DAILY STAFFING, RESPONSE ASSIGNMENTS,

RESPONSE READINESS, RESPONSE TYPES

Subject: Taylorville Fire Department Daily Staffing and Response

With the recent increase from a three to four man assigned shift, the following serves to address changes this

staffing has necessitated as well as establish a consistency throughout the fire department.

The support of the City Council for the hiring of our two newest firefighters was to eliminate the first out

response of one firefighter. This policy is established to honor our promise to them, as well as maintain the

increased service to the community as a result of the new career staffing of 14 personnel.

A. Each of the three shifts is fully staffed with four personnel.

        a. One Captain

        b. Three Firefighters

B. Minimum service credential staffing for any one of the three shifts

        a. Three personnel

                i. Captain or a member off the most recent Captain Promotional List (SOIC –

Shift Officer In Charge)

                ii. Two EMT BD or I Certified Personnel – Firefighter Rank

1. Which ever shift FF Hafliger is permanently assigned will maintain a

minimum staffing of one firefighter and one EMT BD or I certified

personnel.

C. Callback Staffing

        a. A staffing callback is to satisfy two departmental needs and responsibilities

                i. Number of personnel on shift

                ii. Shift service criteria

b. All shifts will maintain one Captain or a member off the most recent Captain

Promotional List (SOIC – Shift Officer In Charge)

c. Two EMT BD or I Certified Personnel – Firefighter Rank

            will not result in a shift staffing greater than 3 personnel

d. A Firefighter may be offered SOIC with approval of Assistant Chief or Fire Chief.

e. Exemptions identified under shift riding positions of this SOG are not to apply when

considering callback staffing.

D. Trading Time

        a. The approval of trading time may be influenced by departmental activities, and shift

        staffing requirements

b. Trading must have approval from the SOIC on which the trade is occurring

c. Trading of time will not lower minimum staffing or service criteria established under

III. B. of this SOG

A. Rig riding positions will be assigned by the SOIC

a. SOIC should consider personnel skills when assigning rig positions

b. SOIC will rotate firefighter riding positions between personnel on no less than a

monthly basis. This will minimize the risk of a shift member being locked in a position

for an extended period of time that may impact his once developed talents of the other

riding positions.

c. If a SOIC is not able to rotate the firefighter assigned rig positions, such circumstance

may cause justification to reassign personnel to different shifts.

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B. Rig riding positions may be determined by the ranking officers, Assistant Chief or Chief

C. The SOIC or the person responsible for the responding rig will ride in the Officer Seat,

passenger side of the cab.

a. Person assigned to driving a rig is responsible for ensuring rig response readiness with

the morning daily checks.

i. Morning daily checks will be completed by 8:00 AM

b. Driver of an Engine will be the initial on scene pump operator

c. All crew members will check the SCBA they would be expecting to use during their

shift.

D. Portable Radios

a. Personnel reporting to duty will retrieve a charged portable radio from the rack each

morning.

b. Personnel will return their respective portable radio to the charging rack prior to

leaving each day.

E. All members, reporting to duty and available for response, will remove gear from the rack and

place on the apparatus floor near their assigned rig(s)

a. All members on duty are expected to be ready to respond. Whenever Christian County

911 tones us more than once for the same call, the SOIC will attach written

documentation, to the run report, explaining the circumstance behind the 911 double

page.

b. Acknowledging the 911 page prior to leaving the station may continue to be practice. A

radioed response, indicating you are in the rig and leaving station, will be expected

within 90 seconds of the acknowledgement.

F. With exception to the driver, members responding to a possible structure fire, vehicle fire, or

respiratory risk environment, will attempt to have their respective SCBA strapped to their back

before scene arrival.

G. All personnel will wear seat belts

a. Rig driver will ensure are riders are seat belted in prior to moving rig.

H. Personnel will not ride tail board at any time

FF [1]

FF [3]

FF [1]

FF [2]

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Shift 2 Exempt from FF assign

EMS FF [1] FF [1]

FF [2]

SOIC: Shift Officer In Charge

Shift 2 Exempt from FF assign

EMS FF [1] FF [1]

FF [1]

K. Mutual Aid Response

a. On duty shift personnel are expected to make the initial response

b. Off duty personnel and volunteer members report to the station.

c. Two personnel must be available and left in station prior to the mutual aid response.

i. Personnel remaining in station hold “In Station Personnel Responsibilities To

The On-Scene Command System” TFD SOG 200 COMMAND

PROCEDURES XII

d. The resource request for mutual aid will vary. It will be the SOIC responsibility to

determine the appropriate rigs or resources available to satisfy the request.

i. Not every mutual aid request to help with a fire would require an engine and a

tanker

ii. Not every mutual aid request to help with a vehicle accident would require an

engine and the squad

e. The following should be used as a standard guide whenever responding with the

indicated rigs. Number and rank of responding personnel VS type of rig responding.

FF [1]

FF [1]

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Shift 2 Exempt from FF assign

EMS FF [1] FF [1]

FF [1]

A. Shift Officer In Charge is expected to remain in station.

B. It is expected that the crew response integrity be maintained wherever it becomes necessary to leave

the station IE: fuel, inspections, store, etc.

A. General: Lights and Sirens.

a. All 911 Emergency dispatches. IE: Structure Fires, EMS, Vehicle Accidents, Field Fires,

etc.

B. Still: No Lights or Sirens flow with traffic

a. All non-emergency calls. IE: Non-emergency lifting assist, illegal burns not threatening

structures or holding a potential of spread, small fuel spills, etc.

July 14, 2005

Chief Lunt