Technical Rescue Team

Of Luzerne County

 

ESTABLISING COMMAND AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT A T.R.T. INCIDENT

 

 

New 3/01

 

SCOPE:

This policy shall apply to the members of the TRT.  It is understood that this procedure is only for the initial response and arrival of the TRT to an incident.  It is also to be understood that the TRT is a resource available to Command and we are to function in a support role when we arrive on the incident.

 

PURPOSE:   

• To give the TRT command a guideline to follow for establishing initial command and accountability.
• To establish accountability of TRT members as they arrive on the scene.
• To identify members of the TRT

 

 

DEFINITIONS:

 

1. TRT – Technical Rescue Team of Luzerne County
2. Hot Zone – The area immediately around the incident.  Size of the hot zone will be e3stablished by Command
3. Warm Zone – The area outside of the hot zone.  Size of the warm zone will be established by Command.
4. Cold Zone – The area outside of the warm zone.
5. Command – The person of the municipality where the incident occurred who is responsible for emergency services.
6. Level 1 Staging – This level of staging is near the area of the incident and personnel and equipment are being committed to the incident.  The location of this staging area will be determined by Command.
7. Level 2 Staging – This level of staging will be away from the site of the incident.  It is understood that personnel and equipment in this level of staging are committed to the incident.  They are not actively participating in the incident and are in a reserve in the event the incident escalates.
8. TRT Unit Officer - A responding TRT member who is trained to the technician level for the type of incident the TRT is responding to.  In the event this person is only trained to the operations level they will continue with following the guidelines set forth until command can be passed to TRT member with the Technician level training.

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION:

 

All TRT members will be issued accountability cards.  These cards will be used for initial identification of the member along with their training levels.  Training levels will be identified on the cards by:

               A- Awarness

               O- Operations

               T- Technician

               S - Specialist

 

All TRT initial response communications will take place on Luzerne County Fire and Ambulance frequency.

 

Upon TRT’s arrival to an incident we will follow under the operations sector of command

 

ESTABLISHMENT AND INITIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRT COMMAND

 

• The first TRT Unit Officer to arrive at the incident will report directly to command.
•  They will inform command that they are the representative of the TRT and will advise command of our capabilities and needs for the incident.
•  They will identify themselves as TRT Command. (Operations Command)
• Designate a TRT Staging/Accountability Officer
• TRT Command along with Command will establish a Level 1 and Level 2 Staging area
• TRT Command along with Command will decide, upon reviewing the incident, which equipment and personnel are to be designated Level 1 staging or Level 2 staging.  Command will relay this information to all incoming TRT Units.
• Designate a TRT Safety Officer
• TRT Command along with Command will establish Hot, Warm, and Cold zones for the incident.

 

 

TRT SAFETY OFFICER’S INITIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• This officer should be trained to the Technician level for the type of incident we are involved in.
• This officer will work with an officer from the municipality in which the incident is taking place
• This officer will assist in establishing the work zones.
• This officer will be responsible for overall safety of the operations level of the incident.

 

TRT STAGING/ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES

• This officer should be trained to the Technician level for the type of incident we are involved in.
• This officer will work with an officer from the municipality in which the incident is taking place
• This officer will be responsible for recording all TRT personnel arriving onto the scene and location of all staged units along with location and time of deployment of TRT personnel.
• This officer will be responsible for forming teams and deploying personnel as per Command or TRT/command.

 

TRT MEMBERS INITIAL RESPOSIBILITIES

• Report to staging level as directed by Command.
• Upon arrival to Level 1 Staging report to TRT Staging/Accountability Officer
• Your accountability card will be handed in after you are assigned to a team
• Team leaders must report all locations of personnel as they change to the TRT Staging/Accountability Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.C.___________ SAFETY OFICER_____________ OPS.(TRT)_____________EMS__________ Frequency operating on___________________     Vehicle staged Level 1 Dept.      location Vehicle staged level 2 Dept.    location Team 1 Time in ___ out___ Asssignement________ Location____________ Leader      Members     Team 2 Time in ___ out___ Asssignement________ Location____________ Leader      Members Team 3 Time in ___ out___ Asssignement________ Location____________ Leader      Members Team 4 Time in ___ out___ Asssignement________ Location____________ Leader      Members Team 5 Time in ___ out___ Asssignement________ Location____________ Leader      Members Team 6 Time in ___ out___ Asssignement________ Location____________ Leader      Members       Team 7 Time in ___ out___ Asssignement________ Location____________ Leader      Members Team 8 Time in ___ out___ Asssignement________ Location____________ Leader      Members Team 9 Time in ___ out___ Asssignement________ Location____________ Leader      Members Team 10 Time in ___ out___ Asssignement________ Location____________ Leader      Members

               Accountability cards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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