Command&Control

Question 1

Dispatch Centers

Answer 1

100 Poudre
200 Loveland
500 CSU
900 Larimer County

Question 2

5 Functional Areas of Command Basics

Answer 2

• Establish Command
• Conduct Size-Up
• Develop Strat Goals and Tact Obj
• Communicate
• Engage

Question 3

Bench Marks

Answer 3

• 360 Complete
• Primary All Clear
• Fire Control
• Secondary All Clear
• Loss Stopped

Question 4

Other Bench Marks

Answer 4

• All Patients Removed: Extrication
• Fire Contained: Wildfire Contained
• All Patients Triaged (or Transported)

Question 5

System Coverage

Factors to Consider

Answer 5

• Location of Major Incident(s)
• Available Resources
• Anticipated Out of Service Time
• Volunteer and Mutual Aid Companies
• Anticipated Call Types

Question 6

Level 3 Dispatching

Enacted in two ways:

Answer 6

When upgrading to a 3rd Alarm

At the request of BC or System Officer

Question 7

What are the Level 3 Dispatching?

Answer 7

• Single Engine to commercial fire alarms
• Ambulance only: medical alpha, medical bravo, code 3 bravo, mva alpha
• High life/high risk fire alarms: 1 engine, 1 truck, 1 BC or 2 engines, 1 BC

Question 8

Level 3 Dispatching

Wild land response would be reduced to:

Answer 8

• Urban: 1 engine
• Eastern: 1 engine, 1 brush
• Western Foothills: 1 engine, 1 brush, 1 BC

Question 9

Level 3 Dispatching

Extrication

Answer 9

• 2 engines, Rescue (if available), 1 BC

- If no Rescue: 1 engine, 1 BC, and either en4 or en7 if available and possibly support unit from Loveland

Question 10

1st Alarm Response

Answer 10

4 engines, 2 trucks, SO, BC, 1 Ambulance: Emergent

Question 11

2nd Alarm Response

Answer 11

5 engines, 2 Trucks, SO, BC, 1 Ambulance

• high rise response will have 5 engines on 1st alarm
• on-call investigator, cart, PIO are pages
• PFA Command Staff is notified

Question 12

3rd Alarm Response

Answer 12

7 engines

• Bat 3(North) or
• System Officer or
• Bat 4(South)
• Remaining BCs respond to the incident
• Bat 3 pages for 8 personnel
• Rehab, St9 paged and moved into system
• Loveland, Windsor, Wellington notified

Question 13

4th Alarm Response

Answer 13

9 engines

• All off duty personnel paged
• Interagency Command Post (IACP) is dispatched
• Loveland, Windsor, Wellington are requested for system coverage

Question 14

5th Alarm Response

Answer 14

11 engines

• Available resources deemed by system officer
• may include mutual aid companies

Question 15

6th Alarm Response

Answer 15

13 engines

Question 16

Providing Mutual Aid the On-Duty BC needs to:

Answer 16

• Obtain necessary info to decide if resources are available
• Determine which PFA apparatus and personnel are available
• Contact PFA Captain(s) whose apparatus and/or personnel are affected

Question 17

Mutual Aid

The responding Captain should receive the following information:

Answer 17

• Type of incident
• Agency requesting
• Incident or staging location
• Radio frequency
• Logistical support from PFA BC

Question 18

Requesting Mutual Aid

• Make request through dispatch (IC, On-Duty BC, or System Officer)
• Should include following info:

Answer 18

• The agency being requested
• Type of resources requested
• Type of incident
• Radio frequency
• Location where the unit(s) respond

Question 19

Mutual Aid

• Termination of Action
• PFA Captain SHALL cease engagement when:

Answer 19

• The conditions do not fit the Risk Profile

- The physical needs and rehab are not being met

Question 20

Termination of Aid

• The mutual aid response should be terminated when:

Answer 20

• IC releases mutual aid personnel and equipment
• The conditions at the incident continue to subject PFA personnel to situations that do not fit Risk Profile
• PFA needs its personnel &/or equipment
• Ends after 12hrs, unless an extension is requested and granted