Incident Commanders have overall responsibility for incident scene operations and must ensure accountability for all personnel operating on an incident. NIOSH reports continue to highlight accountability as a LODD contributing factor. Chief Betz conducts a brief review of significant events that heightened awareness for the need for incident scene accountability. He presents tracking and accountability systems that aide the incident commander in tracking resources assigned to the incident scene. Key features of this presentation include radio reporting that establishes accountability, structure labeling, command board tracking recommendations, managing a command post, and conducting an incident critique from the IC perspective.
Learning Objectives:
The participant will gain a better understanding of incident scene communications through on-scene and situational reporting that starts the initial incident command accountability.
The participant will gain a better understanding of the need, and know how, of building out and using an incident accountability system that includes overall command post operations.
The student will be provided with examples of how to track resources for various incidents on a command board while also reviewing incident command checklists that ensure incident objectives are being met.
The participant will gain a better understanding of the benefits of conducting a post-incident tailboard critique.
