BOOK 99 BRUSH FIRE OPERATIONS MANUANL CHAPTER 1 BRUSH FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND

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subordinate to the Incident Commander, and is responsible for the supervision and coordination of the activities of the command staff, i.e., Public Information, Safety & Liaison Officers.

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Command Staff Chief

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is a member of the Command Staff, and is responsible for monitoring and assessing hazardous and unsafe situations and developing measures for assuring personnel safety.

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The Safety Officer

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is a member of the General Staff and reports to the Incident Commander. This officer is responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information about the development of the incident, status of resources, and other information needed

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The Planning Section Chief

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the Planning Section may contain the following units under the supervision of the Planning Section Chief:

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Situation unit leader
Resources unit leader
Documentation unit leader
Technical specialist

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primarily responsible for the collection and organization of incident status and situation information and the evaluation, analysis and display of incident information. These two major responsibilities are performed by Field Reconnaissance Operations and Command Post Display Operations.

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The Situation Unit (SITSTAT)

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The SITSTAT Unit Leader organizationally reports to the

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Planning Section Chief

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primarily responsible for maintaining resource status for the incident.

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The Resources Unit (RESTAT)

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responsible for receiving, recording, and maintaining displays and records of suppression and rescue resources including single resources, strike teams, and overhead personnel down through strike team leader, including personnel in the personnel pool.

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Status recording operations

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The primary responsibility of incident resource status is at

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RESTAT.

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The status recording operations will normally be performed by Chief Officers’

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Staff Assistants.

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The ___ _____ system is a dynamic manual system used to maintain resources status by assignment and location at an incident.

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T card

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For smaller incidents, use Form

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F-666 A or B

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At longer incidents, a “_____” channel may be established.

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Logistics

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Strike teams dispatched by MFC will be numbered starting with

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21

S/T 21, S/T 22etc

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Strike teams which are formed at the incident will be numbered starting with

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51

i.e. S/T 51, S/T 52

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Tactical teams of mixed resources are normally formed at the incident and will be numbered starting with

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1

1 i.e. T/T 1, T/T 2, etc.

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T-Card Color Coding

WHITE:
rose:
yellow:
blue:
orange:
green:
tan:

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Headings

Engines

Dozers

Helicopters

Aircraft, fixed wing

Camp crews

Others, trucks,fuel tenders, tac teams etc

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NOTE: Black out the right side of the “T” portion of the T-Card to denote a:

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Tactical team

Strike team

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responsible for the reproduction, distribution, and filing of recorded legal, analytical and historical information.

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The Documentation Unit

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are advisors with special skills needed to support incident operations.

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Technical Specialists

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responsible for providing facilities, services and material in support of the incident.

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The Logistics Section Chief

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the Logistics Section may contain the following units under the supervision of the Logistics Section Chief

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Ground support unit leader

Base manager

Communication unit leader

Medical unit leader

Supply & food unit leader

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provide repair and maintenance services utilizing Department mechanics.

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Ground Support Unit Leader

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primarily responsible for the activation and management of incident facilities, i.e., incident command post, base, except staging.

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The Base Manager

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Base manager may organize the unit as:

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Security service

Facility maintenance

Sanitation

management out of service requests

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is primarily responsible for the development of a Medical Emergency Plan, obtaining medical aid and transportation for injured and ill incident personnel, assuring proper hospital care for incident personnel, and preparation of reports and records.

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The Medical Unit Leader

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is primarily responsible for ordering, receiving and storing all supplies for the incident, maintaining an inventory of all supplies and collecting and replacing unusable equipment.

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The Supply and Food Unit Leader

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This officer is responsible for the management of all operations directly related to fire suppression and rescue activities of incident resources.

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The Operations Chief (Ops.)

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The basic supervisory element within Operations section is the

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Division

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_______ position(s) may be activated between the Operations Chief and Division Supervisors at a very large incident to maintain an effective span of control.

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Branch director

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shall direct the operations of strike teams and other resources within a geographic area.

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The Division Supervisor

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shall supervise functional or task oriented operations which may cross Division geographic boundaries.

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The Group Supervisor

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primarily responsible for developing and implementing the air operations of the incident plan. An Air Operations Director, who

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The Air operations Director

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responsible for all financial and cost analysis aspects of the incident and for supervising members of the Finance Section.

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The Finance Section Chief

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responsible for equipment and personnel time recording and for managing the commissary operation.

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The Time Unit Leader

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responsible for administering all financial matters pertaining to vendor contracts.

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The Procurement Unit Leader

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responsible for the overall management and direction of all Compensation for Injury Specialist and Claims Specialists assigned to the incident.

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The Compensation/Claims Unit Leader

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responsible for collecting all cost data, performing cost effectiveness analyses and providing cost estimates and cost saving recommendations for the incident.

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The Cost Unit Leader

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Designation for Outside City Resources Los Angeles City Strike Team - one ______ and five _________

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Battalion chief

Engines

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Designation - LFD Strike Team

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1001 A

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3 Letter Agency Designation

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LFD

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Los Angeles City Assigned Numbers ____thru___

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1000-1074

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Los Angeles City is the Coordinator for Area “A”.

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Santa Monica

Culver City

Beverly Hills

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Designation - XLA Strike Team

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1075-A

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XLA – Area “A” 3 Letter Designation (X for _____ ____)

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Resources mixed

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L. A. City Coordinated Assigned Numbers

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1075-1099

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All First Line Battalion and Division Sedans have ___ Channel (FIRESCOPE) Radios.

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120