1 Blue Card Understanding terminology and the responsibilities of the first and second in company officer. Tukwila Fire Department.

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Blue Card Blue Card Understanding terminology and the

responsibilities of the first and second in company officer.

Tukwila Fire Department

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Communication Order Model

Communication Order Model

• Call the person you want first.

• Wait for them to acknowledge you.

• Give your radio traffic.

• Wait for them to acknowledge your traffic.

• Always use the Order Model.

• Never start your radio traffic before someone else has finished their full model.

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First-in OfficerFirst-in Officer•Notify dispatch using the correct order

model.

•Assures correct radio channel.

•Tells others you are about to give initial report.

•All other 1st Alarm Units will go to location and position selves out of the way.

•No other radio traffic until first-in officer completes their short report.

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First-in OfficerSize-up

First-in OfficerSize-up

• Building description:

• Size; Small, Medium, Large, Mega.

• Height; Number of floors above and below grade.

• Occupancy Type;1. Single Family; House

2. Multi-Unit Family; Garden apartment, center hallway etc.

3. Strip Mall

4. Commercial

5. Big Box

Note: If the building or company is well known, call it by name!

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What Do You See!

• Nothing Showing (investigating)

• Smoke Showing (description)

• Fire Showing (location)

• Defensive fire conditions

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First-in OfficerFirst-in OfficerFollow-up reportFollow-up report

•Report gives results of your 360.

•Any changes to your I.A.P.

•Accountability location; the side you are working on.

•Does the structure have a basement?

•Taking or Passing Command?

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Passing CommandPassing Command

•Rescue mode; driver is the standby.

•Passing command; awaiting a standby team.

•Second unit must provide the standby team if the first unit passes command.

•Pass command to get water on the fire fast.

•In most cases, do not pass command for defensive fires.

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•1st Alarm goes to location, parks out of the way.

•2nd Engine company stages at a hydrant.

•Ladder companies do not pass first entrance into incident.

• An exception to the third bullet point is if the Ladder Company knows that the second or third entrance is closest to the actual incident

1st Alarm Units

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•Stay at your rig until you are given a task.

•The entry team can enter the IDLH as soon as the second company with a standby team states they are on location.

•Once command has been established, you contact command to report you are on location. Not F-4.

•Always bring your R.I.C. bag with you to the on-deck position.

1st Alarm Units Cont.

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•Any multi-family complex can be considered rescue mode without specific indicators.

•Any single family house with credible indicators that someone is home.

•Any incident the first I.C. believes requires quick action to save savable lives.

When to use Rescue Mode

When to use Rescue Mode

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Second in OfficerIC-

Second in OfficerIC-

• Establish command first.

• Do your own 360.

• Incident action plan.

• Declare strategy; offensive or defensive.

• Give task(s), location, and objective(s) to crews.

• Evaluate needed resources.

• Plan on becoming the support officer for the strategic I.C. until additional chief officers arrive.

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No Face-to-Face with I.C.

No Face-to-Face with I.C.

•Do not expect a face-to-face with the I.C.

•All communications by radio.

•Turn in passport without face-to-face.

•I.C. will be in a vehicle. (discretion of I.C.)

•Do not walk up to command post and try to talk to I.C. without being asked to.

Transfer of CommandFrom 1st IC to BC

• Transfer of command will usually be done over the radio.

• The transfer will consist of verification of units and their tasks.

• All other radio traffic will be on stand-by until the transfer is completed.

• Exception-When a crucial safety item needs to be communicated immediately.

• At the end of the transfer, the BC will announce the strategy-either offensive or defensive.

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•Conditions

•Actions

•Needs

• Air (team)

C.A.N.A. REPORTC.A.N.A. REPORT

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P.A.R.Personal Accountability Report

P.A.R.Personal Accountability Report

• Gives the current status of your team.

• No need for number of team members if all is accounted for.

• E-51 has PAR and unit location is the only information the I.C. needs.

• If in a division or group, your PAR will be reported to the person holding your passport.

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What Happens When You Are What Happens When You Are

Asked To BecomeAsked To Become The Command The Command Aide.Aide.

• You are the responsible person for tracking ALL units at the incident.

• You must know the task and location of each company.

• Draw a diagram of the structure to help track unit positions.

• Track companies into and out of rehab and on-deck.

• Help the IC listen for radio traffic and decipher hard to understand reports.

• Remind the IC of key benchmarks as needed. If something is missed, tell them.

• If you need to answer for command, say command. Not command post or aide.

New Terms

•On Deck-Go to the place assigned and prepare to “go to work”.

•Recycle-Exit the building, change your bottle, hydrate, and prepare to be redeployed.

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