2010 Incident Response Pocket Guide


Description: Small, pocket-sized guide with checklists and other commonly used information that may be helpful to initial attack or extended field operations. 

Not one to assume anything, it occurred to me that many of you, not from the Western USA might appreciate seeing one of the most common reference sources, carried by EVERY firefighter in Southern California. It is called the Incident Response Pocket Guide and it has been updated and published January 2010.

Curious what's inside?  Here's the Table of Contents:

GREEN - OPERATIONAL ENGAGEMENT 

Risk Management................................................. 1 

Look Up, Down and Around............................... 2 

Common Denominators of Fire Behavior 

on Tragedy Fires.............................................. 4 

Common Tactical Hazards................................... 5 

LCES..................................................................... 6 

Safety Zones........................................................ 7 

Downhill Checklist .............................................. 8 

Incident Complexity Analysis (Type 3,4,5) ....... 9 

Wildland/Urban Interface Firefighting................ 10 


GOLD - SPECIFIC HAZARDS 

How to Properly Refuse Risk........................... 17 

Thunderstorm Safety.........................................19 

Hazard Tree Safety............................................ 20 

Power Line Safety.............................................. 22 

Roadside Response Safety.................................24 

Unexploded Ordnance Safety............................ 25 

Oil and Gas Site Safety...................................... 26 

Last Resort Survival........................................... 28


YELLOW - ALL HAZARD RESPONSE 

Vehicle Accident Operations.............................. 31 

HazMat Incident Operations.............................32 

HazMat Isolation Distances.............................. 33 

HazMat Classifications for Fixed Facilities...... 34 

Local Disaster Response.................................... 35 

All Hazard Incident Response........................... 36 

Structure Hazard Marking System.................... 37 

Missing Person Search Urgency........................ 38 


RED - FIRST AID 

First Aid Guidelines........................................... 41 

Patient Assessment............................................42 

Specific Treatments........................................... 43 

CPR....................................................................44 

Heat-Related Injuries.........................................45 

Burn Injuries....................................................... 46 

Multi-Casualty Triage System.......................... 48 


BLUE - AVIATION 

Aviation User Checklist.....................................51 

Aviation Watch Out Situations.......................... 52 

Helicopter Passenger Briefing and PPE.............53 

Flight Following.................................................56 

Helicopter Landing Area Selection.....................57 

One-Way Helispot .............................................58 

Two-Way Helispot.............................................59 

Longline Mission................................................60 

Helicopter Hand Signals.....................................61

Paracargo Operations Safety................................ 62 

Aerial Retardant Safety...................................... 62 

Paracargo Drop Zone......................................... 63 

Weight Estimates................................................ 64 

Directing Retardant and Bucket Drops............. 65 

Working with Airtankers.................................... 66 

Aircraft Mishap Response Actions................... 68 

SAFECOM Reporting System.......................... 69 


WHITE - OTHER REFERENCES 

Fire Danger Pocket Card.................................... 71 

Spot Weather Forecast....................................... 72 

Energy Release Component............................... 74 

Burning Index..................................................... 74 

Haines Index....................................................... 75 

Keetch-Byrum Drought Index........................... 75 

Lightning Activity Level .................................... 76 

Weather Watch/Weather Warning....................... 76 

Windspeed Ranges............................................. 77 

Severe Fire Behavior Potential........................... 78 

Fire Behavior Hauling Chart .............................. 79 

Relative Humidity Tables.................................. 80 

Probability of Ignition Tables............................ 82 

Direct Attack/Indirect Attack............................ 86 

Fireline Location................................................ 88 

Procedural Felling Operations........................... 89 

Working with Heavy Equipment....................... 90 

Water Delivery Information............................... 91 

Engine and Water Tender Typing....................... 92

Mark 3 Pump Information.................................93 

Water Use Hand Signals.....................................96 

Average Perimeter in Chains.............................. 97 

Fire Size Class....................................................97 

Line Spike...........................................................98 

Minimum Impact Suppression Tactics........... 100 

Reporting Fire Chemical Introductions........... 102 

Fire Cause Determination Checklist................ 103 

Media Interviews.............................................104 

Phonetic Alphabet............................................ 105 

2010 Revision Summary.................................. 109 


Sizeup Report............................. Front cover (inside) 


Briefing Checklist........................Back cover (inside) 


Standard Firefighting Orders.... Back cover (outside) 

Watch Out Situations............... Back cover (outside)


For those familiar with this reference source, there have been changes to make note of in this latest version (January 2010). 

Here's the changes and revisions: 

This 2010 edition of the Incident Response Pocket Guide reflects feedback from the first national comprehensive review of this publication since it was initially put into service in 1999. To denote
 this, the cover color has been changed to red. There are a number of changes and corrections from the 
previous 2006 edition.

Here’s a summary of the notable changes:

New References
  • Preface
  • Specific Hazards Section (gold pages)
  • Roadside Response Safety
  • Oil and Gas Site Safety
  • All Hazard Incident Response
  • Heat-Related Injuries
  • Fire Danger Pocket Card
  • Fire Behavior Hauling Chart
  • Probability of Ignition Charts
  • Fireline Location
  • Working with Heavy Equipment
  • Engine and Water Tender Typing
  • Mark 3 Pump Information
  • Reporting Fire Chemical Introductions
Deleted References
  • SAMPLE Patient History (2006 edition page 36)
  • START Patient Triage (2006 edition page 40)
  • Flight Manager (2006 edition page 47)
  • PPE for Flight (2006 edition page 50)
  • Effective Use of SEATs (2006 edition pages 62-63)
  • USFS Visual Signal Code (2006 edition page 66)
  • Line Production Rates (2006 edition pages 88-90)
  • Dozer Use Hand Signals (2006 edition page 91)
  • Radio Frequencies and Contact Lists (2006 edition pages 100-102)
Existing References with Significant Changes
  • Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting
  • Hazard Tree Safety
  • HazMat Isolation Distances
  • Helicopter Passenger Briefing and PPE
  • Working with Airtankers
  • Procedural Felling Operations
  • Water Handling Information
  • Minimum Impact Suppression Tactics
Existing References Moved
  • After Action Review (green section to front section)
  • Direct Attack / Indirect Attack (green section to white section)
  • Power Line Safety (green section to gold section)
  • Thunderstorm Safety (white section to gold section)
  • Hazard Tree Safety (white section to gold section)
Click the attachment below to download a free low resolution (black & white) PDF file of the pocket book. You can look online to purchase your own at a cost of about $5.00 each. 

It's really a handy reference source and something that you will want to have with you. I hope you find this resource as useful as I did during my career. 

Stay safe!

CBz

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Thanks, Cap. Look forward to getting a 2010 version. If you've never had an IRPG, get one for yourself or better yet get a bundle for the entire department. Invaluable, yet compact.
What's cool is if you click the attachments link, you will have a PDF of the 2010 IRPG! Why wait? CBz

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