S-200

1. S-200 INITIAL ATTACK INCIDENTCOMMANDER TYPE 4

2. Course Objectives A. Gather essential data about the fire and lead the initial attack resources to the fire. B. Size up the fire, plan the strategy and tactics with the available resources. C. Communicate information to the designated officer.

3. Course Objectives D. Brief and deploy initial attack resources and make adjustments to the plan when necessary. E. Maintain adequate records and participate in post fire activities with designated officer..

4. Introductory Unit 1. Introduction of instructors and students. 2. Discuss the Administrative requirements for the course. 3. Review the roles and duties of the Incident Commander, Type 4.

5. Unit 1 Readiness and Mobilization • Discuss what items you would assemble in an Incident Commander’s kit. • Develop a checklist that the ICT4 could use for gathering data about the fire. • Describe actions you would take to ensure that you and your suppression forces are ready and fully equipped for dispatch to a fire.

6. Unit 1 • Describe what you would do and look out for while en route to the fire. • Describe safety precautions for traveling to a fire. • Describe procedures you would take if you are not able to immediately locate the fire..

7. Initial Attack IC Kit • Agency specific form • Fireline Handbook ICS 410-1 • Incident Briefing, ICS Form 201

8. Initial Attack IC Kit • Check-In, ICS Form 211 • General Message Form fire , ICS Form 213

9. Initial Attack IC Kit • Unit log, ICS form 214 • Office supplies • Checklist of information to be gathered about the fire prior to leaving for the fire.

10. Initial Attack IC Kit • Incident specific reference materials, maps, photos, etc. • List of local radio frequencies and pertinent phone numbers (phone directories) • Radio batteries

11. Initial Attack IC Kit • Belt weather kit • Flagging • First aid kit and procedures • Notebook, others?..

12. INITIAL ATTACK DATA CHECKLIST • Location • Ownership • Access ( and report to incoming forces ) • Size at initial attack

13. INITIAL ATTACK DATA CHECKLIST • Smoke column color, direction smoke is traveling and if smoke is laid out flat on ground or going straight up. • Fire behavior • Fuels- what is burning in and where is it going.

14. INITIAL ATTACK DATA CHECKLIST • Terrain • Weather- current as well as expected. • Values at risk- structures, livestock, watersheds, lives, equipment, etc. • Known hazards

15. INITIAL ATTACK DATA CHECKLIST • Situations that could slow the initial attack forces. • Resources considerations ( cultural, environmental, natural) that limit suppression activities. • Traffic exiting from the area.

16. INITIAL ATTACK DATA CHECKLIST • Citizens in the area • How or who reported the fire- anonymous, 911, etc. ( need for fire investigation)..

17. Unit 2 Size-up, Planning, and Ordering • 1. List six items that should be considered in the initial size-up of a fire. • 2. Locate the origin, determine the cause and protect the scene. • 3. Describe elements to consider in initial attack planning.

18. Unit 2 4. Discuss the information you would provide home base (dispatch) after your size-up and planning a fire. 5. Describe local ordering procedures and the importance of completeness and timeliness in ordering resources.

19. Unit 2 • Discuss ways of assessing incident complexity level versus skill level..

20. SIZING UP A FIRE Hazard to firefighters Topography Equipment Fuels Snags Changing weather Biological Urban interface

21. SIZING UP A FIRE • Rates of spread • Size of fire • Current and predicted weather and observations • Values at risk

22. SIZE UP OF FIRE • Fire behavior • Fire Safety • LOOKOUTS • COMMUNICATIONS • ESCAPE ROUTES • SAFETY ZONES..

23. ITEMS NEEDED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ASUPPRESSION STRATEGY • Tactics (discuss local strategy & tactics) • Resource limitation • Resources assignments • Support needs

24. DEVELOPMENT OFSTRATAGY • Safety information • Size of fire ( discuss how to make size estimate) • Fuels • Weather - current and predicted

25. DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY • Topography - accessibility, safety, effects • Natural barriers • Human made barriers

26. DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY • Values at risk (life, property, resources) • Fire intensity • direct • parallel • indirect..

27. ORDERING PROCEDURES • Develop a list and consolidate orders for supplies and resources prior to requesting. • Don’t order every 5 minutes • Order in a timely manner. Proper lead time • Don’t place an order and expect it to be there the next minute. • Prioritize orders needed.

28. ORDERING PROCEDURES • Support needs for ordered resources • When ordering resources, i.e., a crew, ensure that all items needed to support that crew are also ordered, such as, transportation, food, water, tools, etc.

29. ORDERING PROCEDURES • Document what is ordered. What time was it ordered. • Make sure you write down what was ordered and the time order was placed. ( unit log, ICS 214, or incident briefing, ICS 201 ) • Required time and the location to include where orders are to be delivered.

30. ORDERING PROCEDURES • Correct terminology for items. • Know the correct name of the items that are being ordered, if possible, give the National Fire Equipment System number with the order.

31. ORDERING PROCEDURES • Follow up on orders with dispatch • If the items don’t show up in a reasonable amount of time, call dispatch to find out why the order hasn’t arrived. • Follow agency guidelines..

32. Unit 3 Deployment and Containment 1. Describe what items you would cover in your briefing. 2. Describe your actions for directing and maintaining control of suppression forces on a fire. 3. Give four factors that need to be monitored on a fire to ensure safe and effective control of fire perimeters.

33. Unit 3 Deployment and Containment 4. Describe some situations that would require special precautions and give usual action taken. 5. Discuss the need for and the items of information the ICT4 provides to their supervisor or designated officer during suppression action. 6. Describe actions you would take if the fire escaped initial attack or cannot be contained within your established objectives.

34. Unit 3Deployment and Containment 7. Describe what interim actions you take if you are to be relieved by another IC within a certain period of time. 8. Complete Incident Briefing, ICS 201..

35. BRIEFING OF RESOURCESINCIDENT ACTION PLAN • Incident objectives -Resources -Priority of attack -Limits/restrictions -Times by which objectives should be completed -Coordination of attack forces

36. BRIEFING of RESOURCES - IAP • Strategy • Plan for meeting these objectives • Tactics • The way in which plan and objectives will be accomplished.

37. BRIEFING of RESOURCES - IAP • Safety principles • Incorporate LCES and 18 Watch Out Situations • Hazards • Fuel and Topography • Weather, current and predicted

38. BRIEFING of RESOURCES - IAP • Anticipate fire behavior • Minimum Impact Suppression Tactics • Radio Frequencies • Suppression forces already on the line • Their work assignments/status..

39. GROUP EXERCISE • MAINTAIN CONTROL • ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITY • USE ICS (ORGANIZATION) POSITIONS • PRACTICE GOOD LEADERSHIP

40. PRINCIPLES THAT NEED TO BE DETERMINED BEFORE ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD. • Control of resources • Prevent risk taking by reducing the perception of an environment where personnel believe that they have to risk life to suppress the fire. • Safety of resources • Identify all hazards and notify all fire personnel of the hazards.

41. PRINCIPLES THAT NEED TO BE DETERMINED BEFORE ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD. • Continue suppression efforts while re evaluating strategy and tactics. • Maintain good communications. • Find an area away from the fire where good communications can be established • Delegate a radio operator

42. PRINCIPLES THAT NEED TO BE DETERMINED BEFORE ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD. • Determine values at risk in relation to suppression tactics. Make sure that your tactics are not putting the suppression forces at risk • One foot in the black • LCES • Look Up/ Look Down/ Look Around • 18 Watch Out/ 10 Standard Fire Orders • Ensure that all resources know the identity of the new IC..

43. BRIEF AND PROVIDE COMPLETE RECORDSTO RELIEF, WHEN APPROPRIATE • Fire situation past and present • Personnel on fire • Equipment on fire • Additional resources you have ordered and expect to receive.

44. BRIEF AND PROVIDE COMPLETE RECORDSTO RELIEF, WHEN APPROPRIATE • Progress of resources • Additional needs, problems and concerns • Hazards and how you have corrected them • Access routes • Helispots

45. BRIEF AND PROVIDE COMPLETE RECORDSTO RELIEF, WHEN APPROPRIATE • Possible location for camp, if needed. • Complete ICS Form 201 and go over with new IC. • What is the continuing role of the ICT4 after relief?..

46. GROUP EXERCISE DEVIL FISH LAKE FIRE STWB- PG. 24

47. Unit 4 Control, Mop-up and Management 1. Describe the actions you would take after containment to ensure the security of control lines in various fire situations. 2. Describe situations that the IC may experience in dealing with non-fire personnel at the fire.

48. Unit 4 Control, Mop-up and Management 3. Describe how incidents and injuries should be treated on a fire. 4. Discuss four examples when priority setting is required during a fire action.

49. Unit 4 Control, Mop-up and Management 5. Describe what fire actions might require designated officer’s consent before proceeding. 6. Discuss how and when subordinate fire personnel might receive additional training skills during a suppression action.

50. Unit 4 Control, Mop-up and Management 7. Describe how to determine whether fires in various fuels are safe to leave. 8. Discuss the procedures that are often taken to rehabilitate damage and cleanup. 9. Discuss readiness of suppression forces for next assignment..