photo.jpg

# Standard Operating Procedures: S.O.P. 2-15 ## Continuation Or concealment and ignores or resists law enforcement personnel, and it is reasonable to believe that the subject is armed with a dangerous or deadly weapon. ## Incident Commander (IC): The individual responsible for all incident activitie...

# Standard Operating Procedures: S.O.P. 2-15 ## Continuation Or concealment and ignores or resists law enforcement personnel, and it is reasonable to believe that the subject is armed with a dangerous or deadly weapon. ## 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 The field location where the primary functions of Incident Command are performed. ## 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 the 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 applies 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. ## Rescue Task Force (RTF): A rescue team composed of two to four (2-4) officers accompanied by two to three (2-3) fire rescue personnel who enter a cold or warm area to remove, treat, and aid victims. ## Safety Cordon: A secure area or route to a safe place or extraction point that is secured by law enforcement personnel. The cordon will allow for the safe passage of an RTF in and out of the Casualty Collection Point to the Ambulance Exchange Point. ## Secured: An area has been searched and is now under direct law enforcement control. ## Span of control Pertains to the number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively on emergency response incidents. Maintaining an effective span of control is particularly important on incidents where safety and accountability are a top priority. ## Staging Area: Location established where resources can be placed while awaiting a tactical assignment. The Operations Section manages Staging Areas. ## Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC): TECC guidelines are a set of best practice recommendations for casualty management during high threat civilian tactical and rescue operations. Based upon the principles of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), TECC guidelines account for differences in the civilian environment, resources allocation, patient population, and scope of practice. The applications of the TECC guidelines for civilian Fire/EMS medical operations are far-reaching, beyond just the traditional application in tactical and law enforcement operations. The medical response to almost any civilian scenario involving high risk to responders, austere environments, or atypical hazards will benefit from the guidelines, including active shooter response, CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and 3