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Fire Department Structure and

Procedure

Unit 4

By: Emory Arnold


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Organization of the Fire Service

Governments all over, whether state,

municipal, or national have a responsibility

to protect the general welfare of the public

against any threat.

Fire is one such peril


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Citizens accept certain restrictions on their

behavior and pay taxes to protect

themselves and others.


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The fire service gets its authority from the

governing entity responsible for protecting

the public.


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The people charged with protecting thepublic may be given special privileges to

enable them to perform there duties.


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Do Not Park

Maybe I should not have parked here.


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Firefighter Legally breaking and entering


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The head of the fire department known as

the Fire Chief is accountable to the leader

of the governing body such as the Mayor,

Commissioner, City or County Manager, orCity Council.


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The fire department uses a paramilitary style

of leadership.

Firefighters operate under a rank system,

which establishes a chain of command.


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Most fire departments use four basic

management principles

Unity of Command

Span of Control

Division of Labor

Discipline


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Unity of Command

A theory that each firefighter answers to

only one supervisor. Each supervisory

answers to only one boss.

This ensures that everyone is answerable to

the Fire Chief and establishes a direct

route of responsibility from the Chief to the

Firefighter.


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Span Of Control

The number of people that one person can

supervise effectively.

Some experts believe that span of control

should extend to no more than five people

in a complex environment.


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Division of Labor

A way of organizing an incident by

breaking down the overall strategy into

smaller task.

Some departments are divided into units

based upon functions.


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Discipline

A set of guidelines that a departmentestablishes for firefighters.

SOPs Standard Operating Procedures

Policies and procedure

SOGs Suggested Operating Guidelines

Suggested procedures


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The organizational structure of a fire

department consist of a chain of

command.

The chain of command creates a structure

for managing the department and

commanding fire ground operations.


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Ranking System

Firefighters usually report to a Lieutenant.

The Lieutenant is responsible for a singlecompany (such as an engine company) on

a single shift.


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Captain

Captains are not only responsible for a fire

company but they are responsible for

coordinating the companys activities with

other shifts.

Lieutenants report to the shift Captain.


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Battalion Chief

Captains report to Battalion Chiefs.

Battalion Chiefs are responsible to the

whole shift. They coordinate and

command fire ground operations. They

also ensure that all companies are

properly staffed for each shift.


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Assistant Chief

Battalion Chiefs report directly to the

assistant chief.

The assistant chief is in charge of

functioning areas within the fire

department (such as training, logistics,

operations, etc)

The Assistant chief reports to the Fire Chief.


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Company Types

Engine company

Truck company


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Engine Company

An engine company is responsible for

securing a water source, deploying

handlines, conducting search and rescue

operations, putting water on the fire.


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Engine company

The fire engines have a pump, carry hoses,

and a booster tank of water (500-1000

gal.) Engines also carry a limited quantity

of ladders and hand tools.

We will identify the equipment in a later unit.


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Truck Company

A Truck company specializes in forcibleentry, ventilation, roof operations, searchand rescue operations above the fire, and

deployment of ground ladders, rangingfrom 8 to 50 in length.

The Trucks are also equipped with aerialdevices, such as an aerial ladder, towerladder, or platform ladder.


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Truck Company


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Rescue Company

Rescue Company is responsible for

rescuing victims from fires, confined

spaces, trenches, and high angle

situations.


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Wildland Company

Wildland fire companies use four wheel

vehicles and carry special equipment such

as portable pumps, rakes, shovels, etc. to

combat wildland fires.


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Hazardous Material Company

These companies responds to and

controls scenes involving spilled and

leaking hazardous materials.


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Emergency Medical Services

EMS companies include ambulances and

first responders. They respond to assist

and transport medical and trauma patients

to medical facilities.


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Positions within the Fire

DepartmentFirefighters may be assigned any number of

task from deploying hose lines to

extinguishing fires.

Firefighters are not responsible for any

command functions and does not

supervise other personnel.


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Roles

Driver/Operator- (engineer) the driver is

responsible for getting the fire apparatus

and personnel to the fire scene safely.

Operator also sets up the apparatus to

pump water to the fire scene. The operate

also operates the pump or the aerialladder.


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Roles

Company Officer- (Lieutenant) Is in charge

of the crew and apparatus, while at the

station and fire scene.

Company Officer is responsible for the initial

firefighting strategy, personnel safety and

tactics used on the fire scene by allpersonnel.


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Roles

Safety Officer- watches the overall operation

for unsafe practices. He or she has the

authority to stop any firefighting activity

until it can be done in a safe manner.


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Roles

Training Officer- responsible for updating the

training of current firefighters and for

training new firefighters.


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Roles

Incident Commander- The incident

commander is responsible for the

management of all incident operations.


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Roles

Fire Marshal/Fire Inspector/Fire Investigator

Inspect businesses and enforce public

safety laws and codes. They may respond

to the fire scenes to determine the cause

of the fire.

Investigators generally have full police

powers.

O i i l Ch F Fi


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Organizational Charts For Fire

DepartmentsLarge and Small


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Resources

Essentials of Fire Fighting 4th edition, edited by Richard

Hall and Barbara Adams. (ISBN 087939149-9)

Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills, Jones and Bartlett

Publishing. (ISBN 0-7637-3454-3)

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