Day 1 Flashcards
BA Roles And Responsibilities ECO Duties EASE
What colour tabard does an incident commander wear?
White/Yellow
What colour tabard does a sector commander wear?
Red and yellow
What colour tabard does an ECO wear?
Black and yellow chequered
What colour tabard does an ECO wear?
Back and yellowed checkered
Explain the difference between an entry control supervisor and a BA communications operative
Entry control supervisor - manages required resources as dictated by incident plan and performs co-ordination and logistical tasks associated with BA entry control
BA communications operative - helps to maintain communications with BA teams and buddy checks
What are the criteria for siting an entry control point?
Close to incident as possible but still maintaining safety
In safe air
In a position that if incident deteriorates it wouldn’t be necessary to move
One ECP can cover more than 1 entrance to risk area
Explain the duties of a BA ECO
Ensure board is completed and kept up to date - such as overwriting tallies, writing time in in tallies
Maintain comms with BA team
Work out time of whistle
Return tallies to BA wearers and receive debrief
What are the criteria for an incident to be in stage 1
BA operations are limited and not complex
No more than one BA ECP
No more than 6 BA wearers deployed into risk area at any one time
BA guidelines are not required
What is stage 1?
The standard minimum control measure for an operational incident
When can initial deployment procedures apply?
Sufficient risk Vs likely benefits assessment carried out
Limited resources
Opportunity to preserve life or action will prevent incident deteriorating
If taking over the board from initial deployment what must the ECO do?
Record time board is taken over
NOT remove tallies from Baird
Work out what time crews entered area using initial deployment clock
Work out time of whistle
Write initial deployment in remarks
Not reset clock until crew have withdrawn
Fill in location of team
What are the criteria for a incident to be in stage 2?
BA operations are complex and require a greater degree of supervision
Incident requires more than one BA entry control point
More than 6 BA wearers deployed I go risk area at one time
BA guidelines required
What are the requirements for a BA emergency team?
Numbers in BA emergency team must be at least equal to the largest BA team deployed from the ECP
Cylinder capacity and duration of BA sets must be at least equivalent to highest capacity and duration to those of wearers in distress
Same equipment.
Equipment is considered to be suitable and sufficient to meet the needs of all reasonably foreseeable emergency events
What are the reasons a emergency team could be committed?
Any team fails to exit by time of whistle
DSU is heard unless by accident
Audible or visual suggests BA wearers is in distress
Prolonged breakdown of communication
Requested by BA wearers in risk area
When is a single BA wearer allowed?
Operations not within a building or structure
Undertaking low-risk activities
BA wearer can be quickly removed from risk area
BA wearers can always be seen by a nominated member of the crew
BA wearers gauge has been checked and contents recorded
BA wearers tally has been placed in board with details recorded
