Personnel Accountability System Flashcards
Hazard zone
Any area that requires an scba or in which a ff is at risk of becoming lost, trapped and injured by the environment or structure.
Priority traffic
A term used to communicate non- emergency, priority information to all personnel in the emergency scene. Eg. change in ops, identified fire ground hazard, control utilities.
Contact in the hazard zone
Voice, radio or touch.
Provide a condition report and establish IC when…
The incident has 2 or more like incidents assigned to it.
IC is responsible for establishing IC and shall keep track of…
Who is operating at the incident and who they report to
Where personnel are operating
What tactical assignments personnel have been given and what additional resources may be needed
When and how long personnel have been assigned
Whether additional personnel are needed to complete the assignment.
All crews will work for
Divisions groups or branches.
The procedures for initiating a PAR is…
Incident emergency-
IC will announce emergency traffic prepare for a PAR.
Conclusion of an incident-
IC will announce priority traffic, prepare for a par
All officers account for the crew member assigned to them
When called CO should state their unit ID and confirm their PAR
Engine 1, PAR 4 of 4
Engine 2, PAR 2 of 3 with my AO at the pump panel.
T-Card system will be implemented in the following situations…
When an incident requires 3 alarms or more
When mutual aid companies are operating in the hazard zone
Any other situation when the IC seems it necessary
When assigned to leave the city on a mutual aid response the info on each card will be…
Agency name Kind or type of resource ID number Home base Departure point Officer name Resource ID numbers (XAL) Personnel names
Exceptions to delivering TCard to accountability officer
- They are the only unit at the scene.
- They are first arriving unit going into quick attack mode prior to the establishment of a command post.
- They are assigned to a remote side of the emergency operation before the establishment of a division.
General rules of tcards
- Do not enter the hazard zone.
- Must be maintained at the point of entry in the hazard zone.
- Must reflect only those personnel presently in the hazard zone.
- Must turn in upon entering and be retrieved upon exiting the hazard zone.
Tcards in mid rise and high rise
The first engine to each geographic side of the incident remains accountability location.
Subsequent companies shall deliver tcards to the first in engine and place them in the officers seat or give them to the accountability officer.
Once lobby control is established all crews reporting to the building will deliver their tcards to the lobby control officer.
