SOG Flashcards
Hazard flagging
Red And white striped or chevron, no lettering
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
Hazard flagging
Red with black lettering
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
Hazard flagging
Yellow with black lettering
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
Hazard flagging
Hot or fluorescent pink
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
Notification of life safety hazards add an incident
Upon identification of the life safety hazard, it must be immediately reported to the IC via priority traffic (now emergency)
Flagging of Hazzard
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
Incident emergencies
NUCAN
Name Unit Conditions Actions Needs
Incident emergencies
LUNAR
Location Unit Name Actions Resources/ Situation
Badge number advisory
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
EMS aircraft activations
Shall be made through Berkeley Fire Dispatch or ALCO-CMED if available.
This information should be given
- The number of patients in acuity of each
- Type and extent of injuries
- Location of landing site
- Nearest landmarks
- Notable conditions (Highwinds, fog or visibility problems)
Setting up the LZ
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.
Helicopter landing site locations
- Golden Gate Fields
- Cesar Chavez park
- San Pablo park
- Cedar Rose Park
- Open field at Martin Luther King in Derby
- Willard park at Hillegass and Derby
- Lake Anza Field off Lake Anza Road
Mutual aid assignments
Immediate need
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
Mutual aid assignments
initial attack
The response when they need is emergent. Generally to a county that is adjacent to Alameda county. Resources will rendezvous at the incident.
Mutual aid assignments
Planned need
Response when requested resources are not needed until the next operational. Or as specified by the requesting agency.
Resources will rendezvous prior to departure
Mutual aid assignments
Length of commitment
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
Mutual aid assignments
Staffing
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
Mutual aid assignments
Commitments
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
Mutual aid assignments
Telestaff periods
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.
Mutual aid assignments
Personal protective equipment
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
Introduction
Policy
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
Hytrans fire system operation
Uses
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
Hytrans fire system operation
How much hose
A water supply system of 6 miles can be operational in 1/2 hour
Hytrans fire system operation
Deployment
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.
Helicopter landing operations
Primary radio contact is done on what frequencies and what bank?
Primary radio contact shall be done over the frequencies of Cal cord or fire white 2
Bank b9 or yy
Mutual aid assignments
Documentation
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)
ICS 214
Company activity log
ICS 225
Personal performance evaluation report
Mutual aid assignments
When a private vehicle is used what form is submitted? And what other situation?
Form 57 travel request and claim for reimbursement- noting mileage for reimbursement.
Also when a rental is used but paid for by the member.
Mutual aid assignments
When a rental vehicle is utilized What form is used?
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
Mutual aid assignments
Vehicle procurement
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.
Incident emergencies
What is an emergency alert tone?
A solid 3 second tone simulcast on the dispatch, command and tactical channels.
Incident emergencies
Emergency traffic
Used to indicate that someone at the incident is in peril.
Ex. Firefighter down, firefighter trapped, or abandon building.
Incident emergencies
Emergency button activation
- 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.
Boat operator
Boat crew
Minimum of three responders. Recommended staffing consisting of a boat operator, BFD officer, and a rescue swimmer.
Boat operator
General information
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