
SAFETY
Weather
Known and anticipated Hazards
Watchout scenarios
Dress standards
Safety equipment/PPE
Welfare -hydration and rest
