PN434 - Sectorisation at incidents Flashcards

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PN434 - Sectorisation at incidents

Name and describe the two types of sectors.

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  • Operational Sectors – responsible for management of a physical area of the incident ground.
  • Functional Sectors – responsible for management of a support function such as Water Sector.
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Who will a sector commander report to?

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A Sector Commander of an Operational Sector will report directly to the Incident Commander (IC) or Operations Commander (OC), if appointed.

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Who will Functional Sectors report to?

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Functional Sectors will report to the Incident Commander (IC) using a reporting structure appropriate to the incident requirements.

At large fires and more complex incidents, a senior officer may be appointed to co-ordinate all Functional Sectors.

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Where will sector 1 be?

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The main scene of operations at an incident will be identified as Sector 1 and will often but not always be the main entrance.

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Two sectors - one at the front and one at the rear, would be referred to as what?

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Sectors should be allocated according to their location, rather than the order in which they are established.

Where two sectors are established, one at the front and one at the rear of a building then these will be Sector One and Sector Three.

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Where a Sector Commander has been appointed, for example to the rear of a building, is there a requirement to assign a Sector Commander to the front?

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No

It is important to note that where a Sector Commander has been appointed, for example to the rear of a building this does not necessarily mean that a separate Sector Commander has to be allocated to the front of the building if the Incident Commander is satisfied that they can retain a satisfactory level of command.

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Vertical Sectorisation:

Although not a sector, where would the bridgehead be located?

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Bridgehead: this is normally two floors below the fire floor. It is a location rather than a sector on its own.

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Vertical Sector:

Where would the Fire Sector be located?

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What takes place there?

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It consists of floors above the Bridgehead to the fire, the floor(s) directly involved in fire, plus one floor above.

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Fire Sector: the operational sector where main firefighting and rescue operations are taking place.

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Vertical Sectorisation:

Where would the Search Sector normally be positioned?

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What activities take place there?

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Above the fire floor

Search Sector: the area of operations where search and rescue, tactical ventilation, or other operations are taking place.

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If there needed to be external sectors at a high rise building, how would these be defined?

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Per the original sectorisation model, with sectors identified by number.

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At major Incidents where inter-agency communication is necessary, the Operational, Tactical and Strategic command structure will apply, as detailed in LESLP.

At what level would Sector commanders be?

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At what level would the IC be?

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Sector Commanders will be at the Operational level

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Incident Commander at the Tactical level, supported by the Operations Commander(s).

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