Fire District Strike Teams

Fire District Strike Teams

STATE FIRE MOBILIZATION TASK FORCES

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Massachusetts Fire District 7 26 Cities and Towns located in South

Central Massachusetts

MEMBER TOWNS: Auburn-Blackstone-Brookfield-Charlton-Douglas-Dudley-East Brookfield-Grafton-Leicester-Mendon-Millbury-Millville- Northbridge North Brookfield-Oxford-Paxton-Southbridge-Spencer-Sturbridge-Sutton-Upton-Uxbridge- Warren-West Brookfield-Webster-Worcester.

The District

Geographically segmented into Five Strike Teams

Massachusetts Fire District 7

East 1

East 2

Central

West 1

West 2

Strike Team Composition


Structural

Brush

Tanker

Disaster

Worc. Tankers

Ambulance

Strike Team Equipment


Structural

4 Engines 1 Ladder Air / Light Unit 2 Comm Units Some Cards have Heavy Rescue Units Some Cards list Alternate Equipment



Brush

2 Team Leaders Mix of Engines Brush Trucks 4WD Pick-ups Tankers Comm Units



Tankers / Tenders

2 Leaders

4 / 5 Tankers / Tenders

Alt / Additional Tankers / Tenders

2 Comm Units



Disaster

2 Leaders

2 / 3 Engines

1 Ladder

Air / Light Unit2 Comm Units

Some Cards have Heavy Rescue UnitsSome Cards list Alternate Equipment



Worcester Tanker

2 Separate Requests East / Central

5 Tankers / Tenders



Ambulance

4 Teams

5 Ambulances

1 Alternate

Where is the information?

http://www.massfiredistrict7.com

This lists all the strike teams for the whole district

If you go to your area you will see what you send based on the request. Please review these periodically to confirm

PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST

1. The Community requesting the Strike Team will do so after their normal mutual aid plan has been utilized, unless the incident type / size requires an immediate response of a Strike Team


2. The community requesting the Strike team is responsible for designating

the staging area and providing directions to the staging area or fire location. Whenever possible, the requesting community will have a fire department officer / official waiting for the Strike Team to arrive on scene.


2. (cont) That fire department official will

apprise the Strike Team Commander of the incident scope and will transmit a message to the Incident Commander that the Strike Team Commander is on scene.

Request Procedures

The Dispatcher will call over the County Band and request Strike Team

The Control Point will confirm the request and obtain information

Location Incident or StagingDirectionsI. C. contact info

Community Requests

Type 1 2 3 4

Brush West 2 East 1 East 2 West 1Disaster East 1 West 2 East 2 West 1Structural West 2 East 1 East 2 West 1Tanker West 2 East 1 East 2 West 1Amb

BrushDisasterStructuralTankerAmb

Brush West 2 Central East 1 East 2Disaster West 2 Central East 1 East 2Structural West 2 Central East 1 East 2Tanker West 2 Central East 1 East 2Amb Central City East

Brush East 1 East 2Disaster East 1 East 2Structural East 1 East 2Tanker East 1 East 2Amb

Brush Central West 2 West 1Disaster Central West 2 West 1Structural Central West 2 West 1Tanker Central West 2 West 1Amb

Brush West 1 Central East 2 East 1Disaster Central West 1 East 2 East 1Structural Central West 1 East 2 East 1Tanker Central West 1 East 2 East 1Amb

TOWN

Auburn - 20

Blackstone - 45

Brookfield - 14

Charlton - 24

Douglas - 42

Strike Team Requests

Dudley - 23

Brush East 2 Central West 2 West 1Disaster East 2 Central West 2 West 1Structural East 2 Central West 2 West 1Tanker East 2 Central West 2 West 1Amb

Sutton - 40

Brush Central East 2 West 2 West 1Disaster Central East 2 West 2 West 1Structural Central East 2 West 2 West 1Tanker East 2 Central West 1 West 2Amb

Millbury - 34

Brush Central West 2 West 1Disaster Central West 2 West 1Structural Central West 2 West 1Tanker Central West 2 West 1Amb

Douglas - 42

Type 1 2 3 4TOWN

Request Procedures

Station 25 Southbridge or Station 41 Northbridge will call for a Strike Team Response to your dispatch.

The Dispatcher will tone out the Department for a (brush, structure,

tanker or disaster) strike team activation.

Response

PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM RESPONSE

3. The responding communities are responsible for knowing what equipment or alternate equipment to send for each type of Strike Team. All available apparatus listed on the

Strike Team Run Card shall be sent

upon request, unless that unit is out of service at the time of the call.


3. (cont.)In the event that apparatus is not available at the time of the call, the responding community shall, whenever possible, fill in with

apparatus of the same type.


3. (cont.)If alternate apparatus is not

available, the community shall notify the Control Point dispatcher, who will contact the communities on that particular Strike Team to see if they can fill in with the appropriate apparatus


3. (cont.)If those communities can not fill in

with the appropriate apparatus, the Control Point Dispatcher shall contact another community, not on the Strike Team, to see if they can fill in for the assigned apparatus


4. Communications between the local Department and the Control Point will remain on the low band

frequency 33.62 MHz County Band

PROTOCOL FOR STRIKE TEAM REQUEST & RESPONSE

What is the response mode ? Incident Scene Lights / Siren

Incident Staging Area Lights / Siren

Always ??

Remote Staging Area for future

assignment


What is the radio channel ?

Where can I find that information??

District 7 Fire Repeater Channel Orange


Who do I call?

Station 25 ?? Station 41 ??

NO, CALL THE STRIKE COMMANDER ONLY.

* * DO NOT CALL STAGING OR ANYONE ELSE.


Communications between the local department and responding strike teams will move over the District 7 – VHF ORANGE channel for response coordination. The District 7 ORANGE channel will be for communications for the following areas. Command staff - strike teamsCommand staff - staging areaStaging area- strike team commanderStrike team commanderstrike team apparatus


Responding Communications on District 7 ORANGE:

Strike Team Commander will sign on the air with the District Control Point (Southbridge or Northbridge)

Strike Team Apparatus will sign on the air with the respective Strike Team Commander when they are responding to the staging area

Commander and Apparatus will remain on the ORANGE channel until they arrive at staging or the incident

The Strike Team Commander will communicate with the District Control Point when the strike team has arrived at the staging area.


A Communications plan will be developed with command by the Incident Dispatch Team that responds with the Strike Team D7 RED and BLUE should be utilized to assist with communications and allow for UHF and Low band resources to be utilized at the incident scene.


Paperwork ?

Is there any paperwork for it ? ?

Each town should have received manifest forms at a District 7 Chief’s meeting for your vehicles. You must provide them to the Commander when you arrive at the location.

Massachusetts Fire & EMS

Mobilization Plan

15 Fire Districts

4 Regions

Massachusetts Fire & EMS Mobilization

Plan

Fire District Regions Region 1

Region 2

Region 3

Region 4

Task Force Composition

Structural

Brush

Tanker

Disaster

Ambulance


Plan

Task Force Equipment Structural

2 Leaders

5 / 6 Engines

1 / 2 Ladder

Alt Engines

Alt Ladders

Alt Leaders


Plan

Task Force Equipment Tanker / Tender

2 Leaders

5 / 6 Tankers / Tenders

2 / 3 Engines

Alt Tankers / Tenders

Alt Engines

Alt Leaders


Plan

Task Force Equipment Forestry

2 Leaders

Tankers / Tenders

Breakers

Trucks

Alt Equipment

Some have a Mechanic


Plan

Task Force Equipment Disaster

2 Leaders

Engines

Ladders

Tankers

Rescues

Search Teams

Alt Equipment


Plan

Task Force Equipment Ambulance

2 Leaders

5 Ambulances

Alternate Amb

Alternate Leader


Plan

Where is the information?

http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/mema/

This lists all the State Task Forces


Plan

What is the response mode ?

Incident Scene Lights / Siren

Incident Staging Area Lights / Siren

Always ??

Remote Staging Area for future assignment


Plan

Designated Rally Point

Then proceed as a group to the location


Plan District Broken into 4 areas for Response

7 A

7 B

7 C

7 D


Plan District Broken into 3 areas for Receiving Aid

Response Area 1Brookfield, Charlton, Dudley, E. Brookfield, N. Brookfield,

Spencer, Southbridge, Sturbridge, Warren, W. Brookfield



Response Area 2Auburn, Douglas, Leicester, Milbury, Oxford, Sutton, Webster,

Worcester



Response Area 3Blackstone, Grafton, Mendon, Millville, Northbridge, Upton,

Uxbridge

What are the Differences ? ?

What are they ? ?

Who requests which and

where can either go ? ?

Questions ?

Documents

Fire District Strike Teams