1. Dynamic Risk Assessing in an emergency environment
Introduction – years of experience
Who/what is a Station Officer. He/she is your first point of contact, develops IAP and turns chaos into control
Station Officer Shane Jarvis

2. Identify Risks Assessment Hazards Assessment Incident Action Guides
Task
Weather
Document
Task
Implement
Control Measures
Tactics
Environment
Isolations
Gas
Operational Guides
Identify
Process
Risks
Task
Incident Directives
Record
Identify
Process
Manage
Training
Tactics
Assessment
Incident Directives
Maintenance
Tactics
Rank
Control Measures
Process
Who is a Station Officer?
What does he do?
Persons Missing
Electricity
Identify
Representatives
Hazards
Task
Strategies
Recommendations
Manage

3. What is a Dynamic Risk Assessment ? ………
“The continuous assessment and management of risk in the rapidly changing circumstances of an operational incident”
An effective dynamic risk assessment, allows the Incident Controller to make informed decisions , using the available resources to achieve the objective within an acceptable level of safety.

4. Dynamic Risk Assessment
Identify the Hazards
Assess the Risks Associated with the Hazard
Identify who is at Risk
Implement effective use of resources that eliminate, manage or control the risk
The principles of a
Dynamic Risk Assessment

5. ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
So where does it all begin?
ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Strategic – Senior/Executive Management
Systematic – Regions/Commands and Stations
Dynamic Operational Personnel
STRATEGIC
SYSTEMATIC
DYNAMIC

6. Strategic The QFES provides: Incident Directives Policy Priorities
Resources
Incident Directives
Standing Orders
Commissioners Requirements
Incident Directives – 123 in total and could be referred to as an operational SWMS.
Equipment & PPE
Well Trained/Led personnel
Electronic software/hardware

7. Systematic Prevent Prepare Respond Recover P2 R2
Prevent – Working smoke alarms installed in your home
Ensuring Building Owners and Occupiers are aware of their obligations regarding the fire safety of their building and its occupants
Monitoring the compliance of Budget Accommodation Buildings with relevant legislation.
Working with industry and the community to reduce the incidents
Fire Investigation
Prepare - Strengthen staff and volunteers capability and knowledge
Adapt and implement new technology into emergency operations providing access to the best possible rescue equipment
Ensure operational readiness - Equipment is tested and maintained to Aust Standards
High risk premises are identified and QFES engage with occupiers.
Respond - Task staff, equipment and resources to respond the appropriate level and type of support for communities before, during and/or after an emergency or natural disaster event.
Provide timely and accurate information using appropriate and available technology to determine that the right level of support is provided.
Use technology to process requests for assistance in a timely and accurate manner to ensure operational resources are managed effectively.
Recover- Conduct operational debriefs, correct gaps in operational safety and share lessons learned.

8. Dynamic
* Incident Controller. Continue to monitor fire development and behaviour with regards to crew safety and actions
* Command & Control. As incident develops the incident management structure should develop accordingly. Consider early introduction of a Safety Officer.
* Incident conditions. All personnel on the fire ground should be monitoring incident conditions in particular any sudden changes in e.g. colour, density, velocity and volume of the smoke. ~

9. So how do we do it? Apply: Tactical Priorities
Fire ground Intelligence
Safe person concept
Incident Action Plan ~

10. TACTICAL
PRIORITIES
Tactical priorities are those guidelines, functions, and benchmarks used by the Incident Controller to initiate and continue effective Fireground actions
Tactical Priorities are also referenced as Phases of Control; allowing for an incident to flow in a controlled and sequential manner~

11. TACTICAL PRIORITIES R E C E O P A C T C E R E R R RESCUE EXPOSURES
CONTAINMENT E
EXTINGUISH
RECEO – Tactical Priorities
PACT – Decision making tool O
OVERHAUL V/S~ P A C T C E R E R R

12. ! It is very difficult to make good decisions
FIREGROUND
INTELIGENCE
! It is very difficult to make good decisions
on bad information !

13. FIREGROUND INTELIGENCE
By its very nature, the fire and rescue environment is characterized by many variables.
A number of these risks are foreseeable prior to arrival at any given emergency incident, many can only be recognised on-scene, or will emerge on scene. ~

15. FIREGROUND INTELIGENCE
The gathering of intelligence on arrival to the incident, combined with any pre-incident planning will assist the Incident Controller with deciding the initial actions for crews and resources, whilst continuing to gather information from those directly involved and from witnesses and bystanders.
As the incident develops, the Incident Controller will continually gather information from their observations, SITREPS from crews involved and from questions to responsible persons connected to the situation. ~
Gathering of intel occurs
En route
Arrival
Pre incident planning
As the incident develops, OIC must continually gather the info from observations, SITREPS from crews and owner occupier questioning.
Ask people to think of a fire occurring in their workplace, now hit them with PHAGEW Ask how they went?

17. Safe Person
Concept
QFES’s core service delivery is built upon providing services to enhance community safety whilst at the same time ensuring the safety of firefighters.
“We may risk our lives a lot, in a highly calculated manner to protect savable lives.”
“We may risk our lives a little , in a highly calculated manner, to protect savable property.”
“We will not risk our lives at all for lives and property that are already lost.” ~

18. Safe Person
Concept
As part of the Incident Action Plan we must determine:
* What you are prepared to Lose
* What you are prepared to defend
* What you are prepared to
save. ~

19. Would you go in there?
Would you expect me to send crews in?

20. Incident Action
Plan
Describe the overall incident Objectives, Strategies and Tactics.
Identify Key Risks (including the impact on the community and the environment).
Identify and ensure continuity of Control Operations.
Provide effective use of Resources.
Identify anticipated Resource requirements.
Highlight all Safety Issues that may affect Operations ~

21. Incident Action Plan S M E A C S SITUATION MISSION EXECUTION
ADMINISTRATION C
COMMUNICATIONS S
SAFETY

24. MODES OF
OPERATION
OFFENSIVE
DEFENSIVE

25. MODES OF
OPERATION
Offensive operations will involve gaining access in the structure to perform primary search and rescue if required and to contain and extinguish the fire from inside.
Defensive operations will involve external firefighting activities due to the dynamic risk assessment for that structure indicating no value of internal commitment. The fire will be contained to the structure involved and exposures will be protected appropriately. ~

27. Building Fire Safety Installations Trained Personnel in the workplace
Smoke Alarms
Building Fire Safety Installations
Trained Personnel in the workplace
Save Lives
Keep them maintained
And tested as per Aust. Standard
Know how to use them ~

28. …….. thankyou and stay safe.