Incident action plan Flashcards
What are the components of an action plan?
6 things
strategic goals
tactical objectives
resource needs
crew assignments
anticipated outcomes
timelines for progress
When Should an Action Plan Be in Writing?
According to the FEMA Incident Command System, an incident action plan should be in writing whenever:
Two or more jurisdictions are involved in the response.
The incident continues into the next operational period.
A number of ICS organizational elements are activated (e.g., when General Staff Sections are staffed).
It is required by agency (e.g., the fire department) policy.
A hazmat incident is involved.
What is the Operation period?
the designated time period in which tactical objectives are to be accomplished and reevaluated
Action Plan Implementation in 3 Steps
Establish Tactics ; Describe what must be done.
Assign Resources ; Determine and assign the kind and type of resources needed for the selected tactics.
Monitor Performance ; Determine if the tactics and resources selected for the various strategies are both valid and adequate.
SOPs ensure that incident action plans are able to …… 8 things
able to protect responders from liability.
familiar to fire fighters, not full of surprises.
well suited to the environment and situation.
carried out according to a standardized protocol.
not significantly different for each new incident.
understandable to other agencies (e.g., when mutual aid is invoked).
not as prone to result in oversights or mistakes due to human failures.
comprised of components for which fire fighters have been well prepared and trained.
RECEO VS
R - Rescue
E - Exposures
C - Confinement
E - Extinguishment
O - Overhaul
V - Ventilate
S - Salvage
SLICE-RS
S- Size-up
L- Locate the fire
I - Identify and control flow path
C - Cool the space (safe distance)
E - Extinguish the fire
R - Rescue
S - Salvage
what are the hierarchy of priorities for every incident?
1.Life safety
2.Incident stabilization
3. Property conservation
Define: R - escue
The first priority of a response is always ensuring the life safety of all persons involved. This applies to both any victims at the scene and all fire fighters. Putting fire fighters’ lives at undue risk jeopardizes the whole operation, as other lives can depend on the fire fighters’ efforts.
Define: E - xposures
Exposures refers to fire loads that stand a chance of becoming involved in the fire. In structural fires, these are commonly adjacent buildings and their occupants as well as passing vehicles and pedestrian traffic.
Define: C - onfinement
Like exposures, confinement refers to the need to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading. Unlike Exposures, however, confinement refers to the fire source property itself. In other words, this covers the need to limit the fire to the smallest area possible.
Define - E - xtinguishment
Extinguishment must be thought of in broader terms than simply fire attack. In other types of incident, the “extinguishment” may be applied to the primary problem mitigation, the main intervention. At fireground it may be fire attack, but at a hazmat incident it may be “extinguishing” the flow of hazardous materials, for example.
Define: O - verhaul
At this stage of the response, the problem (whether fire or otherwise) has been resolved and the focus can be turned to returning the scene to its pre-incident condition, insofar as possible. Ensuring that the scene is safe (or determining that it is unsafe for occupancy) is a key consideration here.
Define: V - entilation
Though appearing to come as a bottom priority because of its position in the acronym, ventilation is a strategy that most often requires early implementation. Ventilation can be a means of achieving the other strategic goals, such as preserving life safety, minimizing exposures, confining the flames, and extinguishing the blaze.
Define : S - alvage
Salvage applies to the third priority in the fire service: property conservation. It does not necessarily begin during overhaul, but must be an ongoing consideration when attacking the fire. Fire fighters should always seek to minimize damage to property.
3 modes of operation for Fire arriving officer
- Defensive
2.Offensice
3.Rescue
Conditions to consider for size up are? 7 of them
- occupants trapped
- Location of fire
- entry tenability
- extent of the fire
- condition of the structure
6.ventilation
7.available resources
what is offensive mode?
Offensive mode is aimed at attacking and extinguishing a fire. As such, it represents a more aggressive approach to fire fighting than defensive mode. If conditions do not make it too risky and all occupants are accounted for, an interior attack may be required.
The priority of offensive mode is to contain and extinguish the fire using methods of direct attack.
In offensive mode, fire fighters may also conduct primary search, but handlines are advanced into the fire area to support this effort.
what is Marginal Operations?
Marginal operations is when moving from a Offensive mode to a Defensive mode. Or a Defensive mode to offensive mode.
During these operations, fire suppression continues, but only from inside OR outside of the building. The two modes (offensive and defensive) should not be assumed at the same time. Marginal operations require Incident Command to consider factors such as:
the integrity of the structure
the location of fire fighters inside
communication from fire fighters inside or with good visibility of fire conditions
the effectiveness of the current tactics and attack in suppressing the fire
What is Defensive mode?
If conditions at a fire are severe then the first-arriving officer will need to assume a defensive mode of operations.
A defensive operation is aimed at preventing the spread of the fire even though it may not be possible to salvage the property (letting the fire burn itself out may sometimes be an option).
Defensive mode strategy involves cutting off the fire from unburned potential fuel sources by:
strategically placing a large fire stream between the fire and the exposures
attacking the fire with additional heavy streams
what is Rescue mode?
rescue mode is used when one or more lives are being threatened and tactics must focus exclusively on the first tactical priority of life safety.
Scenarios where rescue mode may be required include when:
the first-arriving officer finds persons in immediate danger
personnel discover persons in immediate danger during the course of operations
the persons in immediate danger are accessible without requiring that the hazard be controlled first
available resources are insufficient for controlling the hazard (e.g., for knocking down the fire)
the hazard or fire is too strong, too threatening to be able to control it and thereby prevent it from endangering any victims present
conditions have changed at the emergency scene sufficient to warrant a shift in priorities
when enacting rescue mode what must be broadcasted over the radio?
How many victims?
Where are victims located?
What are the health conditions of the victims?
What are the likely adverse effects of the emergency incident on the victims? (e.g., trauma in vehicle collisions, burns and inhalation injuries in fire incidents, etc.)
How accessible are the victims? Can personnel easily reach them with the necessary resources (e.g., gurney, first aid equipment, extrication devices, etc.)
Do the victims need to be protected (e.g., push back the flames to perform the rescue)?
what are the two sectoring methods?
Functional sectoring
Geographic sectoring
Functional Sectoring
Resources allocated to functional sectors will be categorized according to the task they are to perform or the objective to achieve. Functional sectors are termed “groups.” Each group will have responsibility for performing an assigned function.
Examples of functional sectors include:
Search Group
Attack Group
Ventilation Group
RIT (Rapid Intervention Team) Group
