B-100 Personnel Accountability Flashcards
Personnel Accountability
Puropose
This procedure identifies a system of incident site firefighter accountability. 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. Use of the system will provide enhanced personal safety for the individual firefighters and will provide the incident command organization staff an improved means to track and account for all personnel working in the hazard zone. The hazard zone will be defined as any area that requires an SCBA, or in which a firefighter is at risk of becoming 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. This list is not all inclusive. Command staff and field personnel are expected to use prudent judgment in determining if an area or condition warrants use of this policy.
Accountability involves a personal commitment to work within the safety system at an incident. Command will always be responsible for ____
including accountability as a major element in strategy and attack planning, and must consider and react to any barriers to effective accountability.
Personnel Accountability
Division/Group Officers will always maintain
an accurate tracking and awareness of crews assigned to them. This will require the Division/Group Officer to be in his/her assigned area and maintain close supervision of crews assigned to them.
Personnel Accountability
All crews will work for Command, or Groups & Divisions; no freelancing. Crews arriving on the scene should ____ for all intents and purposes. A minimum crew size will be considered ____ and a ____ will be required.
- remain intact
- two members
- radio
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A Lieutenant or other higher ranking individual must ____. All crews will go in ____. Reduced visibility and increased risk will require ____
- supervise all crews entering a hazard zone
- together, stay together, and come out together
- increased crew member proximity and oversight.
Personnel Accountability
If a radio fails while in the hazard zone, ____. Continuing operations with a crewmember radio failure will be best managed with
- the crew will exit unless there is another working radio with the crew
- 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.
Personnel Accountability
Passport’s
A. To enhance accountability and to improve tracking of personnel in the hazard zone, the PASSPORT system shall be used. PASSPORTS involve an identification tag with the crewmember’s name affixed, which is handed over to the Accountability Officer for scene management tracking purposes (or Incident Commander if Accountability Officer has not been established).
B. The Accountability Officer may be a Driver/Engineer, a Division/Group Officer, or a designated Accountability Officer, depending on the nature, type and complexity of the incident.
Personnel Accountability
System Components
A. This system utilizes a ____ to track assignments and location of personnel working within the hazard zone.
PASSPORT system
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System Components
B. PASSPORT Name Tags
Each member will be assigned a plastic “name tag”. The name tag is engraved with the member’s last name and at least one initial of the first name. This nametag will be placed on the apparatus PASSPORT unit at the beginning of the shift and shall constantly provide an accurate indication of personnel actively assigned to that unit.
Personnel Accountability
System Components
Passport Name Tag Colors
- White – Chief Officers.
- Red – Company Officers.
- Yellow – Firefighters, Paramedics, Driver/Engineers.
Personnel Accountability
System Components
Passport Units
Each emergency vehicle will be assigned a “passport unit”. The PASSPORT unit is approximately 2”x3” and engraved with the apparatus or unit designation. The passport unit will be attached to a Velcro area located at or near the center of the dashboard.
Personnel Accountability
System Components
Status Boards
Status boards will be carried by the Battalion Chief or other designated supervisors.
Personnel Accountability
Tactical Benchmark
Several accountability benchmarks are included in tactical operations. The Personnel Accountability Report (PAR) involves ____
a roll call of personnel assigned (within the hazard zone).
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Tactical Benchmark
For the Company Officer, a PAR is confirmation that ____
members assigned to his/her crew are accounted for. For the Group or Division Officer, a PAR is an accounting of all crewmembers, of all companies assigned to his/her Group or Division. PARs should be conducted face-to-face within the Company or with the Group or Division Officer whenever possible.
Personnel Accountability
Tactical Benchmark
A Personnel Accountability Report can be employed by the Incident Commander for the following situations:
- 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”).
