Barangay Fire and Rescue SOPs

Introduction
This manual provides Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for San Isidro Labrador Fire
and Rescue.
Standard Operating Procedures are a set of written instructions that should be followed in
every sphere of activity in order to achieve economy, efficiency, effectiveness and uniformity. In
other words, SOPs are prescribed procedures that tell who will do what, where, when, why, and
how.
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR FIREFIGHTING
I. ARMORY FIRE / EXPLOSIVE STORAGE
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving armory and explosive storage and protect
the responders from harm.
Scope
All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.
Basic Concepts
Always maintain an isolation distance of about 300 meters’ radius.
If the Incident Command Post is not yet established at the time of response and valuable
information is not at hand, DO NOT initiate attack. Maintain position at a safe distance (isolation
distance of 300 meters) until ICP and experts become available.
Take protective cover if personal safety will be jeopardized.
Fight the fire if explosive is not directly involved to avoid fire spread and if only advised by
explosive expert through the IC/ICP.
General Procedures
1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) before proceeding to
the scene.
2. If the unit is first on the scene maintain the isolation distance of about 300 meters.
3. If the Incident Command Post is established the team leader shall check-in first and get
instruction to the ICP before joining the operation.
4. Responders perform rescue operation if there are trapped victims under the supervision of
BFP or SRU (coordinated to the ICP).
5. Responders fight fire at a distance to contain/confine the fire.

6. Responders conduct overhauling upon clearance from the Incident Command Post.
7. After the operation the unit shall conduct personnel accountability to ensure that no
responders shall be unaccounted after the operation.
8. Unit returns to the station only after having a clearance and demobilization from ICP.
Effectiveness
Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties.
Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS).
II. BASEMENT FIRE
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving basement and protect the responders
from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Always protect yourselves by wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Self-Contained
Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
Conduct ventilation and immediately extinguish the fire to avoid fire from spreading to adjacent
structures.
General Procedures
1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
2. If the unit is first on the scene coordinate with the Building Administrator to gather information,
conduct evacuation and fire suppression. If the BFP arrived at the scene immediately report
to the highest ranking officer on board and endorse the gathered information and course of
action done on the scene.
3. If the incident involving Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) immediately maintain the isolation
distance of 300 meters.
Effectiveness
Safely rescued trapped victim/s.
III. FIRE IN HIGH-RISE BUILDING
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving high-rise building and protect the
responders from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Personnel accountability system MUST be in place all throughout the firefighting operation. To
ensure that no firefighter shall be left unaccounted before and after the operation.
Responding personnel determine point of entry and at least two (2) means of egress for the
firefighters.
All responding personnel wear Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and carry additional
hose lines to supplement the hoses provided in the Wet Stand Pipe System upon entering the
building.
General Procedures
Effectiveness
Safely rescued trapped victim/s.
IV. FIRE IN HOSPITAL FACILITIES WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving hospital facilities with radioactive
materials and protect the responders from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Responders must always observe distance, time and shielding during radioactive materials
response.
Responders must always protect themselves from radiation through time, distance and shielding.
General Procedures
Effectiveness
Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties
Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS)
V. FIRE IN JAILS / CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving jails / correctional institutions and protect
the responders from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Always have proper identification of the personnel involved in the operation and proper accounting
of personnel before leaving the premises.
Carefully approach the fire scene in an upwind direction as far as practicable, and perform
necessary firefighting techniques and tactics.
General Procedures
Effectiveness
VI. FIRE IN LPG INSTALLATION
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving LPG installation and protect the
responders from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Always stay away from tanks engulfed in fire. BLEVE may occur at any moment.
BLEVE may occur within 10-15 minutes of tank exposure to the fire.
Withdraw immediately in case of rising sound from venting safety devices or when there is
discoloration of tank.
Do not direct water at source of leak or safety devices.
General Procedures
2. If the unit is first on the scene coordinate with the Administrator to gather information, conduct
evacuation and fire suppression. If the BFP arrived at the scene immediately report to the
highest ranking officer on board and endorse the gathered information and course of action
done on the scene.
4. Responders position the equipment and personnel behind the structure or any natural
barrier.
5. Firefighting unit fights fire from a distance of at least 800 meters using unmanned hose
stand or monitor nozzle.
6. Firefighting unit floods containers with water until fire is out.
Effectiveness
Coordination and collaboration Command System (ICS) achieved through Incident.
VII. FIRE IN WATER VESSELS DOCKED AT WHARVES OR PIERS
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving water vessels docked at wharves or piers
and protect the responders from harm.
Basic Concepts
In oil tankers docked at wharves, DO NOT initiate firefighting without the instruction of the Ship
Captain and/or Jetty-in-Charge. In their absence, NEVER APPROACH OIL TANKERS
INVOLVED IN FIRE. IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE AREA and PREPOSITION AT THE SAFE
AREA.
In case of vessels carrying hazardous materials (HAZMAT), contact Bureau of Fire Protection-
Special Rescue Unit (SRU) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Explosives
(CBRNE) units. In the absence of experts and specialists in the area, refer to Emergency
Response Guidebook (ERG) and Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for proper guidance.
General Procedures
done on the scene.
Effectiveness
VIII. FIRE INVOLVING HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES IN OIL DEPOT OR REFINERY
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving hydrocarbon substances in oil depot or
refinery and protect the responders from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Always remember the hazards associated with hydrocarbon firefighting, such as burns (radiant
heat, direct burns, contact burns, chemical burns); inhaling gases (H2S, Smoke, Vapor/ Fumes);
heat stress; high pressures; and large and unfamiliar equipment.
Do not forcibly enter an oil refinery/depot. There may be a gas cloud and your fire truck may
become the ignition source.
Ensure that the entire crew have their proper and complete Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
and leave all cigarette lighters or any possible source of ignition at the gate.
Always have a safety hose line in place with alert operators.
Always have a Plan “B” (the ESCAPE PLAN).
STOP where there is indication of boiling flammable substance inside the storage tank.
IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE AREA.
Never extinguish the fire with waterpower. This can have a VERY DANGEROUS consequence.
If foam has been used, the crew will need to shuffle or slide their feet as they take the next step.
The crew must be coordinated in their approach.
This procedure during hydrocarbon firefighting can be done simultaneously with other teams, if
there is sufficient manpower.
If there is limited manpower and equipment, and/or limited space for manpower movement or
escape, then perform the procedure one at a time, starting on the leaked valve near the exit area.
In hydrocarbon firefighting, the responding unit should not extinguish the fire but perform
Isolate/Cover Exposure, Contain/ Confine, and De-pressure or Isolate /Shut off the valve.
Consider the leapfrog method for maximum safety when confining the fire to its origin.
General Procedures
2. If the unit is first on the scene coordinate with the Administrator to gather information and
conduct evacuation. If the BFP arrived at the scene immediately report to the highest ranking
officer on board and endorse the gathered information and course of action done on the
scene.
Effectiveness

IX. FIRE IN VEHICLES, CONSTRUCTION SITES AND PROCESSING PLANTS WITH
RADIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving vehicles, construction sites and
processing plants with radiological substances and protect the responders from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
DO NOT CONDUCT RESCUE AND FIRE OPERATION in the HOT ZONE and any part of the
involved facilities without proper guidance from the experts.
General Procedures
scene.
Effectiveness

X. FIRE RESULTING FROM BOMB EXPLOSION
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents resulting from bomb explosion and protect the
firefighters from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Conduct saving of lives and firefighting only upon advice from the Incident Command Post (ICP)
established by the Philippine National Police (PNP) or the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
DO NOT TOUCH ANY SUSPICIOUS ITEM at the explosion site during the firefighting.
If a suspected secondary explosive device is discovered while fighting fire, immediately leave the
area; report the discovery of the suspected device to the Incident Commander (IC); stay at a safe
distance; and resume firefighting only upon advice by the IC.
DO NOT OVERFLOOD site of explosion to protect pieces of evidence.
All communications during operation should be face-to-face or by telephone. DO NOT use radio
or cellular phones.
General Procedures
scene.
Effectiveness
XI. FIRE INCIDENTAL TO FIREWORKS / PYROTECHNICS EXPLOSION
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving fireworks/pyrotechnics explosion and
protect the responders from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Fight fire ONLY IF explosive is not directly involved.
If explosive is involved, fight fire from a safe distance.
General Procedures
done on the scene.
Effectiveness

XII. FIRE RESULTING FROM PLANE CRASH OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT / AIRFIELD
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents resulting from plane crash outside the airport /
airfield and protect the firefighters from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Always assume that there are survivors of the aircraft crash.
Be aware of electrical power running through the aircraft electrical lines and the large oxygen
cylinder which can explode and/or accelerate the spread of fire.
Attack the fire as soon as possible without interfering with the escape of the passengers.
Use Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus when working within 75 feet of the aircraft.
DO NOT conduct overhaul operations until all investigative agencies (BFP, Civil Aviation Authority
of the Philippines) are through, unless needed to suppress the fire.
If there is a chemical aboard the plane, refer to Emergency

Response Guidebook or Material Safety Data Sheet.
If the accident involves a military aircraft, consider a Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) scenario and
immediately contact BFP Special Rescue Unit.
General Procedures
2. If the unit is first on the scene gather information, conduct evacuation and fire suppression. If
the BFP arrived at the scene immediately report to the highest ranking officer on board and
endorse the gathered information and course of action done on the scene.
Effectiveness
Victim/s are properly turned over to CAAP officials.
XIII. FOREST FIRE
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving forest fire and protect the responders
from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Approach part of fire where you think (before sizing-up) initial attack should be made.
FORCES ARE NEEDED to make the control line and hold it Fight fire aggressively but observe
safety first.
General Procedures
2. If the unit is first on the scene gather information, conduct evacuation and fire suppression. If
the BFP arrived at the scene immediately report to the highest ranking officer on board and
endorse the gathered information and course of action done on the scene.
Effectiveness
XIV. VEHICULAR FIRE
Purpose
Effectively and safely respond to fire incidents involving vehicular fire and protect the responders
from harm.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Always protect yourselves from incoming vehicles by controlling the flow of traffic.
For electric vehicle, do not cut into high voltage wire.
When the vehicle is exposed to some relatively dangerous substance or when the condition is
considered a high risk, attack the fire indirectly.
Attack should be upwind to avoid being exposed to heat and to avoid leaking fuel.
Position the firefighting team in the uphill position in case of fuel leakage.
General Procedures
2. Responders choke the tires of the burning vehicle to avoid fire to roll away or towards the
fire engine.
3. Firefighting unit sprays water first to the passenger’s compartment if passengers are still inside
the vehicle.
4. Responders extricate occupant/s from the vehicle.
5. Firefighting unit extinguishes the fire.
6. Responders disconnect the battery of the vehicle before the overhauling activity.
7. Firefighting unit conducts overhauling.
9. Unit returns to the station only after having a clearance and demobilization.
Effectiveness
XV. COLLAPSED STRUCTURE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
Purpose
Ensure operational standards in search and rescue operations during structural collapse in
order to extricate the victim/s in the earliest possible time without harm to the rescuer.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Structural collapse incidents may present rescuers with a confined space situation.
The team shall follow ICS standards upon engaging to the scene.
General Procedures
1. First arriving begin an immediate size-up of the situation.
2. Spotting Apparatus. The first-in team should spot the apparatus in a position that it will not be
affected by a secondary collapse of the structure. Consideration should also be given to traffic
conditions and if they will be affected.
3. The Team Leader and the Safety Officer secures or isolates area/s and ensures safety of the
responders and the public at all times by establishing a hazard zone perimeter around the
collapse area and making the rescue area safe.
4. The Safety Officer ensures personnel’s safety at all times.
5. First Responders/ trained personnel remove surface victims and walking wounded
(ambulatory) individuals from the collapsed area to a safer area.
6. After the hazard assessment the Team Leader assigns teams to locate entrapped victims.
7. Once the Team Leader has located trapped victim/s, the Rescue Team extricates the victims
from the collapsed area.
8. The Rescue Team determines if structure is safe, and enters ONLY IF appropriate shoring
and stabilization measures have been made.
9. Rescue Team considers calling for additional resources.
10. The Team Leader or Safety Officer conducts a secondary survey and correct any life
threatening conditions.
11. Rescue Specialist considers removing the victim from danger prior to providing definitive care.
12. The Rescue Specialist turns over the victim to the Emergency Medical Services.
13. Team Leader ensures personnel accountability and decontamination of rescuers.
14. Logistics Officer recovers all tools and equipment used in the rescue/recovery.
Effectiveness
When victims are safe and are given initial treatment of their injuries.
When all the responders are safe after the operation.
XVI. CONFINED SPACE RESCUE OPERATIONS
Purpose
Ensure operational standards in Confined Space Rescue Operation are practiced and victims
trapped in a confined space are saved.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Confined space includes caverns, tunnels, pipes, tanks/ silos, mine shafts, utility vaults and any
other location where ventilation and access are restricted by the configuration of the space.
Because of the inherent danger on this type of operations, BFP Response Team is required to
possess advanced knowledge and training in Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA),
technical rope rescue and confined space rescue operations.
SCBA shall be in full capacity before responder engagement.
A line breathing apparatus, or a re-breather/ Close-circuit Breathing Apparatus is highly

recommended for this type of operation.
Pre-entry operation shall make the area safe, conduct hazard assessment and consider
ventilation.
General Procedures
1. First arriving begin an immediate size-up of the situation.

2. Rescue Team Leader acquires real-time information regarding trapped victims, and
determines if this will be a RESCUE or a RECOVERY operation based on the survivability
profile of the victim/s (this includes factors such as the location of the victim(s), and elapsed
time since the incident occurred).
3. The Entry Team establishes coordination through constant communication with the Team
Leader.
4. Entry Team monitors atmospheric condition and other hazards inside the confined space.
5. The Entry Team locates, checks, packages, and moves the victim to a safer place.
6. The Technical Rescue Specialist provides lifelines/ tag lines, belay and hauling techniques
to ensure safe removal of rescuers and victims inside a confined space.
7. Once the victim(s) has been extricated, rescuers turn over the victim(s) to the Emergency
Medical Office for pre-hospital care.
8. Team Leader ensures personnel accountability.
9. The Logistics Officer recovers rescue tools and equipment.
10. Decontamination Team observes proper decontamination for involved personnel and
equipment.
Effectiveness
When victims are rescued and provided initial health care.
When responders are all safe after the operations.
XVII. DISASTER RESPONSE
Purpose
Search and save lives of victims of disasters and calamities.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Response personnel are required to possess knowledge in ICS, USAR or CSSR response.
No responder shall participate in this operation without wearing proper uniform and PPE.
All response personnel shall be properly immunized before engagement.

Consider Critical Stress Debriefing after every Operational Period as possible.
Consider decontamination of personnel, tools and equipment after each search and retrieval
operations.
General Procedures
1. The Team Leader briefs his team after OSOCC briefing.
2. The Logistics Team establishes camp and prepares needed resources.
3. The responding teams conduct reconnaissance to designated operational area.
4. The responding teams conduct search operation using dogs (if available) and technical search
techniques (optical, thermal, acoustic/ seismic etc.).
5. Responding teams observe INSARAG guidelines and methodologies.
6. The responding teams ensure scene safety through Safety Officer.
7. The responding teams conduct rescue of victim/s in confined spaces, collapsed structures,
and other type of occurrences due to disaster.
8. Once the victim(s) has been extricated, the rescuer turns over the victim(s) to the Emergency
Medical Services for pre-hospital care.
9. After the operational period, the Team Leader notifies immediate superior on the updates of
the operations.
10. The Logistics Team accounts all the resources before proceeding back to the base.
11. The Team Leader ensures that all personnel have enough rest before the next operational
period.
12. The Team Leader attends the operational briefing on the next operational period.
13. After the required number of operation days, the team prepares for demobilization.
14. The Team Leader ensures personnel accountability.
15. The Logistics Officer/ Team recovers all tools and equipment.
16. All response teams return to base with all the equipment.
Effectiveness
When victims are rescued and are provided initial health care.
When all responders are safe after the operation.

XVIII.ELECTROCUTION RESCUE OPERATION
Purpose
Ensure operational standards in the rescue of electrocuted victim and to prolong the life/ lives of
victim/s after an electrocution incident.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Untrained personnel are advised NOT to engage unless necessary.
Electrocution rescue incidents attract the news media hence consider assigning a Public
Information Officer (PIO).
Approach the victim with caution.
Consider having a lighting apparatus to illuminate the scene.
Consider Critical Stress Debriefing for personnel after the operation.
General Procedures
1. The first team to arrive assumes command and establishes safety zones.
2. Team Leader coordinates with the power companies to de- energize the power lines.
3. Rescue Team secures the scene and denies entry for all non-rescue personnel.
4. The Team Leader identifies the best approach to extricate, retrieve or rescue the casualty.
5. Team Logistics Officer gathers resources needed to remove the victim from current location.
6. The Team Leader requests for additional resources from other SRU teams or BFP units near
the incident as necessary.
7. The Team Leader coordinates with the EMS for treatment or pre-hospital care.
8. The Team Leader ensures personnel safety at all times or he assigns a Safety Officer when
necessary.
9. Once the electrical lines have been shut off, Rescuer approaches the victim cautiously.
10. Rescuer checks for signs of life (victims usually suffer burns all over his body which make
him prone to infections) and takes the victim to a safer area.
11. If lines cannot be shut off, Rescuer uses available non- conductor poles to set live wires
aside and to access the victim.
12. If the victim’s clothing is not burned, the Rescuer pulls the victim carefully using the pike
pole and drags the victim away from the energized line.
13. If the victim is hanging in high rise structure, Technical Rope Rescue Personnel pack and
lower the victim cautiously. In cases of a fatality, consider leaving everything in place.
14. The Team Leader turns over the victim to EMS personnel once the victim is lowered and
brought to the safe zone.
16. The Team Logistics Officer recovers all tools and equipment used in the rescue/recovery
operation. In cases of a fatality, consider leaving everything in place until the investigative
process has been completed.
17. The Response Team returns to base with all the equipment.
Effectiveness
When victims are transferred to a safer place.
When personnel are safe after the operation.
XIX. ELEVATOR RESCUE OPERATIONS
Purpose
Save the lives of individuals trapped inside the elevator car.

Scope
Basic Concepts
Coordinate with the Building Safety Officer and ask for elevator key.
Increase Situational Awareness at all times to avoid further injuries.
Consider the psychological and environmental effects to the trapped victim through constant
communication and check oxygen levels inside the elevator car.
Elevator rescue incidents attract the news media hence consider assigning a Public Information
Officer.
General Purpose
1. The Team Leader coordinates with the building engineer, safety engineer, elevator operator
and / or service providers.
2. The Team secures the scene and denies entry of all non-rescue personnel.
3. The Team Leader identifies the best approach to extricate, retrieve or rescue the trapped
victims.
4. The Team Documenter gathers specific information in relation to the exact location of the
elevator car, and ways of communication.
5. The Team assesses their resource capability and brings resources to the location of the
elevator car. All personnel must wear appropriate PPE before entry.
6. The Team Leader ensures personnel safety at all times.
7. The Team secures the stability of the elevator, and performs the rescue operation cautiously.
8. The Team communicates with the victims while opening the elevator door. (Check if elevator
keys are working)
9. The Team Leader assesses how to remove trapped victims safely while monitoring the oxygen
level of the car.
10. The Team removes conscious victims first, particularly the young, pregnant and the elderly.
11. The Team packs unconscious victims, and removes them from the car. In case of fatality,
consider leaving everything in place until the investigative process is completed.
12. The Team Leader turns over the victim to Emergency Medical Services personnel.
14. The Team Logistics Officer recovers all tools and equipment.
15. The Response Team returns to base with all the equipment.
Effectiveness
If all trapped victims are securely taken out of the elevator car.
XX. FIRE GROUND RESCUE OPERATION
Purpose
Locate and save the life / lives of a victim/s lost or trapped inside a burning structure or area, and
bring them to safety.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Do not enter a building in which the fire has progressed to a point where viable victims are not
likely to be found.
SAR procedures shall only be done if victims are likely trapped inside the burning structure and
as fast as the team can possibly can.
Use appropriate PPE as possible.
Attempt entry only after ventilation is accomplished.
Maintain communication with Incident Commander (IC) / Operation Officer, who is in control over
search/rescue teams. Be aware of additional search team locations and area of responsibility.
Monitor fire conditions that might affect individual responders and search teams.
Work in teams of two or more and stay in physical, visual, or voice contact with each other.
Search systematically to increase efficiency and to reduce the possibility of becoming disoriented.
Stay below level of thermal layer and move cautiously while searching.
Monitor the structure’s integrity.
Use thermal imaging camera in locating the victim/s and seat of fire.
Feel doors for excessive heat before opening them.
Look for bars or other security measures that could impede escape or victim removal.
Mark or identify any locked or unlocked interior doors into rooms and remember the direction of
travel when entering the room.
To exit the room and the building, proceed in the opposite direction. Any sign of forced entry will
alert secondary search teams that primary search was completed.
Maintain contact with anchor points (wall, search rope or fire hose), when visibility is obscured.
Working together, search team members can extend their reach by using ropes, straps or tools.
Keep a charged hose line at hand whenever possible while working on the fire floor (or the floor
immediately below or above the fire) as it may be used as a guide for egress as well as for fighting
fire.
Coordinate with ventilation teams before opening windows to relieve heat and smoke during
search.
Close the door, report on current and expected conditions, and adhere to the search group
supervisor’s orders if fire is encountered during a search.
Advise operations and/ or team leaders immediately of any room that could not be searched for
whatever reason.
Report promptly to the supervisor/ Incident Commander once the search is completed. In addition
to giving an “All Clear,” report the progress of the fire and the condition of the building.
GENERAL PROCEDURES
1. The Team Leader acquires real-time information regarding trapped victims, and determines
the mode of operation (Rescue or Recovery) based on the survivability profile of the victim/s
(This includes factors such as the location of the victim(s) and elapsed time since the fire
started incident occurred).
2. The Team Leader/Safety Officer ensures that all personnel are wearing appropriate PPE.
3. The Team Logistics prepares all the needed equipment for Fire Ground SAR Operations.
4. The Team Leader sizes up and gathers necessary data such as floor plans and other
information relevant to the location of the victim/s.
5. The Team Leader briefs entry teams (includes exterior size-up, exit routes, burned areas, and
victim/s exact or probable locations).
6. The Team Leader ensures the team’s safe entry at all times.
7. The Team Leader orders entry in pairs.
8. Entry Team provides anchor point for easy egress if possible.
9. The Team Leader establishes search priorities.
10. The Team Leader assigns RIT for immediate pull-out or rescue of entry teams.
11. The Entry Team locates the victim and obtains information about the extent of fire.
12. Other members of the team create ventilations and check structural safety.
13. Entry Team checks and marks all searched area and gives updates to the Team Leader.
14. If a victim is found, Entry Team checks for signs of life, provides respiratory protection if
available and brings the victim to a safer area.
15. The team immediately turns over the victim to the Emergency Medical Services.
16. If the victim is already dead, the team follows Management of the Dead and the Missing
Protocol.
17. The Team Leader gives updates to the IC and assists in fire suppression operation when
needed.
18. The Team Leader seeks Incident Commander’s or Operations Chief’s advice for team check
out.
20. The Team Logistics Officer recovers all tools and equipment used in the rescue operation.
21. The response team returns to base with all the equipment.
Effectiveness
When victims are found and transported to the hospital safely.
XXI. CRASHED VEHICULAR EXTRICATION OPERATION
Purpose
Remove and save the life/lives of the victim/s trapped inside a wrecked vehicle resulting from an
accident and bring them into safety.
Scope
Basic Concepts
Procedures in the operation includes before, during and after rescue operations.
Response personnel are required to possess knowledge in vehicular extrication, trauma care and
victim packaging. Untrained individuals are highly discouraged on the site particularly those who
may interfere with the operations.
Technical rescue operations shall be conducted under the direction of SRU trained Rescue
Technicians.
Consider the use of extrication equipment which produce spark.
The combination of fuel, oil and electrical systems of vehicle poses a fire hazard to the victim and
responding team. Fire truck should be dispatched along with Rescue Team to ensure fire safety
during extrication of the victim.
During night operation never use flare as an early warning device.
Consider having a lighting apparatus to illuminate the scene.
Consider Critical Stress Debriefing for personnel after the operation.

General Procedures
1. The first arriving team conducts scene size-up; gathers all information related to the incident.
This will assess team’s capability and decision for calling reinforcement or more skilled team.
2. The Team Leader/ Safety Officer ensures that all personnel in operating units are accounted
for and are wearing appropriate PPE.
3. The Rescue Team establishes command and control of the scene by cordoning, putting of
early warning devices to avoid the dangers of another collision and preventing bystanders’
entry.
4. The Team Leader develops a rescue plan and back- up plan.
5. The Rescuer turns the vehicle’s engine off, disconnects the battery, activates the hand break,
and shifts the gear to park.
6. A Rescuer places absorbent material on oil and gasoline spills and keeps Firefighting Team
on standby.
7. Other members of the Rescue Team stabilize the vehicle before starting to work using
cribbing, shores, shims, and other means.
8. Other members of the Rescue Team protect the patient from any debris during cutting
process.
9. Other members of the Rescue Team remove the casualty from the inside by cutting sections
of the vehicle to allow safe extrication of the patient.
10. Other members of the Rescue Team protect the head, neck and spine of the injured patient
at all times.
11. For motorcycle incidents, the rescuer secures the victim cautiously so as not to further injure
the spinal column.
12. The Rescue Team packages the victim properly before turning them over to the Emergency
Medical Services.
13. The Team Leader turns over the scene to the PNP or traffic enforcers.
15. The Logistics Officer recovers all tools and equipment used in the rescue, firefighters and / or
Emergency Medical Services operations.
16. The Response Teams return to base with all the equipment.
Effectiveness

When the victim is safely extricated from the vehicle, given appropriate pre-hospital care and
brought to the hospital.
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AFOR After Fire Operation Report

AFP Armed Forces of the Philippines
AIR After Inspection Report
ALS Advanced Life Support
ALS Arson Laboratory Section
AO Abatement Order
API American Petroleum Institute
ATC Anti-Terrorism Council
BACO Breathing Apparatus Control Offices
BFP Bureau of Fire Protection
BLEVE Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
BOSS Business One-Stop Shop
C/MFM City/Municipal Fire Marshal
CAAP Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear
CBRNE Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Explosives
CET Composite Evaluation Team
CFM City Fire Marshal
CIIS City Intelligence and Investigation Section
CISD Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
CISM Critical Incident Stress Management
COMMEL Communications and Electronics Center
CRO Customer Relations Officer
CSSR Collapse Structure Search and Rescue
DANA Damage Assessment and Need Analysis
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DRT Disaster Response Team
DOH Department of Health
ECC Evidence Chain of Custody
ECRR Evidence Collection and Recovery Record
EMS Emergency Medical Services
EOC Emergency Operation Center
EOD Explosive Ordinance Demolition
EOD Explosive Ordinance Disposal
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
ERG Emergency Response Guide
FAI Fire Arson Investigator
FALAR Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report
FCC Fire Clearance Certificate
FEMA Fire Emergency Management Agency
FI Fire Investigation
FIR Final Investigation Report
FIRF Fire Investigation Response Form
FSC Fire Safety Checklist
FSEC Fire Safety Evaluation Clearance
FSES Fire Safety Enforcement Section
FSI Fire Safety Inspector
FSIC Fire Safety Inspection Certificate
FSIR Fire Safety Inspection Report
FSTC Fire Safety Technical Committee
GOA General Office Attire
HAZMAT Hazardous Material
HHQ Higher Headquarters
HRP Highest Ranking Personnel
IAP Incident Action Plan
IC Incident Commander
ICP Incident Command Post
ICS Incident Command System
IED Improvised Explosive Device
IFSTA International Fire Service Training Association
IID Intelligence and Investigation Division
IMT Incident Management Team
INSARAG International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
IO Inspection Order
IRR Implementing Rules and Regulations
LDRRMO Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office
MARINA Maritime Industry Authority
MCI Mass Casualty Incidents
MFM Municipal Fire Marshal
MGB Mines and Geosciences Bureau
MIIU Municipal Investigation and Intelligence Unit
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
NAMRIA National Mapping Resource Information Authority
NBI National Bureau of Investigation
NDRRMP National Disaster Risk Reductionand Management Plan
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NOD Notice of Disapproval
NHQ National Headquarters
NTC Notice to Comply
NTCV Notice to Correct Violations
OBO Office of the Building Official
OP Occupancy Permit
OPS Order of Payment Slip
OR Official Receipts
OSOCC On Site Operational Coordination Center
P/DFM Provincial/District Fire Marshal
PCR Patient Care Report
PEC Philippine Electrical Code
PEZA Philippine Economic Zone Authority
PFP Personal Floatation Device
PIC Post Incident Critique
PIIB Provincial Intelligence and Investigation Branch
PNP Philippine National Police
PNP-SOCO Philippine National Police – Scene of the Crime Operatives
PNRI Philippines Nuclear Research Institute
GLOSSARY
Agency: An agency is a division of government with a specific function, or a nongovernmental

organization (e.g., private contractor, business, etc.) that offers a particular kind of assistance. In
ICS, agencies are defined as jurisdictional (having statutory responsibility for incident mitigation)
or assisting and/or cooperating (providing resources and/or assistance). (See Assisting Agency,
Cooperating Agency, Jurisdictional Agency, and Multiagency Incident.)
Agency Head: Chief executive officer (or designee) of the agency or jurisdiction that has
responsibility for the incident.
Agency Dispatch: The agency or jurisdictional facility from which resources are allocated to
incidents.
Agency Representative: An individual assigned to an incident from an assisting or cooperating

agency who has been delegated authority to make decisions on matters affecting that agency's
participation at the incident. Agency Representatives report to the Incident Liaison Officer.
Air Operations Branch Director: The person primarily responsible for preparing and
implementing the air operations portion of the Incident Action Plan. Also responsible for providing
logistical support to helicopters operating on the incident.
Allocated Resources: Resources dispatched to an incident.
All-Hazards: Any incident or event, natural or human-caused, that warrants action to protect life,
property, environment, and public health and safety, and minimize disruption of governmental,
social, and economic activities.
Area Command (Unified Area Command): An organization established to oversee the

management of (1) multiple incidents that are each being handled by an ICS organization, or (2)
large or multiple incidents to which several Incident Management Teams have been assigned.
Area Command has the responsibility to set overall strategy and priorities, allocate critical
resources according to priorities, ensure that incidents are properly managed, and ensure that
objectives are met and strategies followed. Area Command becomes Unified Area Command
when incidents are multijurisdictional. Area Command may be established at an emergency
operations center facility or at some location other than an Incident Command Post.
Assigned Resources: Resources checked in and assigned work tasks on an incident.
Assignments: Tasks given to resources to perform within a given operational period, based upon
tactical objectives in the Incident Action Plan.
Assistant: Title for subordinates of the Command Staff positions. The title indicates a level of
technical capability, qualifications, and responsibility subordinate to the primary positions.
Assisting Agency: An agency or organization providing personnel, services, or other resources

to the agency with direct responsibility for incident management.
Available Resources: Resources assigned to an incident, checked in, and available for a mission
assignment, normally located in a Staging Area.
Base: The location at which primary Logistics functions for an incident are coordinated and
administered. There is only one Base per incident. (Incident name or other designator will be
added to the term Base.) The Incident Command Post may be collocated with the Base.
Branch: The organizational level having functional or geographical responsibility for major
aspects of incident operations. A branch is organizationally situated between the section and
division or group in the Operations Section, and between the section and units in the Logistics
Section. Branches are identified by the use of Roman numerals or by functional area.
Cache: A pre-determined complement of tools, equipment, and/or supplies stored in a designated

location, available for incident use.
Camp: A geographical site, within the general incident area, separate from the Incident Base,
equipped and staffed to provide sleeping, food, water, and sanitary services to incident personnel.
Chain of Command: series of command, control, executive or management positions in

hierarchical order of authority; an orderly line of authority within the ranks of the incident
management organization.
Check-In: The process whereby resources first report to an incident. Check-in locations include:
Incident Command Post (Resources Unit), Incident Base, Camps, Staging Areas, Helibases,
Helispots, and Division Supervisors (for direct line assignments).
Chief: The ICS title for individuals responsible for functional Sections: Operations, Planning,
Logistics, and Finance/Administration.
Clear Text: The use of plain English in radio communications transmissions. No ten codes or
agency specific codes are used when utilizing clear text.
Command: The act of directing and/or controlling resources by virtue of explicit legal, agency, or
delegated authority. May also refer to the Incident Commander.
Command Post: See Incident Command Post.
Command Staff: The Command Staff consists of the Public Information Officer, Safety Officer,
and Liaison Officer. They report directly to the Incident Commander. They may have an Assistant
or Assistants, as needed.
Common Terminology: normally used words and phrases-avoids the use of different words/
phrases for same concepts, consistency
Communications Unit: An organizational Unit in the Logistics Section responsible for providing
communication services at an incident. A Communications Unit may also be a facility (e.g., a
trailer or mobile van) used to provide the major part of an Incident Communications Center.
Community: consists of people, property, services, livelihoods and environment; a legally

constituted administrative local government unit of a country, e.g. municipality or district.
Compacts: Formal working agreements among agencies to obtain mutual aid.
Compensation/Claims Unit: Functional Unit within the Finance/Administration Section

responsible for financial concerns resulting from property damage, injuries, or fatalities at the
incident.
Cooperating Agency: An agency supplying assistance other than direct operational or support
functions or resources to the incident management effort.
Coordination: The process of systematically analyzing a situation, developing relevant

information, and informing appropriate command authority of viable alternatives for selection of
the most effective combination of available resources to meet specific objectives. The
coordination process (which can be either intra- or interagency) does not involve dispatch actions.
However, personnel responsible for coordination may perform command or dispatch functions
within the limits established by specific agency delegations, procedures, legal authority, etc.
Coordination Center: A facility that is used for the coordination of agency or jurisdictional
resources in support of one or more incidents.
Cost Sharing Agreements: Agreements between agencies or jurisdictions to share designated

costs related to incidents. Cost sharing agreements are normally written but may also be oral
between authorized agency or jurisdictional representatives at the incident.
Cost Unit: Functional Unit within the Finance/Administration Section responsible for tracking
costs, analyzing cost data, making cost estimates, and recommending cost-saving measures.
Crew: See Single Resource.
Crisis: (also called emergency) a threatening condition that requires urgent action or response.
Crisis Management Committee: a governing body that takes decisive actions to resolve crisis
or emergency. It is primarily concerned with the formulation of crisis management policies,
integration and orchestration of government and public efforts towards the control of crisis.
Delegation of Authority: A statement provided to the Incident Commander by the Agency

Executive delegating authority and assigning responsibility. The Delegation of Authority can
include objectives, priorities, expectations, constraints, and other considerations or guidelines as
needed. Many agencies require written Delegation of Authority to be given to Incident
Commanders prior to their assuming command on larger incidents.
Demobilization Unit: Functional Unit within the Planning Section responsible for assuring
orderly, safe, and efficient demobilization of incident resources.
Deputy: A fully qualified individual who, in the absence of a superior, could be delegated the
authority to manage a functional operation or perform a specific task. In some cases, a Deputy
could act as relief for a superior and therefore must be fully qualified in the position. Deputies can
be assigned to the Incident Commander, General Staff, and Branch Directors.
Director: The ICS title for individuals responsible for supervision of a Branch.
Disaster Response: The provision of emergency services and public assistance during or
immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety
and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected. Disaster response is predominantly
focused on immediate and short-term needs and is sometimes called "disaster relief'.
Dispatch: The implementation of a command decision to move a resource or resources from one
place to another.
Disaster: A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread

human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the
affected community or society to cope using its own resources. Disasters are often described as
a result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are
present; and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative
consequences, Disaster impacts may include loss of life, injury, disease and other negative
effects on human, physical, mental and social well-being, together with damage to property,
destruction of assets, loss of services, Social and economic disruption and environmental
degradation.
Dispatch Center: A facility from which resources are ordered, mobilized, and assigned to an
incident.
Division: Divisions are used to divide an incident into geographical areas of operation. A Division
is located within the ICS organization between the Branch and the Task Force/Strike Team. (See
Group.) Divisions are identified by alphabetic characters for horizontal applications and, often, by
floor numbers when used in buildings.
Documentation Unit: Functional Unit within the Planning Section responsible for collecting,
recording, and safeguarding all documents relevant to the incident.
Emergency: unforeseen or sudden occurrence, especially danger, demanding immediate action.
Emergency Management: The organization and management of resources and responsibilities

for addressing all aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and initial
recovery steps
Emergency Management Coordinator/Director: The individual within each political subdivision

that has coordination responsibility for jurisdictional emergency management.
Emergency Operations Centers (EOC): The physical location at which the coordination of
information and resources to support domestic incident management activities normally takes
place. An EOC may be a temporary facility or may be located in a more central or permanently
established facility, perhaps at a higher level of organization within a jurisdiction. EOCs may be
organized by major functional disciplines (e.g., fire, law enforcement, and medical services), by
jurisdiction (e.g., Federal, State, regional, county, city, tribal), or some combination thereof.
Emergency Operations Plan (EOP): The plan that each jurisdiction has and maintains for
responding to appropriate hazards.
Event: A planned, non-emergency activity. ICS can be used as the management system for a
wide range of events, e.g., parades, concerts, or sporting events.
Facilities Unit: Functional Unit within the Support Branch of the Logistics Section that provides
fixed facilities for the incident. These facilities may include the Incident Base, feeding areas,
sleeping areas, sanitary facilities, etc.
Field Operations Guide: A manual of instructions on the application of the Incident Command
System.
Finance/Administration Section: The Section responsible for all incident costs and financial
considerations. Includes the Time Unit, Procurement Unit, Compensation/Claims Unit, and Cost
Unit.
Food Unit: Functional Unit within the Service Branch of the Logistics Section responsible for
providing meals for incident personnel.
Function: Function refers to the five major activities in ICS: Command, Operations, Planning,
Logistics, and Finance/Administration. The term function is also used when describing the activity
involved, e.g., the planning function. A sixth function, Intelligence, may be established, if required,
to meet incident management needs.
General Staff: A group of incident management personnel organized according to function and
reporting to the Incident Commander. The General Staff normally consists of the Operations
Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, Logistics Section Chief, and Finance/Administration
Section Chief.
Ground Support Unit: Functional Unit within the Support Branch of the Logistics Section
responsible for the fueling, maintaining, and repairing of vehicles, and the transportation of
personnel and supplies.
Group: Groups are established to divide the incident into functional areas of operation. Groups
are composed of resources assembled to perform a special function not necessarily within a
single geographic division. (See Division.) Groups are located between Branches (when
activated) and Resources in the Operations Section
Hazard: a dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss
of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihood and services, social and
economic disruption, or environmental damage.
Helibase: The main location for parking, fueling, maintenance, and loading of helicopters
operating in support of an incident. It is usually located at or near the incident Base.
Helispot: Any designated location where a helicopter can safely take off and land. Some
Helispotsmay be used for loading of supplies, equipment, or personnel.
Hierarchy of Command: See Chain of Command.
Incident: An occurrence or event, natural or human-caused, that requires an emergency

response to protect life or property. Incidents can, for example, include major disasters,
emergencies, terrorist attacks, terrorist threats, wildland and urban fires, floods, hazardous
materials spills, nuclear accidents, aircraft accidents, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical
storms, war-related disasters, public health and medical emergencies, and other occurrences
requiring an emergency response.
Incident Action Plan (IAP): An oral or written plan containing general objectives reflecting the
overall strategy for managing an incident. It may include the identification of operational resources
and assignments. It may also include attachments that provide direction and important information
for management of the incident during one or more operational periods.
Incident Base: Location at the incident where the primary Logistics functions are coordinated
and administered. (Incident name or other designator will be added to the term Base.) The
Incident Command Post may be collocated with the Base. There is only one Base per incident.
Incident Command: responsible for overall management of the incident and consists of the
Incident Commander, either single or unified command, and any assigned supporting staff
Incident Commander (IC): The individual responsible for all incident activities, including the
development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and the release of resources. The IC has
overall authority and responsibility for conducting incident operations and is responsible for the
management of all incident operations at the incident site.
Incident Command Post (ICP): The field location at which the primary tactical-level, on- scene
incident command functions are performed. The ICP may be collocated with the incident base or
other incident facilities and is normally identified by a green rotating or flashing light.
Incident Command System (ICS): A standardized on-scene emergency management construct

specifically designed to provide for the adoption of an integrated organizational structure that
reflects he complexity and demands of single or multiple incidents, without being hindered by
jurisdictional boundaries. ICS is the combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures,
and communications operating within a common organizational structure, designed to aid in the
management of resources during incidents. It is used for all kinds of emergencies and is
applicable to small as well as large and complex incidents. ICS is used by various jurisdictions
and functional agencies, both public and private, to organize field-level incident management
operations.
Incident Communications Center: The location of the Communications Unit and the Message
Center.
Incident Complex: See Complex.
Incident Management Team (IMT): The Incident Commander and appropriate Command and
General Staff personnel assigned to an incident.
Incident Objectives: Statements of guidance and direction necessary for the selection of
appropriate strategy(ies), and the tactical direction of resources. Incident objectives are based on
realistic expectations of what can be accomplished when all allocated resources have been
effectively deployed. Incident objectives must be achievable and measurable, yet flexible enough
to allow for strategic and tactical alternatives.
Incident Types: Incidents are categorized by five types based on complexity. Type 5 incidents
are the least complex and Type 1 the most complex.
Incident Support Organization: Includes any off-incident support provided to an incident.

Examples would be Agency Dispatch Centers, Airports, Mobilization Centers, etc.
Initial Action: The actions taken by resources that are the first to arrive at an incident site.
Initial Response: Resources initially committed to an incident.

Intelligence Officer: The intelligence officer is responsible for managing internal information,
intelligence, and operational security requirements supporting incident management activities.
These may include information security and operational security activities, as well as the complex
task of ensuring that sensitive information of all types (e.g., classified information, law
enforcement sensitive information, proprietary information, or export-controlled information) is
handled in a way that not only safeguards the information, but also ensures that it gets to those
who need access to it to perform their missions effectively and safely.
Interoperability: Allows emergency management / response personnel and their affiliated

organizations to communicate within and across agencies and jurisdictions via voice, data, or
video- on-demand, in real time, when needed and when authorized.
Jurisdiction: A range or sphere of authority. Public agencies have jurisdiction at an incident

related to their legal responsibilities and authority. Jurisdictional authority at an incident can be
political or geographical (e.g., city, county, tribal, State, or Federal boundary lines) or functional
(e.g., law enforcement, public health).
Jurisdictional Agency: The agency having jurisdiction and responsibility for a specific
geographical area, or a mandated function.
Kinds of Resources: Describe what the resource is (e.g., medic, firefighter, Planning Section
Chief, helicopters, ambulances, combustible gas indicators, bulldozers).
Landing Zone: See Helispot.
Leader: The ICS title for an individual responsible for a Task Force, Strike Team, or functional
unit.
Liaison: A form of communication for establishing and maintaining mutual understanding and
cooperation.
Liaison Officer (LOFR): A member of the Command Staff responsible for coordinating with
representatives from cooperating and assisting agencies. The Liaison Officer may have
Assistants.
Logistics: Providing resources and other services to support incident management.
Logistics Section: The Section responsible for providing facilities, services, and materials for the
incident.
Local Chief Executive: Duly elected punong barangay, mayor or governor of a local government
unit
Local Government Unit: A county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority,
school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments (regardless of whether
the council of governments is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under State law), regional
or interstate government entity, or agency or instrumentality of a local government.
Management by Objective: A management approach that involves a four-step process for

achieving the incident goal. The Management by Objectives approach includes the following:
establishing overarching objectives; developing and issuing assignments, plans, procedures, and
protocols; establishing specific, measurable objectives for various incident management
functional activities and directing efforts to fulfill them, in support of defined strategic objectives;
and documenting results to measure performance and facilitate corrective action.
Managers: Individuals within ICS organizational Units that are assigned specific managerial
responsibilities, e.g., Staging Area Manager or Camp Manager.
Medical Unit: Functional Unit within the Service Branch of the Logistics Section responsible for
the development of the Medical Emergency Plan, and for providing emergency medical treatment
of incident personnel.
Message Center: The Message Center is part of the Incident Communications Center and is
collocated or placed adjacent to it. It receives, records, and routes information about resources
reporting to the incident, resource status, and administrative and tactical traffic.
Mitigation: The activities designed to reduce or eliminate risks to persons or property or to lessen
the actual or potential effects or consequences of an incident. Mitigation measures may be
implemented prior to, during, or after an incident. Mitigation measures are often formed by lessons
learned from prior incidents. Mitigation involves ongoing actions to reduce exposure to, probability
of, or potential loss from hazards. Measures may include zoning and building codes, floodplain
buyouts, and analysis of hazard- related data to determine where it is safe to build or locate
temporary facilities. Mitigation can include efforts to educate governments, businesses, and the
public on measures they can take to reduce loss and injury.
Mobilization: The process and procedures used by all organizations (Federal, State, and local)
for activating, assembling, and transporting all resources that have been requested to respond
to or support an incident.
Mobilization Center: An off-incident location at which emergency service personnel and

equipment are temporarily located pending assignment, release, or reassignment.
Multiagency Coordination (MAC): The coordination of assisting agency resources and support
to emergency operations.
Multiagency Coordination Systems (MACS): Multiagency coordination systems provide the

architecture to support coordination for incident prioritization, critical resource allocation,
communications systems integration, and information coordination. The components of
multiagency coordination systems include facilities, equipment, emergency operations centers
(EOCs), specific multiagency coordination entities, personnel, procedures, and communications.
These systems assist agencies and organizations to fully integrate the subsystems of the NIMS.
Multiagency Incident: An incident where one or more agencies assist a jurisdictional agency or
agencies. May be single or unified command.
Mutual-Aid Agreement: Written agreement between agencies and/or jurisdictions that they will
assist one another on request, by furnishing personnel, equipment, and/or expertise in a specified
manner.
Officer: The ICS title for the personnel responsible for the Command Staff positions of Safety,
Liaison, and Public Information.
Operational Period: The period of time scheduled for execution of a given set of operation
actions as specified in the Incident Action Plan. Operational Periods can be of various lengths,
although usually not over 24 hours.
Operations Section: The Section responsible for all tactical operations at the incident. Includes
Branches, Divisions and/or Groups, Task Forces, Strike Teams, Single Resources, and Staging
Areas.
Out-of-Service Resources: Resources assigned to an incident but unable to respond for

mechanical, rest, or personnel reasons
Planning Meeting: A meeting held as needed throughout the duration of an incident, to select
specific strategies and tactics for incident control operations, and for service and support planning.
On larger incidents, the Planning Meeting is a major element in the development of the Incident
Action Plan.
Planning Section: Responsible for the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of information
related to the incident, and for the preparation and documentation of Incident Action Plans. The
Section also maintains information on the current and forecasted situation, and on the status of
resources assigned to the incident. Includes the Situation, Resources, Documentation, and
Demobilization Units, as well as Technical Specialists.
Preparedness: The range of deliberate, critical tasks and activities necessary to build, sustain,
and improve the operational capability to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from
domestic incidents. Preparedness is a continuous process. Preparedness involves efforts at all
levels of government and between government and private-sector and nongovernmental
organizations to identify threats, determine vulnerabilities, and identify required resources. Within
the NIMS, preparedness is operationally focused on establishing guidelines, protocols, and
standards for planning, training and exercises, personnel qualification and certification, equipment
certification, and publication management.
Preparedness Organizations: The groups that provide interagency coordination for domestic
incident management activities in a nonemergency context. Preparedness organizations can
include all agencies with a role in incident management, for prevention, preparedness, response,
or recovery activities. They represent a wide variety of committees, planning groups, and other
organizations that meet and coordinate to ensure the proper level of planning, training, equipping,
and other preparedness requirements within a jurisdiction or area.
Prevention: Actions to avoid an incident or to intervene to stop an incident from occurring.

Prevention involves actions to protect lives and property. It involves applying intelligence and
other information to a range of activities that may include such countermeasures as deterrence
operations; heightened inspections; improved surveillance and security operations; investigations
to determine the full nature and source of the threat; public health and agricultural surveillance
and testing processes; immunizations, isolation, or quarantine; and, as appropriate, specific law
enforcement operations aimed at deterring, preempting, interdicting, or disrupting illegal activity
and apprehending potential perpetrators and bringing them to justice.
Procurement Unit: Functional Unit within the Finance/Administration Section responsible for
financial matters involving vendor contracts.
Public Information Officer (PIO): A member of the Command Staff responsible for interfacing
with the public and media or with other agencies with incident-related information requirements.
Recognition Primed Decision making: A model that describes how experts make decisions
under stressful situations that are time critical and rapidly changing.
Recorders: Individuals within ICS organizational units who are responsible for recording
information. Recorders may be found in Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration Units.
Reinforced Response: Those resources requested in addition to the initial response.
Reporting Locations: Location or facilities where incoming resources can check in at the
incident. (See Check-In.)
Resources: Personnel and major items of equipment, supplies, and facilities available or
potentially available for assignment to incident operations and for which status is maintained.
Resources are described by kind and type and may be used in operational support or supervisory
capacities at an incident or at an EOC.
Recovery: The development, coordination, and execution of service- and site-restoration plans;
the reconstitution of government operations and services; individual, private-sector,
nongovernmental, and public-assistance programs to provide housing and to promote restoration;
long-term care and treatment of affected persons; additional measures for social, political,
environmental, and economic restoration; evaluation of the incident to identify lessons learned;
post incident reporting; and development of initiatives to mitigate the effects of future incidents.
Resource Management: Efficient incident management requires a system for identifying

available resources at all jurisdictional levels to enable timely and unimpeded access to resources
needed to prepare for, respond to, or recover from an incident. Resource management under the
NIMS includes mutual-aid agreements; the use of special Federal, State, local, and tribal teams;
and resource mobilization protocols.
Resources Unit: Functional Unit within the Planning Section responsible for recording the status
of resources committed to the incident. The Unit also evaluates resources currently committed to
the incident, the impact that additional responding resources will have on the incident, and
anticipated resource needs.
Response: Activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident. Response includes
immediate actions to save lives, protect property, and meet basic human needs. Response also
includes the execution of emergency operations plans and of mitigation activities designed to limit
the loss of life, personal injury, property damage, and other unfavorable outcomes. As indicated
by the situation, response activities include applying intelligence and other information to lessen
the effects or consequences of an incident; increased security operations; continuing
investigations into nature and source of the threat; ongoing public health and agricultural
surveillance and testing processes; immunizations, isolation, or quarantine; and specific law
enforcement operations aimed at preempting, interdicting, or disrupting illegal activity, and
apprehending actual perpetrators and bringing them to justice.
Responsible Official: the official responsible for administering policy for an agency or jurisdiction
having full authority for making decisions and providing directions to the management
organization for an incident. He or she is the chairperson of the DRRMC, local chief executive or
agency head or their duly authorized representative.
Safety Officer: A member of the Command Staff responsible for monitoring and assessing safety
hazards or unsafe situations, and for developing measures for ensuring personnel safety. The
Safety Officer may have Assistants.
Section: The organizational level having responsibility for a major functional area of incident
management, e.g., Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Administration, and Intelligence (if
established). The section is organizationally situated between the Branch and the Incident
Command Segment: A geographical area in which a Task Force/Strike Team Leader or
Supervisor of a single resource is assigned authority and responsibility for the coordination of
resources and implementation of planned tactics. A segment may be a portion of a Division or an
area inside or outside the perimeter of an incident. Segments are identified with Arabic numbers.
Service Branch: A Branch within the Logistics Section responsible for service activities at the
incident. Includes the Communication, Medical, and Food Units.
Single Resource: An individual, a piece of equipment and its personnel complement, or a crew or
team of individuals with an identified work Supervisor that can be used on an incident.
Situation Unit: Functional Unit within the Planning Section responsible for the collection,
organization, and analysis of incident status information, and for analysis of the situation as it
progresses. Reports to the Planning Section Chief.
Span of Control: The number of individuals a supervisor is responsible for, usually expressed
as the ratio of supervisors to individuals.
Staging Area: Location established where resources can be placed while awaiting a tactical
assignment. The Operations Section manages Staging Areas.
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP): Complete reference document or an operations manual

that provides the purpose, authorities, duration, and details for the preferred method of performing
a single function or a number of interrelated functions in a uniform manner.
Strategy: The general direction selected to accomplish incident objectives set by the Incident
Commander.
Strategic: Strategic Elements of incident management are characterized by continuous long term
high level planning by organizations headed by elected or appointed officials. These elements
involve the adoption of long-range goals and objectives, the setting of priorities, the establishment
of budgets and other fiscal decisions, policy development, and the application of measures of
performance or effectiveness.
Strike Team: A specified combination of the same kind and type of resources with common
communications and a Leader.
Supervisor: The ICS title for individuals responsible for a Division or Group.
Supply Unit: Functional Unit within the Support Branch of the Logistics Section responsible for
ordering equipment and supplies required for incident operations.
Support Branch: A Branch within the Logistics Section responsible for providing personnel,
equipment, and supplies to support incident operations. Includes the Supply, Facilities, and
Ground Support Units.
Supporting Materials: Refers to the several attachments that may be included with an Incident
Action Plan, e.g., Communications Plan, Map, Safety Plan, Traffic Plan, and Medical Plan.
Support Resources: Non-tactical resources under the supervision of the Logistics, Planning, or
Finance/Administration Sections, or the Command Staff Tactical Direction: Direction given by the
Operations Section Chief that includes the tactics required to implement the selected strategy,
the selection and assignment of resources to carry out the tactics, directions for tactics
implementation, and performance monitoring for each operational period.
Tactics: Deploying and directing resources on an incident to accomplish incident strategy and
objectives.
Task Force: A combination of single resources assembled for a particular tactical need with
common communications and a Leader.
Team: See Single Resource.
Technical Specialists (THSP): Personnel with special skills that can be used anywhere within
the ICS organization.
Threat: An indication of possible violence, harm, or danger.
Time Unit: Functional Unit within the Finance/Administration Section responsible for recording
time for incident personnel and hired equipment.
Type: A classification of resources in the ICS that refers to capability. Type 1 is generally
considered to be more capable than Types 2, 3, or 4, respectively, because of size, power,
capacity, or, in the case of Incident Management Teams, experience and qualifications.
Tools: Those instruments and capabilities that allow for the professional performance of tasks,
such as information systems, agreements, doctrine, capabilities, and legislative authorities.
Unified Command: An application of ICS that is used when there is more than one agency with
incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions. Agencies work together through
the designated members of the Unified Command, often the senior person from agencies and/or
disciplines participating in the Unified Command, to establish a common set of objectives and
strategies and a single Incident Action Plan.
Unit: The organizational element having functional responsibility for a specific incident Planning,
Logistics, or Finance/Administration activity.
Unity of Command: The concept by which each person within an organization reports to one
and only one designated person. The purpose of unity of command is to ensure unity of effort
under one responsible commander for every objective.
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Introduction

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR FIREFIGHTING

I. ARMORY FIRE / EXPLOSIVE STORAGE

All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.

Always maintain an isolation distance of about 300 meters’ radius.

Take protective cover if personal safety will be jeopardized.

5. Responders fight fire at a distance to contain/confine the fire.

Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties.

Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS).

II. BASEMENT FIRE

All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.

1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties.

Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS).

Safely rescued trapped victim/s.

III. FIRE IN HIGH-RISE BUILDING

All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.

1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties.

Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS).

Safely rescued trapped victim/s.

IV. FIRE IN HOSPITAL FACILITIES WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.

1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties

Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS)

V. FIRE IN JAILS / CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.

1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties.

Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS).

VI. FIRE IN LPG INSTALLATION

All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.

Do not direct water at source of leak or safety devices.

1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

6. Firefighting unit floods containers with water until fire is out.

Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties.

Coordination and collaboration Command System (ICS) achieved through Incident.

VII. FIRE IN WATER VESSELS DOCKED AT WHARVES OR PIERS

1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties.

Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS).

VIII. FIRE INVOLVING HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES IN OIL DEPOT OR REFINERY

All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.

Always have a safety hose line in place with alert operators.

Always have a Plan “B” (the ESCAPE PLAN).

The crew must be coordinated in their approach.

1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties.

Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS).

All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.

1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties.

Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS).

All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.

DO NOT OVERFLOOD site of explosion to protect pieces of evidence.

1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Reduced casualty or injury and minimized damage to properties.

Coordination and collaboration achieved through Incident Command System (ICS).

XI. FIRE INCIDENTAL TO FIREWORKS / PYROTECHNICS EXPLOSION

All members of San Isidro Fire and Rescue.

Fight fire ONLY IF explosive is not directly involved.

If explosive is involved, fight fire from a safe distance.

1. All responders wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).