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Maintaining accountability at the scene of a fire can be a difficult
assignment - yet it has become a major concern for incident commanders.
Starting over five years ago, we have been developing and refining an
accountability system which we believe - if used properly - gives the
incident commander both tactical and personnel accountability. With a quick
study of the board the IC knows who is deployed where, who is in staging,
rehab and reserve locations, who is in charge of the sectors and critical
time checks. The illustration shown presents an example of how this is
accomplished. In this example, the IC can tell the following information:
- Two companies are in staging.
- Two companies are operating on the second floor (La Grange 1111 with 3
persons and Brookfield 411with 4 persons) and two on the first floor
(Hinsdale 1012 with 4 and La Grange 1112 with 3).
- 1102 is the Sector 2 officer, 1003 is in charge of Sector 1, and 401
is Sector A.
- The last PAR was at 1420, the next is due at 1450.
- La Grange 1119 is the roof operations company; 1107 is the sector
command.
With additional tags provided with the system the IC can track any
additional companies, command and operational assignments, RIT deployment,
and other information.
Even if you currently are using a passport or tag based accountability
system, can you know from moment to moment where everyone is? If you declare
an evacuation, can you quickly reconcile the companies on scene and know
when all have been accounted for? What is the “check and balance” to insure
that every company is identified, even if they neglected to drop off an
accountability tag?
TACT-ICS is easy to understand and learn - and even easier to use.
Accountability - true accountability - cannot depend on waiting until the
incident concludes to find a missing or lost company - it must be as dynamic
as the fire scene. Is your current system capable of this level of tracking?
If not, use need TACT-ICS!
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