HomeMy WebLinkAboutSOG 200.01 Revised 3-2017-Risk Management Plan & Tactical Priorities200.01 — Risk Management & Tactical Priorities
Effective. 11/5/2008
Revised: 3/5/2017
Replaces:
I. Guiding PhilosophX
Public safety and emergency response is a dangerous business. We take our responsibility
to our customers very seriously and believe in risking ourselves for their survivability, within a
system of managed risk.
II. Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to communicate the components the general, all -hazards
operational risk management philosophy and tactical priorities as adopted by Beaumont
Fire/Rescue Services.
III. Goals
The goals of this policy are to:
A. Detail the department's risk management philosophy, its effective implementation
and associated responsibilities.
B. Communicate the tactical priorities to be addressed by emergency responders.
IV. Definitions
A. Risk Management — Managing the actual level of occupational hazards and
exposures that workers may take in performing hazard -zone activities.
B. Tactical Priorities —Prioritized listing of tactical objectives that should be
completed to effectively stabilize an emergency incident.
V. Risk Manaaement Plan
A. The Risk Management Philosophy expresses a standard, three-level risk
assessment and management template for members to apply in both day-to-day
situations and when performing time -compressed, dangerous, potentially fatal
incident work.
1. We will N'O'A' unreasonably risk our lives to protect lives or
property that have already been lost.
When the incident problem has evolved to such a point that lives and/or
property are no longer savable, we will manage the incident in a
defensive fashion.
2. We will risk our lives A U,,,r"IIIII�."1I[..�.,I�?, in a calculated and
controlled manner, to protect SAVABLE PROPERTY.
When we evaluate that there is savable property that is threatened by the
incident problem, and it is determined that the regular personal
protective equipment and operational systems will adequately protect the
workers, we will attempt to save that property.
3. We will risk our lives A U;)"IE, in a calculated and controlled
manner, to
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When we evaluate that there are potentially viable customers who are
threatened or trapped by an incident problem, and that a physical rescue
may be possible, we will attempt to rescue those involved.
B. The department's risk management philosophy effectively integrates into our
Incident Management System and reduces risk of injury or death to firefighters
when:
1. Effective size -up is completed, and
2. Ongoing situational awareness is maintained though good
communications between the IC and crews operating in the hazard zone,
and
3. The template is applied and continually re-applied to the current
operating conditions, until the situation has been resolved.
C. All members are expected to work together effectively as a team, and to do their
part to effectively implement the Risk Management Plan.
VI. Tactical Priorities
A. The following tactical objectives should be regarded as separate, yet inter -related
activities which should normally be dealt with in priority order. However, in
many cases, Command must overlap and "mix" the activities of each tactical
objective to achieve completion (Example: Rescue and Fire Control). Generally,
Command should not proceed to the next priority until the current functional
objective has been completed OR sufficient resources have been deployed to
address multiple objectives simultaneously.
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B. The tactical objectives adopted by Beaumont Fire/Rescue should always be
implemented under an umbrella of concern for responder safety that is based on
our effective implementation of our Risk Management Plan. Tactical objectives
include, in priority order:
IIUE'�,��IlDGC ,III, IIE Ill; ;'gib AJ, 111 °°nl' Y'— Providing for the safety, accountability and
welfare of our members (this is ongoing throughout every incident).
1. Life Se°t — Removing endangered occupants and treating the injured.
2. je„pimp„E„illllw„li„III�ii°„�F„il,li��� —Mitigating the incident problem.
3. Control Loss — Conserving property and the environment, as best we
can.
4. Shoirt-Teirim Customer St lbiillii 'tiioi — Doing what we can, in the
short-term, to help those directly affected by the incident.
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