Volunteer Accountability System

Ok just to give a brief overview of our system and department. We have 4 inch tags that has just the ff name on it. When ff's arrive on scene they are supposed to put there tags on the primary engine. At structure fires we have an average of 40 to 50 ff's. Whether they are in POVs or rode on a piece of apparatus. Thats a lot of ff's to keep up with for a volunteer dept. And as you know everyone wants to be on the hosepipe so its a rush to the attack lines. No one wants to to the dirty work. We have no system other than ffs putting there tags on the engine if they even do that! But even then IC has no idea where his ff's are. How can we control ff's from free lancing and keep them accounted for? Thanks for all the help!

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Permalink Reply by AL Ursich on January 14, 2010 at 8:45pm

This is some really good stuff. I am looking for pictures of Tags and Boards for research I am doing on making different kinds of tags. I see mentioned the passport system with 3 tags. I will search for more about that.

If you want to send pictures.

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Thanks,

AL

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Permalink Reply by blair4630 on January 15, 2010 at 10:37am

My dept. is in the same position....leave your tag on the engine, if you remember....and the IC doesn't know where anyone is for sure. It's surely dangerous.

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Permalink Reply by Leroy on January 15, 2010 at 12:06pm

Pretty much looks like everyone is on the same page on this one, training is the key!
We also use the 2 tag system, 1 goes to the apparatus you rode on 2nd one goes to ic when you're given an assignment. Being a volunteer myself, I know how difficult it is to force training but, if your officers are having trouble inforcing accountability utilize a police officer to keep them from entering the building. Sounds harsh but, it works and keeps your guy alive!