Accountability Training February 2012
Overview and Purpose
1. It is important for Boone County Fire District personnel to be comfortable operating as the incident commander at a wide array of incidents.
2. Firefighters should know the roles and responsibilities of the incident commander as well as incident specific tactical priorities to be good managers of their incident scene.
3. Fire District personnel should understand the importance of accountability.
4. The importance of accountability can be enhanced through practical scenarios of multiple reps throughout the training session.
5. Fire District personnel will be introduced to a new functional Incident Command Board that they will be able to practice managing incidents and accountability.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this training session, firefighters in attendance will have had an opportunity to:
Cognitive Objectives
§ Discuss the importance of accountability
§ Discuss the rolls and responsibilities of the Command Aide
§ Discuss the tactical priorities at various incidents
o Structure Fire, MVA, Extrication, Natural Cover Fire, Investigation, etc.
§ Discuss the sequence of transferring command in various incident scenarios
o Transfer must happen face-to-face
o Passports should be loaded with accountability tags on the mid-ship compartment door prior to an officer’s arrival to assume command
§ Discuss in detail the intention of the Fire District’s new Incident Command Board
§ Discuss the elements of a standard initial radio report
o Arrival on scene – size and description of the structure – description of the problem – actions being taken – declaring a strategy – assuming and naming command – resource determination
§ Discuss the elements of the secondary size-up (360 size-up)
o 360 complete, describe the problem and changes if new information is found (i.e. persons trapped on side 3), identify specific hazards (i.e. basement, exposures, lines down, etc.), announce the incident strategy once again, announce where the command post will be located
§ Discuss the difference between “Fast-Attack IC” and “Command Mode”
Affective Objectives
§ Define critical tactical benchmarks
o Loss Stopped
o Under Control
o Primary/Secondary All Clear
§ Explain how to identify the command post
§ Define Level 1 Staging
§ Define Level 2 Staging
§ Explain accountability and how to capture firefighters on scene using the passport system of the command board
§ Explain what a “tactical passport” is and how to manage it on the command board
§ Explain the difference between Rehab and Recycle
Psychomotor Objectives
§ Perform scenarios based on incident types
o Structure Fire, MVA, Extrication, Natural Cover Fire, Investigation, etc.
§ Perform scenarios in the roll of a firefighter arriving on scene in an apparatus assuming command
§ Perform scenarios in the roll of a firefighter arriving on scene in their POV
§ Perform scenarios as the Fast-Attack IC
§ Perform scenarios as a Strategic Incident Commander (Officer)
§ Ensure that a strong, direct, and visible command will be established from the onset of the incident.
Scope and Sequence of the Lesson
§ Class will begin with a brief introduction overviewing the events of the evening
§ An overall training IC will be assigned (station officer)
§ A PowerPoint presentation will be performed by members of the Training Bureau
§ The Fire District’s new Incident Command Board will be presented and explained to the Fire District personnel in attendance
§ The instructor will cover all of the aforementioned objectives
§ The class will run through numerous incident command scenarios until perfection(see psychomotor objectives)
§ The class will conclude when students have run through the scenarios and are comfortable operating using this format
Logistics
§ Incident Command Board
§ PowerPoint Presentation
Resources and References
§ Blue Card Command