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Hazard flagging

Red And white striped or chevron, no lettering

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Life hazard tape/ no go

Immediate life safety threat or danger to emergency responders.

Examples are electrical wires and hazards, potential collapse zones, structural hazards, or any identified hazard that has the potential to injure or kill an emergency worker or civilian.

All companies shall carry a minimum of one role of life hazard tape

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Hazard flagging

Red with black lettering

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Red fire line/hazmat tape: danger

Prevent emergency personnel from entering unless instructed to do so by the incident commander or his/her designee

This tape can be used to identify the hot zone at hazmat incidents

All companies shall carry a minimum of one roll of red fire line tape

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Hazard flagging

Yellow with black lettering

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Yellow fire line tape: caution

Keep the public away from an incident, command post, or a hazardous situation that is not life-threatening.

A hazard that may be life-threatening to the public should be flagged with fire line caution tape and have an emergency responder from fire, law-enforcement, or public works assigned to monitor.

This tape can be used to secure the warm zone in Decon areas of hazmats

All companies shall carry minimum of one roll of yellow fire line tape

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Hazard flagging

Hot or fluorescent pink

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Wildland tape

Escape routes the words escape route should be written on the tape with a black sharpie. This tape can also be used to mark safety zones.

All companies should carry a minimum of one roll of wildland tape

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Notification of life safety hazards add an incident

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Upon identification of the life safety hazard, it must be immediately reported to the IC via priority traffic (now emergency)

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Flagging of Hazzard

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A. Life safety hazards must be flagged at a minimum of 25 foot radius around the hazard. Illumination is recommended.
B. Life safety tape should be configured in three horizontal strands approximately 18 to 24 inches apart and securely fixed to stationary objects.
C. Life safety hazard tape shall only be used for this purpose and may not be substituted by any other flagging or tape

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Incident emergencies

NUCAN

A 
Name
Unit
Conditions 
Actions
Needs
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Incident emergencies

LUNAR

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Location
Unit
Name
Actions 
Resources/ Situation
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Badge number advisory

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When imminent danger is present and members are unable to relay to dispatch the circumstances of the event the personnel shall respond to dispatch with badge number 343

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EMS aircraft activations

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Shall be made through Berkeley Fire Dispatch or ALCO-CMED if available.

This information should be given

  1. The number of patients in acuity of each
  2. Type and extent of injuries
  3. Location of landing site
  4. Nearest landmarks
  5. Notable conditions (Highwinds, fog or visibility problems)
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Setting up the LZ

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Requests are made by the LZ coordinator.

  • BPD for crowd control or road closures and BPD/ BFD to secure the perimeter of the selected landing site.
  • All fire personnel shall wear a helmet and some form of I protection. Turnout jackets or reflective vest she’ll be worn at night for visibility.
  • Landing zones or 75 x 75 at day & 100 x 100 at night.
  • It should be flat free and clear of wires loose debris or other potential hazards
  • Orange cones should be used to mark the four corner boundary of the LZ. No flares
  • A hose line can lightly wet soft dirt or sand
  • Do not shine flashlights at the helicopter. Code 3 lights are OK.
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Helicopter landing site locations

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  1. Golden Gate Fields
  2. Cesar Chavez park
  3. San Pablo park
  4. Cedar Rose Park
  5. Open field at Martin Luther King in Derby
  6. Willard park at Hillegass and Derby
  7. Lake Anza Field off Lake Anza Road
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Mutual aid assignments

Immediate need

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Need for resources is urgent. Units should respond immediately to the rendezvous location determined by the strike team leader or incident. The unit should respond to the incident

within 30 minutes not to exceed one hour

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Mutual aid assignments

initial attack

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The response when they need is emergent. Generally to a county that is adjacent to Alameda county. Resources will rendezvous at the incident.

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Mutual aid assignments

Planned need

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Response when requested resources are not needed until the next operational. Or as specified by the requesting agency.

Resources will rendezvous prior to departure

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Mutual aid assignments

Length of commitment

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The department may deploy type one, three, and six engines or overhead resources. Member should be prepared for up to a 14 day commitment not to include travel time to and from the incident

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Mutual aid assignments

Staffing

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A. Type one or three assignment: one Captain one apparatus operator and two firefighters
- At the Battalion Chief discretion a crew of three may be sent

B. Type six assignment: one Captain one apparatus operator and one fire fighter
- at the battalion chiefs discretion a fourth fire fighter may be sent

Priority may be given to firefighters that are active drivers

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Mutual aid assignments

Commitments

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Any on duty firefighters can be sent at any time for an initial attack or immediate need request

Members with commitments Including cert instruction, academy instruction, and outside department rater assignments are required to fulfill these commitments or — arrange for their own relief—

Members committed to working o t or trades during the 14 day. May except the deployment but must notify both the officer in on duty battalion chief of any potential commitments.

Members will be selected from the strike team hiring picklist and Telestaff

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Mutual aid assignments

Telestaff periods

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Members wishing to be deployed on a strike team or overhead assignment must make themselves available on Telestaff prior to 0700 hours

It is preferred that members schedule themselves a minimum of six days out

After 07:00 members will notify Battalion Chief that they wish to be removed as the daily restat may need to be adjusted.

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Mutual aid assignments

Personal protective equipment

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All personnel the sign of the response must have in their possession all appropriate PPE including structural and wildland PPE. The exception to this is a type six assignment

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Introduction

Policy

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No set of rules regulations or protocols can never completely cover all the situations faced by industry professionals.

The documents in the departments operations manual shall be used as guidelines and are not intended as a substitute for sound judgment by personnel

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Hytrans fire system operation

Uses

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Earthquakes - emergency fire fighting water supply

  - Supplement in ground water system
   - Create surface water supply in case of water system failure

Industrial and other large scale fire fighting
Flooding for water removal or supplemental water

Wildland firefighting

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Hytrans fire system operation

How much hose

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A water supply system of 6 miles can be operational in 1/2 hour

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Hytrans fire system operation

Deployment

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In the City Of Berkeley-
All available on duty HFS operators should be detailed to place the system in service. For personnel is minimum and six is preferable.

An additional engineers report is desirable.

For adjacent county, distant County, FEMA and private deployment-

For memories are needed to maintain the system on shifts. One HFS qualified officer is desirable.

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Helicopter landing operations

Primary radio contact is done on what frequencies and what bank?

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Primary radio contact shall be done over the frequencies of Cal cord or fire white 2

Bank b9 or yy

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Mutual aid assignments

Documentation

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The CO Or ranking member will maintain the proper forms.

  • ICS 214- An activity log will be maintained at the time of departure until return.
  • Injuries will be reported using the appropriate paperwork.
  • Damage to equipment or apparatus will be reported on the appropriate paperwork.
  • A supply number will be secured from ordering if equipment is unavailable to re-supply at the incident
    -Upon return the required reports and fuel receipts will be forwarded to the Battalion Chief
    F – 42 (use of personal vehicle), ICS- 214, Cal OES 142a (use of a rental vehicle), FCO- 76, and ICS 225 (performance report)
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ICS 214

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Company activity log

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ICS 225

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Personal performance evaluation report

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Mutual aid assignments

When a private vehicle is used what form is submitted? And what other situation?

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Form 57 travel request and claim for reimbursement- noting mileage for reimbursement.

Also when a rental is used but paid for by the member.

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Mutual aid assignments

When a rental vehicle is utilized What form is used?

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A Cal 0ES form 142a, in-state travel and incident related expense log shall be completed annotating the cost of the rental vehicle the rental receipt should accompany the form

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Mutual aid assignments

Vehicle procurement

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First attempt to secure a department or city fleet vehicle via the on-duty Battalion Chief.

Next if no department vehicle is available the department may provide a rental vehicle or authorize the use of a personal vehicle.

The use of rental vehicles must be pre-authorized by the agency requesting resources via Ross

Members using a private vehicle will be reimbursed for mileage if documented on an F 42, emergency activity record.

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Incident emergencies

What is an emergency alert tone?

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A solid 3 second tone simulcast on the dispatch, command and tactical channels.

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Incident emergencies

Emergency traffic

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Used to indicate that someone at the incident is in peril.

Ex. Firefighter down, firefighter trapped, or abandon building.

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Incident emergencies

Emergency button activation

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  1. is to be activated as a notification of a life threatening event

2 will set off visual and audio alerts on dispatch consoles and for any portable radios monitoring ch 16

3 when activated- auto changes radio to ch 16

4 ch 16 will only be used for emergencies

5 Eb activation will auto change to the emergency ch of the dispatch center working in.

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Boat operator

Boat crew

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Minimum of three responders. Recommended staffing consisting of a boat operator, BFD officer, and a rescue swimmer.

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Boat operator

General information

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Shall have completed the task book signed by the Berkeley Harbor Master on file with the DOT

Shall comply with maritime law USCG standards in California waterway laws

Beginning of each shift shouting in NOAA maritime briefing

Is ultimately responsible for the safety of the crew and the vessel well I sea

Shall notify the USCG of any response involving a maritime craft

Call sign will be rescue boat 146/the confidence

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Boat operator

Use of Harbor Master’s equipment

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The Harbor Master will be immediately notified.

  1. Between the hours of O 800- 1630 Dispatch can directly call the Harbor Master’s office
  2. Between 1630-0800 Direct dispatch to contact the Harbor Master through direct line call back
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Boat operator

Where is the extra set of boat keys located

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Keys to the boat and extra set of the keys are kept in the harbormasters office. The boat cream must obtain hypothermic kit

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Boat operator

Documentation

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Upon returning to quarters the boat operator shall email the harbormasters office with the incident actions, incident times, indicating how long the vessel was used pre-and post fuel readings and outcomes

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Confined space

What are the three requirements to meet a confined space?

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  1. Is large enough and configured so that an employee can enter and perform assigned work
  2. Has limited means for entry or exit (ex. Tanks, vessels, silos, storage bins)
  3. Is not designed for continuous human occupancy
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Confined space

What is a permit required confined space?

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  1. Contains or has a potential to contain hazardous atmosphere
  2. Potential for engulfing entrant
  3. Internal configuration such that entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly configured walls or by a floor with slopes downward on the tapers to a smaller cross section
  4. Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.
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Confined space

Hazardous atmosphere

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  1. Flammable gas vapor or mist in excess 10% of LEL.
  2. Airborne combustible dust.
  3. O2 less than 19.5 or higher than 23.5%
  4. Atmospheric concentration of a substance that is above (PEL) permissible exposure limit
  5. Any other idlh atmosphere.
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Confined space

4 distinct categories of hazardous atmospheres (air)

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  1. Flammable
  2. Toxic
  3. Irritants and/ or corrosives
  4. Asphyxiating
44
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Confined space

Common gases found below grade or confined space operations

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  1. Carbon Dioxide
  2. Carbon monoxide
  3. Hydrogen sulfide
  4. Methane
  5. Sulfur dioxide

A group of gases may stratify within a confined space.

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Confined space

Hazard identification considerations

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  1. The past and current uses of the space.
  2. The physical characteristics, configuration, and location of the confined space.
  3. Biological hazards.
  4. Mechanical or physical hazards
  5. Existing or potential hazards in the space such as flammable and toxic hazards
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Confined space

Positions

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  1. IC
  2. Medical group supervisor
  3. Attendant
  4. Entrant
  5. Standby team- Fully suited and ready to go at all times one standby member for each member in the confined space
  6. Rescue Riggers
  7. Safety officer
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Confined space

Rules for entrants

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  • If you can enter with SCBA go no further than 25 feet or direct line of sight
  • If you must remove the SCBA to fit do not enter
  • Entry with SCBA should be limited to recon only unless the victim is easily accessible
  • A retrieval line will be used whenever an entrance enters a permit space unless it would increase the overall risk
  • Each entrance will wear a type III harness. The retrieval line will attach at the center of the entrants back near the shoulder level
  • A mechanical device will be available to retrieve personal and vertical type permit space is more than 5 feet deep
  • maintain communications
  • Explosion proof lighting, fans and ventilators
  • Four gas monitors
  • Victim packaging
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Confined space

Arrival and initial actions

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  1. If not, upgrade to a rescue response (2E 1T 1M 1BC)
  2. Confirm lockout/tag out procedures
  3. Illuminate all ignition sources
  4. Request additional resources as needed to fill ICS positions.
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Confined space

Tactics
Phase 1: size up

A
  • Establish command
  • conduct primary assessment- Witness information, ID immediate hazards, secure entry permit
  • Conduct secondary assessment- Type of space, products involved, hazards involved in the space, personnel and equipment available on scene, Resources required (hazmat, vent, mutual aid)
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Confined space

Tactics
Phase 2: atmospheric monitoring

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Monitor in and around confined space before and continuously during entry.

O2 enriched or deficient (<19.5% or greater than 23.5%)
Flammability >10% LEL
Toxic atmospheres that are IDLH
Dusts that meet or exceed the LEL or obscure vision at 5 ft.

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Confined space

Tactics
Phase 3: Pre-entry Operations

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  1. Establish perimeter
  2. Perform necessary evacuations
  3. EST. Accountability
  4. Perform Air monitoring
  5. Ventilate
  6. Secure hazards(lockout/tag out)
  7. Complete entry permit
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Confined space

Tactics
Phase 4: entry and rescue operations

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  1. Develop an IAP
  2. Brief entry ends back up team
  3. Check equipment
  4. Locate victim and assess
  5. Patient packaging and extrication
  6. Decontaminate if necessary
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Confined space

Tactics
Phase 5: victim removal

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  1. If injured decide if patient should be Stabilized
  2. Treatment should be initiated out of the IDLH environment
  3. Do not administer O2 in the confined space
  4. Place victim on extrication device
  5. Attach haul line
  6. Call system from outside confined space
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Confined space

Tactics: Phases

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Phase 1: size up
Phase 2: atmospheric monitoring
Phase 3: pre-entry operations
Phase 4: entry and rescue operations
Phase 5: victim removal
Phase 6: termination
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Water rescue

Within 10 feet of the water

A

All responders will wear a US CG approved flotation device

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Water rescue response

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2E, 1T, 1M, Battalion Chief

The Battalion Chief will ensure that two swimmers are responding to the incident

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Water rescue

Pre-designated ICS positions

A

Marina IC
Swimmer group
Extrication group
Medical group

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Water rescue

Swimmer group

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The swimming group sup shall be an officer for a short base swimmer and is in charge of swimmer deployment and safety. They are responsible for maintaining contact with the deployed swimmers via a marine tactical channel or by using hand signals

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Water rescue

Procedures upon arrival

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Provide a report on conditions in establish IC

Interview witnesses for information
Location the victim was last seen
Duration of time the victim has been in the water
Approximate age of the victim
Description victims clothing including PFD
Known impairments

Determine mode of operation: search, rescue or recovery

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Abandon building guidelines

Procedure

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Request Dispatch announce abandon building for incident ex and prepare for emergency Roll call

Dispatch repeats on all channels assigned to the incident, note: if the incident is on mutual aid VHF white channels the incident commander will make the announcement

Dispatch shall initiate the five second alert tone on all channels assigned to the incident and repeat abandon the building two times.

All radio traffic shall cease

Command shall have selected apparatus sound the abandon building airhorn (three- one second airborne blasts repeated three times with a five second interval between each group)

Emergency Roll Call shall be taken

Ric will be deployed for any missing firefighters

If all companies accounted for the incident commanders whole announce Emergency rollcall complete

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Air management

What does the ready pneumonic stand for

A

R Radio have one turned on and set to the right channel

E equipment
A Air no member can enter the hazard zone with less than 4000 psi
D Duties know your assignment
Y Yes to all the above questions

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Class a foam application

What types of fire

A

Operations requiring fire suppression shall have class a foam in addition to water application on all ordinary combustible fires

Apparatus operator shall start with the default phone setting of .3% an increase or decrease at the company officers request

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Class a foam

How much do we carry

A

Engine companies will carry a minimum of two extra 5 gallon containers

64
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Structure fires initial operations

Definition of additional Hoseline

A

A second hose line of equal or greater GPM than the first required to support the push or extinguishment efforts of the first hose line

65
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Structure fires initial operations

Back up hose line

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A second tactical hose line used to protect a working hose line position and or egress

66
Q

Initial operations

Command options

A

Command mode
Fire attack mode
Investigation mode

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Initial operations

Operational strategy

A

The over arching mode that is driving the incident; life, property, instant stabilization and environment.

68
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Initial operations

Strategic moves

A

Offensive or defensive

69
Q

Slicers

A 
Size up
Locate the fire
Identify and control the flow path
Cool the space from the safest location
Extinguish the fire
Rescue
Salvage
70
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Red and white hydrant use

How many red and white hydrants are there and where are they located

A
  1. On bridge at tunnel. #150
  2. Panoramic at Arden path. #140
  3. IFO 557 Spruce. #120
  4. Across from 417 Spruce. #150
  5. On hill rd. at Shasta. #110
  6. Campus at Glendale. #125
  7. Marin at grizzly Peak. #86
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Red and white Hydrant

When in town

A

in case of an extreme emergency in the upper zone and with an approval of a chief officer- the zone( white hydrant) is getting critical (5-10psi)

Pump from the red to the white- 10 psi over the normal static pressure of the white hydrant or until 5 to 10 psi is shown on the intake gauge which ever comes first

Ebmud Must be notified immediately

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Bart

Passenger loads

A

Light- cars with some vacant seats
Seated- cars with all seats occupied
Heavy- cars with standing patrons
Crush- max patron capacity

73
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Bart

Station number in Berkeley

A

R10- Ashby
R20- downtown
R30- north berkeley

74
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Bart

Dispatch info

A 
Type of incident 
Track #
Milepost marker
Passenger load
EST number and type of injuries
Status of rescue train
Status of ventilation fans
Station or nearest access point to incident train
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Bart

Arrival and initial actions at station

A

Meet Bart representatives and est Bart IC with command post
(If no rep, request a liaison from BART Pd)

Determine-
Location of the lead car
Location of the incident train, car ID #
Number of cars in the train
The passenger load
Location of passengers (in train/ bore)
Confirm status of vent fan/ and 3rd rail
Request rescue train if not present
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Bart

Incidents within the station
Arrival and initial actions

A

Identify type of emergency
ID if 3rd rail needs to be shut down.
For undercarriage fires consider pre-plumbed deluge
Activate 3rd rail power trip and contact the occ

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Bart

Communications

A
  • Bart 5 and 5A have command 11 patch
  • BFD tactical
  • Yellow vertical phones- Parry line within station. When one is picked up, flashing lights begin to flash at all yellow phones in station
  • BART PA- (BART PABX) located at each 3rd rail power trip on the platform or in station agents booth. BART central can also make announcements.
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Bart

In tunnel emergencies IC structure

A 
BART IC- BFD IC
TUNNEL BRANCH.     MEDICALBR
Rescue train x.   Transport gr/
Fire attack gr x.                      Medical gr
Rescue gr x
Medical gr x
RIC gr x
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Q

If there is a mayday….

Mnemonic

A 
E- emergency traffic
D- deploy the ric team
W- warble tone (3 sec tone)
A- additional alarm/ chiefs
R- roll call (par)
D- double the RIC

D- deal with the incident

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Ventilation

With poorly placed or timed ventilation, a vent- limited fire can develop to flash over within…

A

1-2 minutes

81
Q

Exceptions to Two in two out

A

Rescue

Residential structure during late night/ early morning hours with signs of occupancy

Incipient stage fires

82
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BART

Rescue train
Engine equipment

A

BART keys
100’ 2 1/2” hose
1 box light
100’ 1 3/4” hose pack

83
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BART

Rescue train
Truck equipment

A 
Bolt cutter
Attic ladder
Set irons
6’ pike pole
Circ saw
Box light
84
Q

Bart

Rescue train
Ambulance equipment

A

Mci pow kit & clipboard
1st in bag
Patient tarp
C spine bag

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Q

Bart

Arrival at incident scene
Actions for the tunnel branch director

A

Prioritize the movement of passengers to a non-idlh area

Determine the scope of the incident and provide a can report to the IC

Determine the status of the third rail and make appropriate requests to De-energize

Ascertain possibility of towing incident train to a station

Keep one port train at scene for a scape or transportation of injured personnel and maybe a second?

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Bart

Fire attack group sup actions on arrival at incident

A

Determine and what is on fire

Direct any changes to the ventilation

Determine the closest and most appropriate standpipe outlet to the incident

Connect, stretch, confine and extinguish any fire

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Bart

Rescue group sup actions on incident arrival

A

Perform recon of the tunnel, train and passengers

Develop an extrication plan

Request additional resources as needed

88
Q

Water rescue

Extrication points

A

Shoreline
Yacht club dock
Boat launch
Pier

89
Q

Initial operations

Strategic goals

A 
Rescue
Exposures
Confinement
Extinguishment 
Overhaul

Ventilation

90
Q

Initial operations

Tactical goals

A

SLICERS

91
Q

When are hydrant inspections?

… hose testing?

A

April 15th- June 30 even years.
Hose same dates, odd years.

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