 Local Command Facility (Group role) to support Preparedness, Response & Recovery Operations within the Bellarine Group.  Incident Control Point for small incident (Group role) under local arrangements.  ICC for Level 2 Incident.  Sector Command or Divisional Command Point as part of major incident.

 Local Command Facility (Group role) to support Preparedness, Response & Recovery Operations within the Bellarine Group.  I.E. Group Duty Officer uses LCF as a Command Facility to work from to: - Ensure Group Security - Prepare for Hot Day Response - Organise Strike Teams & Relief Crews - Support Incident Operations at fires/Incidents within the Bellarine Group Area - Other purposes as required

 Control Point for Level 1 incident, under local Group arrangements.

 Divcom or Sector Command Point For Divcom or Sector Command point requiring telephone/ radio operator, operational support person and Divisional / Sector Commander.

ICC for Level 2 Incident For ICC role requiring radio operators, telephone and admin person(s), Incident Controller, Operations, Planning, Information and Logistics Officers, manning modified as required to manage incident.

 Role dependant, may need different skill base for different LCF roles.  Who is responsible to man LCF? Group Trained Personnel or District Personnel.  Group to manage and coordinate with staffing from appropriately trained people.  If necessary skills can be requested from District via the RDO.

 Radio Operators and admin support people  E map skilled operator to assist with maps for sitreps or briefings for incoming resources.  Local Knowledge, to assist with input to plans, briefings for incoming resources or to act as guides.  Appropriately trained and qualified IMT personnel to match required roles.

 Fireweb : Provides access to weather page, prediction tools, State map.  E map, a web based mapping system, you can view fire location on maps and aerial photos, fire behaviour predictions, fire history and fire observations.  E map field, access to computer based mapping for quick observations of fire which can be sent by , fax etc.  Manual Fire prediction meters.

 IMS (Incident Management System) a CFA based system which allows the viewer to monitor incident response and radio messages for CFA Incidents.  RAWS (Remote Area Weather Stations) a CFA system which allows the viewer to monitor the weather across the state. Also has the function to graph changing weather over a period of time and display graphically FDI for each station.  Off air decoder which receives all pages for brigades in the Group.

 EM webmail a web based system to share sitreps, requests and other information to multiple users, i.e. DCC/ICC/RCC and other Groups or LCFs.  FAX to send sitreps etc to DCC or ICC.  IMT Toolbox, (Incident Management Toolbox) provides forms used in Incident Management both within the facility and to create reports which can be fowarded to the DCC or ICC.

 Whiteboards to display: Communication channels in use. Fire ground commanders. Resources (onscene and enroute) “Mudmap” a rough representation of fireground sectors, resources, water points, traffic management points, staging areas etc. Contact information for ICC/DCC and fireground.

 Resource board for all resources allocated to job and assist with monitoring Group security.  Situation board with weather information, mud map, sectors etc.  Command and Control board with fireground communications, Fireground commanders contact information and DCC/ICC contact information.

 Start up and Logon to computers, use generic logons, not brigade or private logons. The logon will affect your access to CFA and Fireweb applications.  Create a file for the fire or incident to save all documents.

 Build an initial picture of incident.  Who’s in charge and contact details.  Where is the incident.  What resources are on scene and enroute.

 Log radio traffic and phone messages.  Start to generate a plot of the fire.  Think about where the fire is going and what may be at risk.  Check the local weather and if there is a change predicted where is it?

 Prepare a rough prediction of fire spread.  Check E map for a “phoenix prediction.”  Look at what may be in the path of the fire with E map and aerial photos, remember the fire ground commander may be blinded by smoke, terrain or vegetation.

 Ensure sitreps and significant changes are sent to vicfire/DCC/ICC as appropriate.  Early in the incident consider the manning for the LCF.  Do we have enough people, is the skills mix right? If not contact the group or the district for support.  When discussions are taking place regarding replacement crews for trucks remember fire ground commanders and LCF staff.