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Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company- Station 70

Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company- Station 70. 2009 Safety / Line of Duty Death. Safety Objectives. Responding to an Emergency Seatbelt Use Personal Protective Equipment On Scene Activities Fire Tactics & Incident Command Review Personal Protective Equipment Mayday Mayday! Mayday!!

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Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company- Station 70

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  1. Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company- Station 70 2009 Safety / Line of Duty Death

  2. Safety Objectives • Responding to an Emergency • Seatbelt Use • Personal Protective Equipment • On Scene Activities • Fire Tactics & Incident Command Review • Personal Protective Equipment • Mayday Mayday! Mayday!! • Placing Units Back In Service • Apparatus Safety • Common Sense Around the Station • LODD

  3. Responding to an Emergency “O” TOLERANCE Alcohol Rule • Time of Alarm • 3am vs 3pm • Type of Call • Working Fire vs Automatic Alarms • Level of Alertness • Lack of Sleep or Distracted • Personal Health • Taking Medications (Ambien, Lunesta, NyQuil, Cold and Flu) • Weather • Wet – Icy – Snow – Limited Visibility • Speed – Traffic – Warning Lights • Title 21 – Summer vs Winter – Amber, Blue or Clear Lights

  4. Responding to an Emergency • Follow SOG’s • 10mph over posted speed limit • Modify response for weather, road conditions, traffic patterns, nature of call. *Alpha, Omega, DOA’s *Elevator Rescue, Public Service, CO2 • COLD vs HOT – “Reduced rate” no longer to be used • Driver/Operator is responsible for the vehicle. • Officer is responsible for the driver, the vehicle and setting the tone of the response.

  5. Responding to an Emergency • Properly assembled crew • (4) minimum or 8 minutes then respond under-staffed. • Vehicle and personnel check • Staffing • Gear • SEATBELTS • Driver/Operator Inspection • Know the location of the incident • Map Books • Laptops – ArcExplorer, Red Alert, Streets & Trips • Response Board, Text Messages, Contact EOC Prior to leaving • Use the most direct route

  6. Seat Belt Usage • TITLE 21 • Motor Vehicles • Operation and Equipment • CHAPTER 48. OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM SAFETY ACT • § 4801. Short title. • This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Occupant Protection System Safety Act. (68 Del. Laws, c. 34, § 1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 277, § 2.) • § 4802. Driver requirements; exceptions; sales requirements; working condition of system. • (a)(1) The driver of a motor vehicle operated on a street or highway in this State shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt which meets the applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards. • (2) The driver of a motor vehicle shall secure or cause to be secured in a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt system, as defined by the applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards, each occupant of the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle who is 16 years of age or older. • (b) The term "motor vehicle," as used in this chapter, is defined in § 101(35) of this title, with the exception of motorcycles. Fire Trucks and Ambulances too!!

  7. International Seatbelt Pledge • Firefighter Christopher Brian Hunton, age 27, was a member of the Amarillo Texas fire department for one year. On April 23, 2005 he fell out of his fire truck responding to an alarm he died two days later from his injuries. Brian was not wearing his seat belt. • The Pledge:"I pledge to wear my seat belt whenever I am riding in a Fire Department vehicle. I further pledge to insure that all my brother and sister firefighters riding with me wear their seat belts. I am making this pledge willingly; to honor Brian Hunton my brother firefighter because wearing seat belts is the right thing to do." • Delaware has NO Stations that are 100% Compliant!!!!!

  8. Let this not be you…

  9. On Scene Activities“Blocking”

  10. On Scene Activities • Accountability • PASS tags need to be collected and taken to Command upon arrival • Crew Integrity • PAR Checks (15 min internal) 20 minute EOC • Assignments • Proper Tools • Radio, Hand tools, Water Can, TIC, Hydra-Ram, Lights • Communications, Updates (C.A.N Reports) • Conditions / Actions / Needs • No freelancing!!! Do your job, advise when complete and return to staging unless immediately re-assigned

  11. On Scene Activities • Everyone is a Safety Officer • Stop “IT” before someone gets hurt! • Relay conditions/hazards to Command, Operations and other operating crews • Changes in fire/smoke conditions • Weakening floors, ceilings, roof, walls • Downed power lines, Breakers/Meters Isolated • Keep an eye on your AIR Pressure! • Deep inside a structure • Large Area / Box Buildings • Adopt an 1000psi exit strategy • Remember if you are 20 minutes in, it takes 20 minutes to get out. How much air are you carrying? • 20-30 minutes working time. Use 60 minute Cylinders…

  12. Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire CompanyFire Tactics & ICS Review“Getting on the Same Page”

  13. ICS TERMS • Command – The individual assumes total responsibility for setting the strategy and tactics for the incident. • Appoints other officers as needed to MANAGE the incident. • Determines the MODE of the incident.

  14. MODES OF OPERATION • Investigative – Used at incidents such as AFA’s, Odor of smoke, etc. • Offensive – Interior fire attack. • Defensive – Exterior fire attack. • Combination – uses modes listed above, in order determined by command.

  15. Operations Officer • Carries out the strategy as set by command. • Assumes the tactical portion of the incident. • Assures that all tactical responsibilities are met: Primary & Secondary Searches, Fire Attack, Ventilation, Utility Control, etc.

  16. Accountability Officer • Assist the Incident Commander with the tracking of personnel assigned to the incident. • Located at the “Check-In” point, usually at the command post. • Conducts PAR checks. • Command assumes this responsibility if not assigned.

  17. “P.A.R.” CHECKS • Personnel Accountability Checks. • Conducted by the Accountability Officer or Command if an Accountability Officer is not assigned. • Conducted at 20 minute intervals. • Initiated by Sussex via radio. • Timer at the command post set for 15 minutes. • May be discontinued by request of Command.

  18. Safety Officer • Assist the Incident Commander with keeping all personnel operating at the scene SAFE. • Command assumes this responsibility if an Safety Officer is not assigned to the incident. • A MUST on a Hazardous Materials incident. • Has the authority to STOP any act deemed an IMINANT HAZZARD, must report this action to Command. • Has the obligation to ADVISE the crew leader or officer of any act deemed unsafe and request a change of tactics.

  19. P.I.O. • Public Information Officer • Assist the Incident Commander with dealing with the press. • At the incident scene, located in an area deemed safe by command. • After returning to the fire station, press release approved by Command. • Command assumes this responsibility if not assigned.

  20. Divisions • A GEOGRAPHIC area on the fireground. • Division 1 is the 1st Floor. • Division 2 is the 2nd Floor. • Roof Division. • Basement Division. • Outside areas may be assigned “Division A”, “Division C”, etc. (structural fire) • Outside areas may be assigned “East Division”, “West Division”, etc. (woods fire)

  21. Divisions

  22. Groups • A task assigned to a unit on the fireground • Ventilation, Search & Rescue, Fire Attack, Lighting, etc. • Referred to as “Fire Attack Group”, etc. • Has no geographic boundaries.

  23. Sides • The sides of a structure are identified as A,B,C, & D. • “Side A” is the front of the structure. • All other sides are identified “clockwise” from “Side A”. • If unable to readily determine, “Side A”, command must establish this and notify all units operating on the fireground.

  24. Sides

  25. Exposures • Used to identify exposures. • May include multiple designations in townhouses or strip malls.

  26. Exposures

  27. Quadrants • Quadrants are used to identify areas on the interior of a structure. • The interior is divided into 4 quadrants. • Identify by using Alpha,Bravo,Charlie, & Delta. • Identify starting with “Quadrant Alpha” as the front left side, and continuing clockwise around the structure.

  28. Quadrants

  29. Water Supply Officer • Assist the Incident Commander with ensuring an adequate and uninterrupted water supply. • Stays on the Fire Operations Channel (usually Fire 2). • Request additional resources through Command. • Command assumes this responsibility if not assigned.

  30. Apparatus Staging Area • An area designated by Command to stage apparatus for future use on the fireground. • Level 1 – In the direction of travel prior to the incident scene. • Level 2 – Specific Location, “Food Lion Parking Lot”, etc. • 1st Engine Company Officer to arrive into a Level 2 staging area assumes the position of “Apparatus Staging Officer”

  31. Apparatus Staging Officer • Assigned at all Level 2 staging areas. • Individual responsible for keeping track of resources available in the staging area. • 1st Engine Company officer to arrive at the staging area. • Will need clipboard and portable radio. • A minimum level of resources may be established.

  32. Personnel Staging Area • An area designated on the fireground for staging of personnel. • Organized by crews. • Future use on the fireground. • In an area not to interfere with ongoing fireground operations. • Do not confuse this area with the “RIT Team” staging area.

  33. Personnel Staging Officer • Individual responsible for keep track and assigning personnel as requested by Operations or Command. • Will need clipboard and portable radio. • A minimum level of resources may be established.

  34. Crew Leader • Responsible for “CREW INTEGRITY”. • Responsible for assuring that tasks are completed as assigned by command. • Should be the Officer of the crew. • If no officer, most senior firefighter. • Should be the only member to communicate on the radio. • Should use the apparatus designation during radio communications, “Engine 84-2”, “Rescue 84”, “Truck 84”, etc.

  35. CREW INTEGRITY • Keeping our crews together throughout the incident. • The only real “Accountability”. • One of the most important concepts on the fireground. • Crews should remain together throughout the incident: personnel staging>assigned tasks>rehabilitation>SCBA air re-fill>then back to personnel staging.

  36. Splitting Crews • Large Crews, capable of being split into separate crews of 2 or more firefighters each. • Crew leader assigned to each crew. • Identified as Crews A, B, etc. “Truck 84A”, “Truck 84B”. • Tasks used during radio communications is helpful to Operations or Command. “Truck 84, Search”.

  37. Radio Communications • Should use apparatus designation as identifier. • Should use your current location, if possible, during transmissions. • Example: “Engine 84-2, Division 2, to Operations” • Helps with tracking of your location in case of an emergency involving your crew.

  38. Radio Channels • Fire 2 – Primary (East Zone) radio channel, used for apparatus communications and for requesting assignments upon arrival. • Fire 3 – Used by Dagsboro, Frankford, and Selbyville (Central Zone). • Fire 5 or Fire 1 – Used as an alternative radio channel if Fire 2 is already being used. • Talk 1 – Used for “On-Scene” radio communications between Command, Operations, and Crews working the incident. • When calling a FADO (Fire Apparatus Driver Operator) you must be specific “Command to Engine 84-2’s driver operator”.

  39. Task Assignments • Receive assignment from Operations or Command. • Maintain “CREW INTEGRITY”. • Notify Operations or Command when: • Task complete. • You need additional resources to complete the task. • You cannot complete the task.

  40. R.I.T. • Rapid Intervention Team • Dispatched on initial alarm for a working structural fire, 3rd due company. • Should consist of at least an Engine Company, RIT Apparatus, and adequate personnel to accomplish task. • Usually positioned on Side A. • Multiple RIT Teams may be needed on larger buildings.

  41. RIT Tasks • Report to Command upon arrival, then report to an area assigned by command. • Assemble necessary equipment. • Monitor radio channels being used on the fireground. • Throw ground ladders for emergency egress. • Be the “eyes & ears” for Command.

  42. Evacuation Signal • Used to evacuate the fire building in an emergency. • A 30 second solid blast from all apparatus air horns. • Command should advise “Sussex” to activate the evacuation tone over the operations channel. • An immediate PAR check should be completed. • Leave equipment and hose lines if safe to do so, evaluate your situation.

  43. Pre-determined AssignmentStructural Fires • 1st Due Engine – Fire Attack, Search & Rescue in immediate fire area. • 1st Due Truck – Primary Search & Rescue, Ventilation. • 2nd Due Engine – Assist with fire attack (back-up hose line), establish a water supply. • 1st Due Rescue – Control Utilities.

  44. Pre-Determined AssignmentsMotor Vehicle Accidents • 1st Due EMS – Triage, Patient Care. • 1st Due Engine – Hazard Control, Vehicle Stabilization, Start Extrication. • 1st Due Rescue – Extrication. • 2nd Due EMS – Assist with Patient Care.

  45. Personal Protective Equipment • Basic Layers • Cotton Materials vs Polyester or blends • Under Armor type materials • Socks • Turnout Gear • Coat, Pants, Boots, Hood, Helmet, Gloves, Eye & Ear Protection, SCBA with correctly sized mask, NyTrile Gloves, Safety Vests • Gear Cleaning using Extractor • Working Fires • Bio-Hazards • Other contaminates • Gear Inspections • Annually • Post thermal exposure • 10 yr Replacement • Basic Donning and Doffing Drills • 2 Minute Drill

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