SOG Flashcards
Why do we shut the Novell network down once a day
In order to maintain time synchronization with the city network so that we know at 7 AM people can begin to book Lieu days
What are the benefits of on scene times
It improves firefighter safety
It provides an air management tool
When the “push to talk button” is depressed according to radio operations manual SOG 2–3 what does the “bonk” sound indicate
• System is busy • System is down • Out of range o Move 15ft o 90 degrees o Close to window
If the push to talk button is pushed in no sound is heard what does that indicate?
The radio is in talk around mode
When swapping out a portable radio why is it important to notify communications ASAP
• If the orange emergency button is pressed we want to know where & who that portable is assigned too
According to CAD move ups SOG 2-04 what is the DC to notify communications of at the beginning of shift
- Apparatus out of service
- Scheduled maintenance
- Schedule training
CAD move ups SOG 2–04 what are the criteria is for automatic move up?
- The IC does not release other responding units
- A working fire
- Out of service vehicles returning
- Out of service vehicles training
- A number of calls on the fire
- VSA protocol
In regards to incident command terminology SOG 3–05 describe the zones
HOT ZONE • Determined by the incident commander or hazmat sector Officer • IDLH –Immediately Dangerous to Life & Health • Proper training Required • Wear PPE & SCBA • Minimum # of people in that area WARM ZONE • Required PPE but not SCBA • Area is reasonably safe COLD ZONE • Requires no PPE • Safe zone
Define Incident Action Plan SOG 3-05
A strategic plan developed by: • Evaluating conditions. • Developing tactical approaches. • Identifying available resources. • Preparing assignments. It is based on three tactical priorities: • life safety • Incident stabilization • Prevention of further loss and preservation of property
The size up and information collected shall be used to develop and incident action plan.
This shall reflect tactical priorities of the fire ground bearing in mind Hazard risk assessment and or Risk vs reward evaluation.
The plan must be
- Communicated with clear objectives
- Allow for flexibility
- Constantly evaluated
- Updated
Define strategy SOG 3-05
Management of offense/defense decision by the incident commander this critical decision: • regulates operational control • establishes objectives • set priorities • allocates resources
Define Offensive attack
SOG 3-05
And attack with related support to quickly bring the situation under control
Define Defensive attack
SOG 3-05
- Exterior attack
- stopping the forward progress of the fire
- protecting exposures and providing fire control
Define Marginal SOG 3-05
• A high-risk situation within an offense strategy with the main objective being rescue once complete FF removal
What are the tactical priorities ? SOG 3-05
- Life safety
- Seen stabilization
- Prevention of further loss and preservation of property
What is the purpose of a tactical worksheet? SOG 3-05
To provide a systematic approach to write down and record the activities at a call
What is the purpose of sector officers? SOG 3-05
To provide specific functions that work at a tactical level?
What is a sector? SOG 3-05
- A smaller more manageable unit of fire ground command
- Managed by command with a specific function
- Delegated by the IC
Who are the senior officers? SOG 3-05
• Fire Chief
• Deputy Fire Chief
• Platoon Chief ( not according to the def in the rules and regs)
They may not take over command but they assume overall scene authority
What is the exclusion zone? SOG 3-05
• Entry is prohibited by all
• Established by the
o Incident Commander
o Safety Officer
What happens with the transfer command? SOG 3-05
Practical
- First officer to the District Chief
- A face-to-face
- Discuss the Incident Action Plan
- Discuss the progress made so far
- Safety issues
- Sector assignments
- Additional resources required
What are the Responsibilities the first truck on scene?
• Arrive on scene • Provide a short report o nothing showing o smoke showing o working fire o visible flames o Fully involved • Request further assistance • Establish command • Update fire control • Request additional agencies • The driver to update control on arrival of ambulance police Hydro • Sector officers are to provide regular updates - benchmarks are achieved
Why is the Incident Command system placed on the DC
Because of their extensive training and experience
Describe staging according to the incident command terminology
SOG 3–8
- First alarm apparatus go directly to the scene
- Second alarm proceed to level 1 staging
- Level 2 staging is for large incidence
- The first truck a level 2 staging is the staging officer
- All apparatus to check in with staging officer
What is the difference between a full PAR & a partial PAR?
A partial PAR is only accounting for the people in the hot zone
A full par accounts for everyone at the scene
When is a RIT not required
Defensive operations
You don`t need one for each sector
What is the difference between level 1 level 2 and level 3 RIT
Level 1 is initial set up • Gathering information • Starting a RIT worksheet • Staging equipment • Discussing the situation with IC • 360 • Familiarize with structure • Locate second means of egress
Level 2 situation worsening
• Power
• lighting
• laddering
Level 3 deployment
• beginning rescue ops
What are the considerations with a potential grow op according to SOG 3–14?
- Hostel citizens
- De Energize outside of the source
- hydro’s notified
- Police notified
- Adequate ventilation
- Reconnaissance for safety issues
What is the procedure when you discover a Grow Op
• Hazard risk analysis • Comm code green • Request Police, Ambulance FPO and Hydro • Hazmat present and no fire o remove personnel o consider H204 response (24-02) • If hazmat fire follow hazmat protocol 24-05 • If no people are inside withdrawal o Denergize via hydro o Adequate ventilation o Safety issued identified
As the IC what is a key consideration in your strategic decision at a grow op or Clandestine drug lab
• The potential present of a civilian
o Requiring rescue
o Hostile
According to SOG 3-15 what is the Inspection requirement for the key tag program
• Once a year in your area
&
• During a response to a location with key boxes
What are the key tag colors representative of
Red is for
- fire floor
- front door
- master key
- suites key
- smoke shaft
- elevator
• Blue is for the spare keys
Green is for
- the lobby
- alarm panel
- alarm room
Yellow is for other
- utility room
- electrical room
- garbage room
When should IC appoint an accountability officer SOG 3-11
- High-rise
- Multiple Entry Control personnel
- 2nd alarm
- The IC believes it required
The running PAR shall be announced at the conclusion of every communication including SOG 3-11
Entering and exiting the hot zone
Changing locations
Completion of task
At the request of the IC
When the DC arrives on scene they shall? SOG 3-07
- An ounce on scene
- Position with the vantage point of at least 2 sides
- Ensure a 360 has been completed
- Observe the current situation
- Confer with the IC
- Staffing deployment and tactical approaches
- Take command over the radio
Once command has been transferred to the DC the DC shall SOG 3-07
• Employee tactical worksheet o Ensure priorities are covered o Proper sectoring has been considered an employee’s • Evaluate strategies and tactics and adjust • Hazard Risk Analysis • Request additional apparatus • Request outside agencies Via Comm • Update fire control • Re-evaluate Incident Action Plan and adjust • Downscale • Released trucks • Transfer or terminate command
When Shall the IC call a PAR SOG 3-11?
- Rapid fire extension
- Explosion
- Building collapse
- Emergency evacuation
- Missing are trapped firefighter
- Mayday
- Offensive to Defensive
- Fire under control
- Primary all clear
What is the procedure for emergency evacuation
- Anyone may initiate typically the IC
- Request emergency overtones from communications
- Evacuate X3
- 3-3 second blast from air horns
- RIT handheld horns
- Call a PAR
- Not all accounted for repeat
- Still not
- MAYDAY
What is the IC procedure for a Mayday?
- Acknowledge and confirm the MAYDAY is actual
- Additional resources
- Confirm identity location and situation of person
- Consider emergency tones
- Emergency traffic only
- At an appropriate time call PAR
- Option 1
- All personnel not involved in the RIT ops are to limit radio traffic to essential information only
- Option 2
- request 2nd frequency
- RIT and MAYDAY remain on original channel
- other personnel assigned to New Channel
- Radio checks once moved by Accountability or ECP
- Ensure firefighting tasks continues
- Brief and deploy RIT
- EMS to exit point
- Additional RIT
- Notified fire control at conclusion
What are the RIT benchmarks?
- Firefighter located
- Firefighter converted and on air
- Firefighter removal underway and route
- Firefighter removed from structure
When a RIT is activated and sent in what type of operation is this?
• A Level 3 RIT rescue operation involving a Mayday
What should be relayed to fire control when they advise on scene times?
- Acknowledge
- Operational mode
- Benchmarks achieved
What are the firefighting benchmarks?
• Primary all clear
• Fire under control
• Lost stopped
Agent applied (according to a SOG 3-6)
What are the responsibilities of a mentoring DC?
• Learns the duties • Respond with an assist • Take command o Relinquish command if needed • Set up training, staffing and equipment movement • Prepare reports and paperwork
What are the IC considerations at a call with regards to the peer support team?
- Consider giving them a courtesy heads up call
- Rotate and remove crews to minimize exposure
- Consider on site evaluation and support
What are the ways in which the peer support to assist fire crews?
• Individual support
• On scene support
• Info sessions
o CIS defusing 8 to 12 hours after approx 1 hour
o CIS debriefing 24 to 72 hours after approx. 3 hours
o CIS follow-up weeks following
When & What should the IC consider when appointing an Incident Safety Officer?
- Appoint whenever operational activities dictate and
- Consider knowledge, experience, training
- Appoint Additional ISO’s if required
- Brief on IAP
You appoint an ISO what are their Duties
- Be identifiable
- Obtain a Radio
- Survey the scene for hazards (Checklist)
- Haz Risk analysis
- Ensure SOG’s Policies and Training are followed
- Air monitoring
- Oversee Rehab
- Alter, suspend or terminate unsafe acts Update IC
- Ensure safety of personnel
- Attend post incident analysis
What is the procedure when a Grow Op with no fire is discovered?
• Upon discovery do a hazard risk analysis • Notify all of code green • Request o police o ambulance o hydro o FPO • If hazardous materials are present request has HAZMAT response • If no fire remove personnel • Await hydro to Denergize • Ventilate • Address safety issues • Consider it a crime scene
What is the procedure for grow op with the fire?
• Do a hazard risk analysis • Notified code green • Request o police o ambulance o hydro o FPO • Request HAZMAT • If there are no people inside withdraw and fight defensively • Await hydro Denergize • And if Once under control consider it a crime scene
What is the procedure to terminate the scene of a grow op?
- Secure the scene
- Police to obtain a warrant
- Shut off natural gas
- Police to take over
- Debrief FPO
- Witness statements
- Exposure Reports
At a Structure fire what shall IC continually assess risk based on? (5)
- Smoke and fire conditions
- Gaining control the fire
- Is the structure being threatened
- Are interior crews close to an exit
- Good control in communication with into your crews
Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act what is the city required to do?
• Refuse to provide access to information that would reveal personal information of another individual
Where should request be forwarded to and what is required?
- Fire prevention division
- What is being requested
- Who is the request are
- Why is it being requested
When should the IC establish occupants support?
• At all structure fires
What are the IC considerations for talk around? (5
- Ensure All on scene must be on “talk around”
- To be used if all other attempts to transmit fail
- IC must keep one radio on the trunk system and the other on talk around
- If you leave the vehicle you need two radios
- The orange button will not work
What is the use of the interior and outer zones and explosive device emergency?
• Inner zone o 100 m radius around the device o for EDU you personnel only • Outters Zone o 300 m for first responders • IC to maintain communication link with police
What is lightweight construction?
• Structural systems that are fabricated from components that have substantially less mass than traditional construction methods used for equivalent applications
What is the failure rate for lightweight construction?
• As little as 4 minutes
What are the significant dates of light weight construction in our community?
- Truss is became popular after 1970
- Engineered flooring first came to Brampton in 1985
- Assume anything built after 1990 has light weight flooring
You arrive on scene, the house involved the fire is built in 1997 and you are updated by crews inside of engineered flooring, what is the procedure? (6)
(Practical)
- Hazard risk analysis
- Safety of personnel is maintained
- Use extreme caution due to potential rapid and sudden structural failure
- Notify all personnel on scene of the lightweight construction present
- Consider using alert tones consider withdrawal personnel
- Consider ladders to access upper levels
What are some of the considerations with light weight construction
- Rapid failure in less than four minutes
- Notify all personnel on scene ( consider emergency alerting tones)
- Consider using ladders to access upper floors
• After 1970 assume engineered truss
• After 1990 assume engineered floors
• 1985 engineered floors 1st came to construction in Brampton
Before you place a crew on the roof what is part of your Hazard risk analysis as the IC
• Do a Hazard risk analysis o Type of roof construction o Location of the fire o Length of time structure has been burning o Location of HVAC units
As IC you need to put a crew on the roof what are your considerations? (9)
(practical)
• Provide alternate means of escape • Do a Hazard risk analysis o Type of roof construction o Location of the fire o Length of time structure has been burning o Location of HVAC units • Appropriate PPE and equipment • Keep the number to a minimum • Cognizant of wind direction • Precaution of falling through or off • Coordinate with interior crews • Avoid cutting holes • Once OPS end, exit promptly
What are your concerns as I C with cutting holes in the roof for ventilation SOG 3-21?
• Holes on steel commercial roofs with widely spaced truss have the potential to sag and personal fall into the hole
Who should you notify if you’re using large quantities of F500?
Region of Peel spills Coordinator
What are your concerns as IC at a fire with all the run off contaminants and F500 SOG 3-22?
• To protect contaminated runoff from entering the storm systems and waterways
Trench, dam, divert, retain
• Hazmat to assist in this effort
• Have fire control notify property owner so steps can be taken to collect and dispose of contaminants properly
• F500 – IC contact Peel Spills Coordinator
o Peel will contact Ministry of Environment if required
What is the risk associated with the large enclosed structure fire?
Limited doors and windows to provide an emergency evacuation
What is considered a large enclosed structure?
- A Large enclosed stucture
- Limited doors and windows to provide an emergency evacuation
- > than 30 m by 30 m
- Inadequate emergency evacuation options
What are your considerations as I C at a large enclosed structure fire? (6)
- Limited doors and windows for egress
- Notification of all on scene
- Consider additional apparatus
- Alternate entrances to limit hose lengths to 60m
- Presence of trust construction (steel or wood) and flame impingement
- Visibility decreases RIT level increases to level 2
