1GENES.ppt Last Revised: 26 August 2001 General Emergency Services Developed as part of the National Emergency Services Curriculum Project.

1GENES.ppt Last Revised: 26 August 2001

General Emergency Services

Developed as part of the National Emergency Services Curriculum Project


CAP ES Missions

• Search and Rescue (ground and air)

• Disaster Relief

• Reconnaissance

• Counterdrug

• Transportation


CAP ES Missions Continued

• Three areas of qualification– Ground and Urban Direction Finding Teams

• Ground Team Leader• Ground Team Member• Urban DF Team

– Aircrews• Scanner• Observer• Mission Pilot


CAP ES Missions Continued

Mission Base Personnel

• Incident Commander

• Liaison Officer

• Mission Chaplain

• Information Officer

• Safety Officer

• Operations Section Chief

• Air Operations Branch Director

•Ground Branch Director

•Planning Section Chief

•Logistics Section Chief

•Finance / Admin Section Chief

•Flight Line Supervisor

•Communications Unit Leader

•Mission Staff Assistant

•...


CAP ES Regulations

• CAPR 60-3 Training & Operational Missions

• CAPR 60-4 Vol I Part I Mission Forms

• CAPR 60-4 Vol I Part II Mission Forms - ICS

• CAPR 60-4 Vol II Training Forms • CAPR 60-5 Critical Incident Stress Management

• CAPR 173-3 Payment for CAP Support

• CAPR 60-1 Flight Management


CAP ES Qualification• General ES Course

• CAPF 100 - request for ES Qualification

• CAPF 101 - ES Qualification card

• CAPF 101T - ES Training card - for other specialties – Can train for three concurrently– Mission Staff Assistant is the recommended

qualification to move into from here for those without a planned track


CAP ES Qualification Continued

• Complete Level I for seniors

• Complete achievement I for cadets

• Current CAP member

• Completes required classroom instruction


CAP ES Renewal• General ES test (F116) must be retaken

every time a new test is issued by NHQ (expectation is every 1.5 years)

• CAPF 100 filled out

• Perform duties on actual or training missions in each speciality once every 2 years (CAPF101 expires 2 years after it is issued)

• MELT and ART completed for each speciality


CAP ES Missions

• Memoradums Of Understandings– State & Local Emergency Management Agencies– Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)– Red Cross – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.– US Coast Guard Auxiliary– U.S. Customs– …etc.


CAP ES Missions

• Disaster Relief is handled by AFNSEP

• USAF is responsible for SAR in the Inland Region of Continental US (AFRCC)

• CAP SAR must follow our regulations and the US Supplement to International Aviation and Maritime SAR Manual

• US Army is responsible for peacetime DR within CONUS


CAP ES ICS Forms

• ICS 201 Incident Briefing

• ICS 211 Check-in Form

• ICS 214 Unit Log (UDF, Aircrew)

• ICS 218 Support Vehicle

• ICS 219-x Sign-in of equipment

• ICS 220 Air Operations Summary

• ICS 215 Mission Folder


CAP ES CAP Forms

• CAPF 100 Request for ES Speciality

• CAPF 104 Aircrew Briefing

• CAPF 106 Ground Interrogations

• CAPF 107 Flight Operations Log

• CAPF 108 Reimbursement

• CAPF 109 Ground Team Clearance

• CAPF 114 ES Qualification Record


CAP ES Partner Agencies

• AFRCC

• AFNSEP

• FEMA

• Red Cross

• NTSB

• Others


Actual Mission

• Missions activated by– agency – NYW Commander and wing LO/LNCO for 911T

mission (eminmently serious - know flooding from coming hurricane)

– State requests assistance, but AFRCC will not issue a number, the CAP-USAF liaison regions can issue a mission number

– AFRCC– AFNSEP


Actual Mission - continues• CAP is alerted at a Wing level

– NYW Alerting Officer is called– Nearest CAP IC is chosen

• Local IC alerts members– Use local procedures (squadron commander,

aircrew members, ground team members, etc.)

• Depending on mission, local base (Incident Command Post - ICP) may be established


Actual Mission - continues• If ICP is established

– base staff will report– aircrews may fly sorties from home airport– ground teams may search from home area– aircrew/ground teams may travel to ICP for

sorties

• If ICP is not established– aircrews will fly from local airport– ground teams from home area


Training Mission• ICP will be established prior to training date

– staging areas (sub-bases)– One CAP IC, several staging area managers

• Main scenario (missing aircraft) or local training

• Usually 1 day (Saturday) with rain date of Sunday

• Local missions can be done as well


At a Mission

• Sign-in

• Get Task

• Perform Task

• Rest

• Repeat steps 2 , 3 and 4

• Leave ICP (maybe returning tomorrow)


Sign-In at ICP

• Individual qualifications need to be known to mission planners, and thus personnel are normally requested individually to participate

• Sign-in confers FECA/FTCA coverage– Personnel and vehicles will be logged on the ICS Forms 211

and 218 respectively with incoming team or aircrew paperwork

– Personnel need to be sure that they are recorded on the Unit Log by the assigned supervisor on the ICS Form 214

• Further assignment at sign-in


Tasking

• Task is determine by Base Staff– Planning section

• Perform task – aircrew - fly sortie (route search, search for

ELT, damage assessment, etc.)– ground team - interview, ramp search, search

for ELT, deliver food/supplies, etc.


Risk and CAP Missions

• Travel to and from mission base

• Operating without proper rest or nourishment

• Electrical or antenna wires

• Turning propellers

• Do not take unnecessary risks


Member Responsibility

• CAP ES members should obtain and read copies of the current operations and emergency services publications

• Again, CAP members have NO special dispensations over an ordinary citizen

• Individuals who put themselves, other members, or the corporation in jeopardy by disregarding laws and policies will be targeted for restraining action


Bloodborne Pathogens

• Diseases transferred by contact with human blood and body fluids– Hepatitis B– AIDS– Others

• Exposure exists at accident/crash sites


Bloodborne Pathogens Continued

• Prevent by staying away from blood and body fluids– Engineering controls– Work practice controls– Personal protective equipment– Universal precautions

• Training method is not specified


Bloodborne Pathogens Continued

• Two members on each ground team must have bloodborne pathogens training

• Must be received from a knowledgeable person


Negligence

• Failure to exercise that degree of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

• Degrees - Slight, Ordinary, Gross

• Key = perform to your level of training

• Not normally a problem

• Protection through “Good Samaritan” laws


Posse Comitatus

• Prohibits CAP from engaging in law enforcement activities other than reconnaissance of property or transport of personnel and equipment, while on an Air Force mission

• CAP members may not carry firearms, participate in detention or arrest of persons or seizure of property or conduct surveillance of personnel and equipment


Posse Comitatus Continued

• CAP members may not be deputized

• No authority to restrict persons by force

• May provide passive assistance to law enforcement

• Can do passive site surveillance (NTSB)

• No trespass allowed

• NO special dispensations


Interact with the Media

• Why must information be controlled?

• To whom do we direct inquisitor and why?– Target details influence witness interviews– Undue speculation– Family needs to know first

• Can answer general questions about CAP


Interact with the Media Continued

• You Should:– Be friendly and courteous– You are a CAP member and working a mission– Direct them to person responsible for media– Be alert for information bystanders may have


Interact with the Media Continued

• You Should Not:– Discuss target description or events– Discuss search or results– Give opinions– Be rude or officious

• Never say “No Comment” - Direct them to appropriate leader.


Reimbursement

• Limited reimbursement available on AF reimbursable missions for:– Aircraft flight hours– Member-owned aircraft maintenance– Communications– Vehicle fuel and oil

• CAPF 108


QUESTIONS?


New CAP Forms

• CAPF 112– Single Task Evaluation

• CAPF 113– Field Expedient Task Book

• CAPF 114– CAP ES Qualification Record

• CAPF 115– CAP ES Mission Folder

• CAPF 100, 101, 101T-xxx– Same function as prior versions but all new.


CAPF 112


CAPF 113


CAPF 114


CAPF 115


CAPF 101


Sample CAPF 101T


ICS Forms

• ICS 201 Incident Briefing

• ICS 211 Check-in Form

• ICS 214 Unit Log (UDF, Aircrew)

• ICS 218 Support Vehicle

• ICS 219-x Sign-in of equipment

• ICS 220 Air Operations Summary


ICS 201


ICS 211


ICS 218 & 219-x


ICS 220

1GENES.ppt Last Revised: 26 August 2001 General Emergency Services Developed as part of the National Emergency Services Curriculum Project.

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