Sog B Flashcards
What is the purpose of the accountability system?
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The purpose is to account for all emergency personnel, at any given time, within a small geographical area, within the “hazard zone” of an incident.
Accountability involves a —— ——– to work within the safety system at an incident
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personal commitment
A minimum crew size will be considered
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two members and a radio will be required.
Who must supervise all crews entering a hazard zone?
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A Lieutenant or other higher ranking individual
SOG if radio fails in hazard zone?
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If a radio fails while in the hazard zone, the crew will exit unless there is another working radio with the crew. Continuing operations with a crewmember radio failure will be best managed with the non-functioning radio personnel remaining in close contact and within hearing distance of a crewmember with a functioning radio until all crew members exit the hazard zone.
Size of passport unit
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2”x3”
PAR’s should be conducted
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PARs should be conducted face-to-face within the Company or with the Group or Division Officer whenever possible.
A Personnel Accountability Report can be employed by the Incident Commander for the following situations:
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- Any report of a missing or trapped firefighter (Command initiates a report of all crews on the scene).
- Any change from offensive to defensive operations (Command initiates a report of all crews on the scene).
- Any sudden hazardous events at the incident, including flashover, back draft, collapse, etc. (Command initiates a report of all crews on the scene).
- At each thirty (30) minute interval of elapsed incident time.
- At a report of “fire under control”.
- By all crews reporting an “all clear” (Company Officers of crews responsible for search and rescue will ensure they have accounted for their crews at the time they report an “all clear”)
The following rules must be followed for the accountability system to function properly:
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- PASSPORTs never enter the hazard zone.
- PASSPORTs must be maintained at the Command vehicle during large or complex operations.
- PASSPORTs must reflect only personnel presently in the hazard zone.
Implementation of the PASSPORT system will occur at any incident that requires the use of
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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus.
For single company incidents, the PASSPORT will remain on the —- —-. The ——– will assume accountability responsibilities.
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apparatus dash
Driver Engineer
On multi- company operations where SCBA is used, PASSPORTS will be delivered to the Command Post or Accountability Officer prior to entering the hazard zone, exception will be made for
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first due units that are actively engaged in initial fireground or hazard mitigation operations. In those instances, the Accountability officer will assign the duty of acquiring those Passports from each of those units.
For any reports of a missing firefighter(s), Incident Command shall request
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the next greater alarm assignment.
With missing/ lost firefighter,command must next do an immediate roll call of all companies assigned in the hazard zone. Searches will begin in the
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the last reported working area of the lost firefighter(s).
The hazard zone will be defined as any area that requires an —–or in which a firefighter is at risk of becoming ——,——–, or——-
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- an SCBA,
- lost, trapped, or injured by the environment or structure. This would include entering a structure reported to be on fire, operating in close proximity to the structure during exterior operations, confined space or trench rescue, the hot zone at a hazardous materials incident, or the debris field of a motor vehicle accident
Command will react to all barriers that influence incident accountability and will ensure that all companies entering a hazard zone have radios and are supervised by a
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Company Officer or higher ranking officer.
If a situation occurs that the entire crew is not assigned to the hazard zone, an individual must leave the hazard zone, or an individual is reassigned (i.e. the Driver/Engineer is at the apparatus pumping), the individual’s name will be
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turned upside down to indicate that the person(s) is not in the hazard zone.
Which way should passports be placed at the beginning of shift?
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All personnel will place their individual passports right side up on the passport unit at the beginning of the shift. Only when on scene, and it is determined that an individual will not be entering the hazard zone, should an individual’s passport be turned upside down.
After —- failed verbal or radio attempts to contact the firefighter with the activated P.A.S.S. device or a member of the company that can account for the activation, the Division or Group Officer shall contact Command to activate Rapid Intervention Team operations (see Rapid Intervention Team SOP) to locate and extract the downed worker.
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These Teams shall be assigned when a RIT is indicated or requested.
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Personnel assigned to the BSODFRES Hazardous Materials Team and Technical Rescue Team received many hours of specialized RIT training and were supplied with the most advanced RIT equipment.
Who shall be responsible for identifying the need for a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT)
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The Incident Commander
Establishment of the RIT shall be at every
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incident in which firefighters enter a hazardous are that could be immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH).
Examples of when a RIT shall be established include, but are not limited to
- Offensive interior fire operations.
- Hazardous materials incidents.
- Trench rescue operations.
- Large frame aircraft fire operations.
- Boat and shipboard fire operations.
- Any other incident posing a significant risk to firefighters.
- At the discretion of the Incident Commander or Battalion Chief.
The terms “MAYDAY” and “EMERGENCY TRAFFIC” must only be used in situations where
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immediate communication is necessary to protect life or prevent injury.