IRP Appendix A Operational Doctrine Statement PDF

IRP Appendix A Operational Doctrine Statement- 07/01/2017 Policy 24-01 - MCFRS is a combination, all hazards fire and rescue service Operational Doctrine Statement (ODS)- Sets tone for operational behavior - Describes fundamental high level notions on which all other operations are based - Authori...

IRP Appendix A Operational Doctrine Statement- 07/01/2017 Policy 24-01 - MCFRS is a combination, all hazards fire and rescue service Operational Doctrine Statement (ODS)- Sets tone for operational behavior - Describes fundamental high level notions on which all other operations are based - Authoritative statement to emergency incident response - Applies to all incident operations - Personnel have a duty to act and officers a duty to lead - Frame work for action and leadership Demands of The Operational Environment - Moral- Public Servants and advocates for those in need - Mental- tragedy, human loss and great personal loss will place a large demand on the emotional responsibility of the first responders - Physical- personnel will face great physical stress, as seen with sudden cardiac events Operational Values 1. Commitment to Duty - Proficiency technically and as a leader - Sound timely decision making - Tasks are understood, supervised and accomplished - Knowing self and seeking improvement 2. Respect for Others and the Organization - People always come first - Respect the needs of the people we serve - Know you subordinates, keep them informed, look out for well being - Build unit, station, battalion, shift and organizational levels 3. Integrity - Responsibility for actions - Positive example - Honest - Best interest of the team Operational principles- not rules but how we think and operate on scenes 1. Commitment to Service- Earned, keep, maintain public trust each encounter should be positive 2. Effective leadership- decisive, duty act, accountability, risk analysis, continues learning - Supervisor’s intent- objective and the reason for objective. - Strategies, priority’s and tactics are subject to change. 3. Scaled Response- “defense in depth”,- incident complexity increase so does response - Scale up or Down to meet incident needs 4. Effective team work- communicate situational awareness, incident objectives and priorities, assist others to support objectives, monitor team and correct errors and use all information resources - 1st arriving unit officer sets the tone - Communicate, coordinate and adjust as necessary if initial response is incorrect 5. On-Scene Initiative- take corrective action in the absence of orders 6. Managed Risk- Lowest achievable level without compromising the mission 1. Calculated risk to save savable lives 2. Accept limited risk to save savable property 3. No firefighter lives for property that cannot be saved 7. Commitment to Learning - Self-analysis, learn more from mistakes then success, training, individual skills 8. Balance - Incident commander must control the pace (“tempo”) of the event with a balance of communication. - Speed is a derivative of efficiency, which is a derivative of training - Proportional planting to the complexity of the incident Operational Anchors - Operational decisions and actions are by products of assessments 1. Situational Awareness 2. Accountability- all personnel are responsible for ensuring where their subordinates are and it means that all personnel are responsible for their actions 3. Safety- demonstrate good personnel judgment and effective supervision 4. Effective Communication- most effective language, avoid non-standard phrases 5. Risk Assessment- relationship between risk and harm, is it ”worth it”, to conduct a given operation 6. Crew Resource Management (CRM)- encourages leadership and teamwork skills supporting team input while respecting the chain of command - Focus on how team member attitudes and behaviors impact safety Incident Strategies - 2 Strategies- offensive/defensive - Result of the strategy must be deliberate communicated and defendable Incident Priorities 1. Life safety- Survive Ability- assessment of how likely people are to survive an incident this does not mean we, “Give Up”- meaning human life operates on narrow margins - Search happen regardless of reports, “ everyone” his out of the structure 2. Incident Stabilization- Stopping a problem from getting worse 3. Property Conservation- most meaningful act for those we serve, “servants of the community” Conclusion- “Do The Right Thing”