WELCOME TO SANTA MONICA FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF AIDE TRAINING

HOW DID WE GET HERE? RELATIONSHIP RELATIONSHIP PARTNERSHIP PARTNERSHIP INTEROPERABILITY INTEROPERABILITY REGIONAL TRAINING REGIONAL TRAINING

SMFD COMMAND POST OPERATIONS WHAT IS THE CURRENT OPERATION FOR COMMAND POST TEAMS? WHAT IS THE CURRENT OPERATION FOR COMMAND POST TEAMS? IS THERE A NEED FOR STAFF AID ASSISTANCE AT THE COMMAND POST? IS THERE A NEED FOR STAFF AID ASSISTANCE AT THE COMMAND POST? IF AT ALL, HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THE RELATIONSHIP/FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMAND POST TEAM IF AT ALL, HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THE RELATIONSHIP/FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMAND POST TEAM

COMMAND POST OPERATIONS PURPOSE ALL FIELD PERSONNEL MUST BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS NEEDED TO SET UP AND SUPPORT A COMMAND POST. HAZ MAT 4 DRIVER DESIGNATED AS THE PRIMARY COMMAND POST AID “ CHIEF OFFICERS HAVE THE ADDED RESPONSIBILITY TO ANTICIPATE AND COACH THOSE ASSISTING AT THE CP, PARTICULARLY WHEN AN INCIDENT MOVES TOWARD A WIDER RANGE OF COMPLEXITIES. THE VALUE OF AN I.C. TO PROVIDE CLEAR, CALM DIRECTION TO THE ASSISTING MEMBERS WILL ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE CP ARE SATISFIED. ”

NFPA 1671 “ TO RELY ON A SINGLE PERSON ACTING AS AN INCIDENT COMMANDER AT TODAY’S COMPLEX INCIDENTS TO MANAGE ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMAND IS UNFAIR TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE SWORN TO PROTECT” “ TO RELY ON A SINGLE PERSON ACTING AS AN INCIDENT COMMANDER AT TODAY’S COMPLEX INCIDENTS TO MANAGE ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMAND IS UNFAIR TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE SWORN TO PROTECT”

NFPA REQUIREMENTS NFPA 1710 – Chief Officers shall have staff aides deployed to them for purposes of incident management and accountability at emergency incidents NFPA 1710 – Chief Officers shall have staff aides deployed to them for purposes of incident management and accountability at emergency incidents NFPA 1561 – Incident Commanders assigned a supervisory responsibility that involves multiple companies or crews under their command shall have an additional member assigned to facilitate tracking and accountability of companies NFPA 1561 – Incident Commanders assigned a supervisory responsibility that involves multiple companies or crews under their command shall have an additional member assigned to facilitate tracking and accountability of companies

DUTIES AND RESPOSIBILITIES REPORT TO COMMAND POST WITH ALL PPE REPORT TO COMMAND POST WITH ALL PPE PREPARE ALL APPROPRIATE REAR RADIOS ( DISPATCH CHANNEL, INCIDENT TAC CHANNEL(S) AND EMERGENCY TRIGGER CHANNEL(S) ) PREPARE ALL APPROPRIATE REAR RADIOS ( DISPATCH CHANNEL, INCIDENT TAC CHANNEL(S) AND EMERGENCY TRIGGER CHANNEL(S) ) REAR MOBILE DATA TERMINAL & SLIDE TABLE REAR MOBILE DATA TERMINAL & SLIDE TABLE INITIATE F PICTURE INITIATE F PICTURE RE-STAT - SIT-STAT (PRIMARY FUNCTION) RE-STAT - SIT-STAT (PRIMARY FUNCTION) MAYDAY!!!!!! MAYDAY!!!!!! STAGING STAGING

SOUND C.P. PRINCIPLES REGARDLESS OF INCIDENT ESCALATION AND OR VARYING COMPLEXITIES, PRICIPLES OF SOUND CP SUPPORT REMAIN THE SAME 1. SUPPORT THE IC 2. COMMUNICATE CLEARLY 3. REMAIN CALM 4. ACCOUNT FOR EVERYONE 5. LISTEN CAREFULLY 6. ACT APPROPRIATELY 7. IF YOU DON ’ T KNOW, ASK 8. WRITE CLEARLY AND DOCUMENT ACTIONS 9. WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM 10. ASSIST IN KEEPING CP AREA CLEAR OF NON-ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL TRAINING!!!!!

GOALS OF INCIDENT MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVE RESOURCE STATUS EFFECTIVE RESOURCE STATUS EFFECTIVE SITUATION STATUS EFFECTIVE SITUATION STATUS EFFECTIVE RESOURCE ORDERING EFFECTIVE RESOURCE ORDERING EFFECTIVE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF ALL RESOURCES EFFECTIVE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF ALL RESOURCES EFFECTIVE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES EFFECTIVE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES EFFECTIVE TRAINING AND PLANNING EFFECTIVE TRAINING AND PLANNING SAFE, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT FIRE GROUND OPERATIONS SAFE, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT FIRE GROUND OPERATIONS

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