BOOK 99 BRUSH FIRE OPERATIONS MANUANL CHAPTER 1 BRUSH FIRE INCIDENT COMMAND Flashcards
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.
Command Staff Chief
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.
The Safety Officer
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
The Planning Section Chief
the Planning Section may contain the following units under the supervision of the Planning Section Chief:
Situation unit leader
Resources unit leader
Documentation unit leader
Technical specialist
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.
The Situation Unit (SITSTAT)
The SITSTAT Unit Leader organizationally reports to the
Planning Section Chief
primarily responsible for maintaining resource status for the incident.
The Resources Unit (RESTAT)
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.
Status recording operations
The primary responsibility of incident resource status is at
RESTAT.
The status recording operations will normally be performed by Chief Officers’
Staff Assistants.
The ___ _____ system is a dynamic manual system used to maintain resources status by assignment and location at an incident.
T card
For smaller incidents, use Form
F-666 A or B
At longer incidents, a “_____” channel may be established.
Logistics
Strike teams dispatched by MFC will be numbered starting with
21
S/T 21, S/T 22etc
Strike teams which are formed at the incident will be numbered starting with
51
i.e. S/T 51, S/T 52
Tactical teams of mixed resources are normally formed at the incident and will be numbered starting with
1
1 i.e. T/T 1, T/T 2, etc.
T-Card Color Coding
WHITE: rose: yellow: blue: orange: green: tan:
Headings
Engines
Dozers
Helicopters
Aircraft, fixed wing
Camp crews
Others, trucks,fuel tenders, tac teams etc
NOTE: Black out the right side of the “T” portion of the T-Card to denote a:
Tactical team
Strike team
responsible for the reproduction, distribution, and filing of recorded legal, analytical and historical information.
The Documentation Unit
are advisors with special skills needed to support incident operations.
Technical Specialists
responsible for providing facilities, services and material in support of the incident.
The Logistics Section Chief
the Logistics Section may contain the following units under the supervision of the Logistics Section Chief
Ground support unit leader
Base manager
Communication unit leader
Medical unit leader
Supply & food unit leader
provide repair and maintenance services utilizing Department mechanics.
Ground Support Unit Leader
primarily responsible for the activation and management of incident facilities, i.e., incident command post, base, except staging.
The Base Manager
Base manager may organize the unit as:
Security service
Facility maintenance
Sanitation
management out of service requests
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.
The Medical Unit Leader
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.
The Supply and Food Unit Leader
This officer is responsible for the management of all operations directly related to fire suppression and rescue activities of incident resources.
The Operations Chief (Ops.)
The basic supervisory element within Operations section is the
Division
_______ position(s) may be activated between the Operations Chief and Division Supervisors at a very large incident to maintain an effective span of control.
Branch director
shall direct the operations of strike teams and other resources within a geographic area.
The Division Supervisor
shall supervise functional or task oriented operations which may cross Division geographic boundaries.
The Group Supervisor
primarily responsible for developing and implementing the air operations of the incident plan. An Air Operations Director, who
The Air operations Director
responsible for all financial and cost analysis aspects of the incident and for supervising members of the Finance Section.
The Finance Section Chief
responsible for equipment and personnel time recording and for managing the commissary operation.
The Time Unit Leader
responsible for administering all financial matters pertaining to vendor contracts.
The Procurement Unit Leader
responsible for the overall management and direction of all Compensation for Injury Specialist and Claims Specialists assigned to the incident.
The Compensation/Claims Unit Leader
responsible for collecting all cost data, performing cost effectiveness analyses and providing cost estimates and cost saving recommendations for the incident.
The Cost Unit Leader
Designation for Outside City Resources Los Angeles City Strike Team - one ______ and five _________
Battalion chief
Engines
Designation - LFD Strike Team
1001 A
3 Letter Agency Designation
LFD
Los Angeles City Assigned Numbers ____thru___
1000-1074
Los Angeles City is the Coordinator for Area “A”.
Santa Monica
Culver City
Beverly Hills
Designation - XLA Strike Team
1075-A
XLA – Area “A” 3 Letter Designation (X for _____ ____)
Resources mixed
L. A. City Coordinated Assigned Numbers
1075-1099
All First Line Battalion and Division Sedans have ___ Channel (FIRESCOPE) Radios.
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