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Doylestown Fire Company
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Safety Fireground Accountability
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Objectives

• Who is in Charge?
• What is the role of the Safety Officer?
• What is Accountability?
• What is the Quadrant System?
• What is PAR?

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Fire-Ground Operations

• Who is in Charge?

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Fire Ground Organizational Structure
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Safety Officer

• Who is it ?
• What do they do?

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Safety Officer 79

• George Casey
• Past Deputy Chief of Doylestown
• Company officer for 12 years
• 28 years in fire service
• E-79-2 Engineer
• Current safety officer

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Safety Officer 19

• Annie Baughman
• 18 years service with DFC
• Nurse Practitioner
• Paramedic / EMT for 23 yrs
• Current safety officer

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Safety Officers Responsibilities

• Will report directly to the O.I.C. during all
  emergency and training incidents.
  
• Responsible for overseeing the fire training
  ground and assuring that all operations are
  conducted in a safe and efficient manner.
  
• Ensures that all operations are conducted in
  compliance with fire company SOPs and established
  nationally recognized standards.
  
• Will street respond to all calls and report to
  the O.I.C. when on the scene.
  
• Will act as the chairperson of the fire company
  safety committee.
  
• Will be responsible for all EMS supplies and the
  AED monitors throughout the company.

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SOP for Accountability Officer

• Accountability Officer
• Objective The Accountability Officer (A.O.) is
  responsible for being accountable for all
  personnel at a scene.  The incident commander or
  safety officer of an incident will establish the
  A.O.  The A.O. will not be the safety officer of
  the incident.  The A.O. may be any individual who
  is capable of carrying out this task. The A.O.
  needs the following tools  safety vest, radio,
  clipboard, accountability board, pens, pencils,
  markers, and a stop watch.
• 1. A.O. will set-up their post at side A or in
  the area of a main entrance to the incident. 
  Check with command or the safety officer and see
  where they would like to A.O. to set up.
• 2. Once the A.O. is set they should advise
  everyone at the incident where they are located
  by using the portable radio.
  
• 3. In the event that a singe person or crew is
  missing or unable to locate the A.O. The A.O. has
  the power to request PAR or suggest the I.C.
  or S.A. that PAR needs to be taken.

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What is Accountability?

• Accountability is accounting for all resources
  operating on an incident.
  

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What is Accountability?

• Accountability is used to track the movement of
  firefighters into and out of the hot zone.

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Accountability Tags

• What are they?
• Why are there 3?
• Where when do I use them?
• Where do I store them?

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SOP for Accountability

• Objective To be accountable and track
  firefighters, line officers, fire police officers
  on the fire grounds or any incident that we may
  be called to.  Each firefighter, line officer and
  fire police officer is issued three metal
  accountability tags.  One tag is to stay with you
  at all times.  The other two tags are removable.
• 1. When mounting the apparatus you will hang your
  tag on the ring closest to your seat.  When the
  truck arrives at the incident the operator will
  collect all tags.
• 2. On every incident, the officer of the piece of
  apparatus is to see that a bucket is placed at
  each entry point and that a tag from each
  firefighter entering the incident is collected
  prior entering the controled area.
• 3. Officers who are in possession of apparatus
  crew accountability tags will surrender them to
  the accountability officer (A.O.) or bucket and
  advise the A.O. if present where his or her crew
  will be operating.
• 4. Chief officers or street responders will leave
  one tag attached to the rear view mirror of their
  vehicle that they responded in before they leave
  the vehicle and to into service.

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SOP for Accountability

• 5. When Chief officers or street responders
  arrive at the incident they will surrender their
  second tag to the A.O. and advise the A.O. where
  you will be working and if your joining a crew.
• 6. When an assignment is given at that point the
  officer will surrender the crew tags and advise
  the A.O. where the crew will be operating.
  
• 7. When an assignment has been completed everyone
  must report back to the A.O. and advise the A.O.
  the crew is out.
  
• 8. If your assignment is complete and you are
  done you must report to the rehab officer.  Do
  not take your tag or tags from the A.O. Just
  advise that you in the rehab sector.
• 9. When you have been released by the Rehab
  Officers then go back to the A.O., collect your
  crew tag/personal tag and report to the man-power
  pool. Remember, you are only allowed to
  breathe-down two (2) BA Cylinder at one
  incident.

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SOP for Accountability

• 10. In the event the building or incident is
  evacuated during a call everyone who arrived at
  the scene on a truck is to report     back to
  the truck that they arrived with.  Chief officer
  and street responders who were not assigned to a
  crew will report to the A.O.  At that point they
  will remain with the A.O. until everyone is
  accounted for.
• 11. Par may be requested at anytime at an
  incident and the officers of the crew or a crew
  leader who has accounted for his crew will report
  back to the person or persons requesting par.
• Fire Police
• 1. Any Fire Police Officer of who is operating at
  incident will leave one tag attached to their
  rear view mirror of the vehicle that arrived in.
  
• 2. Any fire police officer or officers who are
  operating directly in the area of an incident
  will give the A.O. one of their tags and advise
  the A.O. where they are operating.
• 3. In the event of an evacuation the fire police
  or officers will report to the A.O.  at that
  point they will remain with the A.O. until
  everyone is accounted for.
• 4. Fire Police officers or officers who are not
  operating directly in or around an
  incident will still attach one tag attached to
  there person at all times.

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Accountability Tags
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Accountability Tags

• Why are there 3?
• 1 stays on Apparatus
• 1 given to Accountability
• 1 for Identification
• HANG YOUR TAG ON
• EVERY CALL !

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Accountability Tags

• Where do I use them?

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Accountability Tags

• Where do I store them?

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Accountability Boards / Buckets

• What is it ?
• Where are they?
• How do I use them?

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Quadrant System

• Letters designates the building sides. The
  street address of the structure is usually
  designated as Side A unless otherwise
  designated and announced.
• Floor numbers designate floor levels.
• Side designations go in a clockwise direction.

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Quadrant System
C
B
D
A
Command Post
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Jr / Probie Role

• Accountability Assistants
• Remind officer of truck to do accountability
• Man the bucket or accountability board if ask to
• Responsible for collection of tags at entry
  points
  
• Be additional set of eyes at scene
• Reports to safety officer

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Call for PAR

• What is PAR ?
• PAR permits an incident commander or
  accountability officer to rapidly account for
  resources committed in offensive positions
  through a verbal checks-and-balance system.

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PAR Personal Accountability Report

• PAR means Personal Accountability Report and
  would be used to insure quick and thorough
  accountability.
  
• PAR This term will be used if and when immediate
  fire ground accountability has to be undertaken.
  
  
• In addition, when firefighter accountability is
  instituted at the scene of an emergency, it is
  done the following way in all parts of the county.

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PAR Level 1 Accountability

• Level 1 Accountability
• When Incident Command (IC) determines that
  accountability must be performed, firefighters
  will return to the apparatus the responded on.
  If their apparatus is inaccessible, then
  returning to the Officer in Charge (OIC) will be
  acceptable. The following dialogue is an example
  of how accountability checks will be reported to
  the IC over the county radio system.
• Command to Engine 19
• Engine 19
• Engine 19 do you have PAR?
• Engine 19 has PAR

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Rehab of Firefighters

• All firefighters operating on the fireground need
  to go through rehab !
  
• What will happen in Rehab?
• Will be conducted by Ambulance Squad
• Blood Pressure
• Temperature
• Basic questions about how you are feeling

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FIREGROUND REHAB SECTOR SOP

• THE OFFICER OR THE EMT IN CHARGE WILL MAKE VISUAL
  CONTACT WITH A FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICER TO
  DETERMINE WHEN AND WHERE TO SET UP A REHAB
  SECTOR.
• THE REHAB SECTOR WILL BE DESIGNATED IN SOME
  MANNER. THE SQUAD OFFICER OR EMT WILL ADVISE THE
  DISPATCH CENTER OF THE REHAB SECTOR LOCATION.
  
• IF THE INCIDENT IS UPGRADED TO A WORKING FIRE ONE
  BLS UNIT, ONE ALS UNIT SHALL BE DISPATCHED AND
  ADVISED OF THEIR INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL ON
  THE FIREGROUND.
• IN THE EVENT A TRANSPORTATION OF A PATIENT IS
  REQUIRED, AN ALS UNIT WILL BE ON SCENE AT ALL
  TIMES.

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FIREGROUND REHAB SECTOR SOP

• 5. ALL FIREFIGHTERS MAY BE CHECKED FOR VITAL
  SIGNS AT ANY TIME IFA. A FIRE OFFICER DIRECTS
  THE SQUAD TO CHECK HIM/HER.B. A SAFETY OFFICER
  DIRECTS THE SQUAD TO CHECK HIM/HER.C. AN INJURY
  OCCURS ON THE FIREGROUND.
• 6. IF A SQUAD MEMBER FEELS THAT THE FIREFIGHTER
  MAY BE JEOPARDIZING HIS/HER HEALTH AND SAFETY, IT
  IS THEIR DUTY TO REPORT THE CONDITON TO A FIRE
  DEPARTMENT OFFICER/OIC.
• 7. USE OF BREATHING APPARATUS IS LIMITED TO TWO
  (2) THIRTY (30) MINUTE CYLINDERS OR ONE (1) SIXTY
  (60) MINUTE CYLINDER BEFORE THE FIREFIGHTER SHALL
  HAVE HIS VITAL SIGNS CHECKED.

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FIREGROUND REHAB SECTOR SOP

• 8. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PARAMETERS FOR VITAL
  SIGNS
  
• BLOOD PRESSURE
• - SYSTOLIC HIGHER THAN 190, LOWER THAN 100 -
  DIASTOLIC HIGHER THAN 110, LOWER THAN 50
  
• HEART RATE
• - HIGHER THAN 130, LOWER THAN 50
• RESPIRATIONS
• - HIGHER THAN 30, LOWER THAN 10
• LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
• - ANYTHING LESS THAN ORIENTATION TIMES 3

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FIREGROUND REHAB SECTOR SOP

• 9. IF AN INDIVIDUALS VITAL SIGNS FALL WITHIN THE
  ABOVE PARAMETERS, THEY MAY RETURN TO SERVICE AS
  NEEDED.
  
• IF AN INDIVIDUALS VITAL SIGNS DO NOT FALL
  WITHIN THE PARAMETERS AND THE FIREFIGHTER IS
  NOT IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION OR
  TRANSPORTATION TO A HOSPITAL, HE/SHE WILL BE
  GIVEN 5-10 MINUTES OF REST (GEAR REMOVED WHERE
  POSSIBLE, DEPENDING ON WEATHER CONDITIONS).AFTER
  THE BRIEF REST PERIOD IS PROVIDED, A SECOND SET
  OF VITAL SIGNS IS TO BE TAKEN. IF THE VITALS DO
  NOT FALL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OUTLINED ABOVE IN
  THE SECOND SET OF VITALS, THE FIREFIGHTERS NAME
  WILL BE GIVEN TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
  OFFICER, WHO THEN WILL DETERMINE WHEN AND IF THEY
  MAY RETURN TO SERVICE.
• 10. ALL FIREFIGHTERS VITALS ARE TO BE DOCUMENTED
  AND A COPY IS TO BE GIVEN TO THE INCIDENT
  COMMANDER AT THE CLOSE OF THE INCIDENT FOR THE
  FIRE DEPARTMENTS RECORDS.

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FIREGROUND REHAB SECTOR SOP

• 11. ANY FIREFIGHTER REFUSING TO HAVE HIS/HER
  VITAL SIGNS CHECKED/MONITORED WILL BE REPORTED TO
  THE FIRE OFFICER/OIC.
  
• 12. SAMPLE OF TRIAGE RECORD IS ATTACHED HERETO.

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Summary Questions

• What is a Safety Officer?
• What is Accountability?
• What is the Quadrant System?
• How is Side A designated?
• What does PAR stand for?
• Where do you go when PAR is called for?
• Who goes to Rehab?

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