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Procedure 505 Chesapeake Fire Department Fire Procedure Manual Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2023/03/25, All Rights Reserved.Published with permission by Chesapeake Fire Department Technical Rescue Response - 1 Technical Rescue Response 505.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE This document provides arrival and on-sc...

Procedure 505 Chesapeake Fire Department Fire Procedure Manual Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2023/03/25, All Rights Reserved.Published with permission by Chesapeake Fire Department Technical Rescue Response - 1 Technical Rescue Response 505.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE This document provides arrival and on-scene procedures for Chesapeake Fire Department units operating at technical rescue emergencies, including, but not limited to high angle, confined space, machinery, wilderness, trench, water or building collapse rescues. Corresponding Policies: Confined Space Rescue Response Elevator Entrapments Incident Management Staging Swiftwater Rescue and Flood Search and Rescue Response Trench Rescues Urban Search and Rescue 505.2 FIRST FIVE MINUTES The first arriving Chesapeake Fire Department unit should contact the Emergency Communications Center and provide the following information: • Unit on-scene. • Initial scene size-up. • Location of a Staging area. Considerations should include, but not be limited to keeping responding units at least 500 feet from trenches, cave-ins or collapses to minimize vibration that could further destabilize incident conditions. • Vehicle exhaust that can collect in low-lying areas and spaces with limited ventilation, including but not limited to trenches. • Unit assuming incident command (IC). • Requests for any immediately identifiable additional and/or specialized resources as the incident require The IC should: #Perform or direct another member to complete a 360 assessment and report the results to the IC to identify: • The nature of the incident. • Victim location. • Obvious scene and incident-related hazards. • Appropriate places for positioning of apparatus and other required resources. Chesapeake Fire Department Fire Procedure Manual Technical Rescue Response Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2023/03/25, All Rights Reserved.Published with permission by Chesapeake Fire Department Technical Rescue Response - 2 #Provide any necessary updates to the Emergency Communications Center based upon information identified by the 360 assessment. #Advise incoming units required for immediate operations of desired placement and equipment needed. #Determine the ability of responding personnel to engage in operations based on training and equipment. #Contact the Emergency Communications Center to request any additional agency and outside resources required to begin operations. #Designate an Incident Safety Officer. #Control utilities. If machinery is involved, take reasonable steps to see that it is no longer energized and lockout/tagout procedures have been followed. #Locate a responsible/reliable party and determine: • The number, likely location and condition of victims. • The cause of the incident. • When the incident occurred. • Presence of any additional hazards such as hazardous materials, landslide potential, explosion potential, etc. #Initiate an initial Incident Action Plan and any required permit process for confined space rescue. #If possible, establish victim contact without entering workspace. #If the incident involves any of the following, refer to the corresponding Chesapeake Fire Department policy: • Confined Space Rescue • Elevator Entrapment • Swiftwater Rescue and Flood Search • Trench Rescue • Urban Search and Rescue #Request additional resources as necessary. 505.3 PROCEDURES (a) Apparatus 1. Apparatus should remain a safe distance from the scene. • Stage as directed by the IC. For trench, cave-in and collapse emergencies, if the staging area has not yet been established by the IC, when Chesapeake Fire Department Fire Procedure Manual Technical Rescue Response Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2023/03/25, All Rights Reserved.Published with permission by Chesapeake Fire Department Technical Rescue Response - 3 practicable, stage at least 500 feet away from the incident, to minimize vibration that could further destabilize the incident. 2. Early-arriving apparatus should be careful to leave access for later-arriving specialty units and ambulances. (b) Personnel 1. Personnel should: (a) Wear and use PPE appropriate for the hazard, including: • SCBA in oxygen-deficient and IDLH atmospheres • Personal flotation devices around water (b) Avoid “tunnel vision” and unnecessary exposure to scene hazards, including: • Unstable trenches • Collapsed buildings • Confined spaces • Cave-in scenes (c) Initiate victim rescue within the training and operational capabilities of on- scene personnel and equipment. 505.4 OPERATIONS (a) Size-Up 1. Accurate scene size-up is critical to the successful outcome of the incident and the recognition of the hazard. The initial scene size-up by the first arriving unit, results of the 360 assessment and any additional size-ups should include: • Scope, magnitude and nature of the incident. • Location and number of victims. • Time of day, area affected and complexity of incident. • Risk vs. benefit analysis. • Review of any pre-plans. • Environmental factors. • Patient contact/condition. • Availability of needed resources. (b) Scene control 1. Control the scene by establishing scene boundaries with a physical barrier. Consider requesting help from law enforcement to maintain scene boundaries. Chesapeake Fire Department Fire Procedure Manual Technical Rescue Response Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2023/03/25, All Rights Reserved.Published with permission by Chesapeake Fire Department Technical Rescue Response - 4 2. If the hazard involves collapse, trench or cave-in, establish a 50-foot radius hazard zone and whenever practicable, control or eliminate all ground vibration within 500 feet of the collapse or cave-in. 3. For all other hazards, whenever practicable, establish a 200-foot minimum radius around the incident that is free from bystanders. 4. Other scene control considerations include, but are not limited to: • Control of all utilities. • Requesting the closure of roadways and railways and re-routing of air traffic that could further destabilize the scene. (c) Air Monitoring 1. The IC should assign personnel to monitor air for deficient oxygen levels and presence of hazardous gas levels before entry by rescue personnel and during operations at confined space, trench cave-in and collapse scenes and conduct operations as conditions dictate. (d) Resource Deployment 1. The IC should deploy resources to the incident according to strategic and tactical plans, the incident action plan (IAP), within the priorities established for the incident and with the safety of the public and responders always in the forefront. Chesapeake Fire Department Fire Procedure Manual Technical Rescue Response Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2023/03/25, All Rights Reserved.Published with permission by Chesapeake Fire Department Technical Rescue Response - 5 505.5 PROCEDURE DECISION TREE Chesapeake Fire Department Fire Procedure Manual Technical Rescue Response Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2023/03/25, All Rights Reserved.Published with permission by Chesapeake Fire Department Technical Rescue Response - 6