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CFAA
California Fire Assistance Agreement |
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| Compensates local government for wildland firefighting on SRA or FRA Reimbursement for personnel and emergency apparatus will begin after the twelfth (12th) hour. There shall be no reimbursement for responses of twelve (12) hours duration or less. If the duration of the response exceeds twelve (12) hours, reimbursement for personnel and emergency apparatus shall cover the entire time of commitment, beginning at the time of initial dispatch from home base, to the time of return to home base. Should personnel or emergency apparatus be requested for assignment to a Mobilization Center for standby duty, the reimbursement period shall begin with the time of initial dispatch of said personnel or emergency apparatus from its home base. |
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| Wildland Agency "Assistance By Hire Agreement" for Wildland Fire or Presidential Declared incidents |
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Cost Apportionment
4 types of Cost Share |
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1. Initial Attack – During IA, resources dispatched per Annual Operating Plans to multi-jurisdictional fire-controlled with initial attack resources and agency administrators/representatives may agree to cost share some or all costs for resources their agencies have provided under agreements in place. Cost share agreement may be needed if the incident goes beyond the Mutual Aid period as specified in the local agreement.
2. You Order You Pay – Under YOYP, each agency is fiscally responsible for the resources they order, regardless of where used on the incident.
3. Acres Burned – Costs are shared based on the acreage percentage of the fire within an agency’s DPA-used when agencies’ responsibilities, objectives, and suppression costs are similar.
4. Cost Apportionment – Costs are shared based on suppression effort expended to protect each agency’s DPA, including the threat to another agency’s DPA. This is a more complex system for identifying agency cost share and will require specific knowledge and skills to facilitate. |
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Air tactics
Tanker drop types |
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flanking-
starts from anchor point (most common)
Tandem ahead-
works with ground forces ahead of the fire, often to support does yours in heavy brush
Tandem behind-
Assist ground forces with hastily done line, often used when high values are being protected
Narrow Vee-
Quickly catch head of a small fire, must anchor fire and secure flanks, aggressive method
Spot Fire-
Hold until ground resources arrive |
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| Air operations tactical considerations |
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Structure protection vs. perimeter control
Avoid mid slope drops
Consider pre-treatment around
Check lines structures |
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| 10 principles for proper retardant application: |
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1- determine tactics, direct or in direct, based on fire characteristics of available resources
2-establish an anchor point and work from it
3- use proper drop Height |
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An attempt to correct problems before adverse action starts
Actions taken by management to prevent or respond to an employee's failure to meet the standards
Progressive clearance of an employee's record as job performance improves |
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3 phases
of progressive discipline |
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Preventive
Corrective
Adverse action |
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$153.22 per habitable dwelling
800,000 dwellings
$35.00 discount if in area protected by local fire agency |
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| Existence of a situation or condition that would likely cause serious injury or death to exposed perons |
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| Area within Indicent perimeter identified as Life Threatening and Hazardous to responders- isolated by barriers |
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| Person assigned to safely observe LHZ keep responders away- Isolate Deny Entry |
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THREE HORIZONTAL STRANDS OF RED AND WHITE STRIPED OR CHEVRON BARRIER TAPE SHALL
ONLY BE USED FOR LIFE HAZARD IDENTIFICATION. WHEN INCIDENT PERSONNEL SEE THE THREE STRAND CONFIGURATION OF BARRIER TAPE IT SHALL BE RECOGNIZED AS THE STANDARD FOR ISOLATING A LIFE HAZARD, AND INCIDENT PERSONNEL SHALL NOT ENTER THE LIFE HAZARD ZONE. |
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Major Steps/Task Description
Potential Hazards
Hazard Prevention Steps
Used to train employee before work |
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| Used to pay Emergency Workers |
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| CAL FIRE Inventory of operations equipment and personnel allocations for them |
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| USFS Inventory of op equipment which the state funds for protection of SRA in USFS DPA |
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| Contract County inventory of Op equipment and personnel funded at CAL FIRE levels |
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| Emergency Activity Record for apparatus and peronnel orderd through OES |
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Fire Resource Assessment Plan
Assess the amount /extent of CA's forest and rangeland, analyzes and identifies alternative guidlines |
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| Regs and standards relative to safety in buildings and public places , fabric, tents, fire extinguishers, alarms, fireworks, explosives, and flammable liquids |
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| Fire Hazard Severity Zones |
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Potential areas for large/destructive fires
based on fuel loading,slope,fire weather |
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| Time fire starts until 1000hrs the next day |
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| 3 Haz Mat Exclusion Zones |
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Exclusion (Hot)
Contamination Reduction (Warm)
Support (Cold) |
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| Accident ID Form- filled out at scene |
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| Filled out by Driver or drivers Supe if incapacitated |
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| Review of State Driver Accident Filled out by BC or higher |
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| 5 steps to follow after an injury |
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Help Employee
Complete SCIF 3301 and 3067
Follow Up with employee
Remember employee Safety |
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| 6 reporting locations at a fire |
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ICP
Resource Unit
Base Camp
Staging Area
Heli-Base
Div Sup |
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| Can be Contained within 2hrs of Dispatch w/o substabntial augmentation and Controlled within 2cd Burn Period |
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| Can be Contained within 1st Burn Period with substantial augmentation and Controlled within 2cd Burn Period |
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| Cannot be Contained within 1st Burn Period even with substantial augmentation and long term resource and logs support needed |
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| Multiple Units of Multiple Types |
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| Incident Objectives must be |
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Realistic
Achievable
Measurable
Flexible |
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| SRA Classification includes |
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Types of cover
Beneficial Use of Water
Probable Erosion Damage
Fire Risks and Hazards |
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| Daily Equipment Inspection Card |
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| Vehicle Repair needed form |
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| Done Annualy by Fleet Manager |
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| Every 90 Days on CCV's, Engines and all "Regulated Vehicles" |
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structures abut the wildland:
clear line of demarcation between the structures and fuels along roads or back fences.
housing tracts or developments adjacent to a wildland area
• There is a greater potential for house to house ignition |
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Intermix – structures are scattered throughout a wildland area:
• There is no clear line of demarcation; fuels are continuous outside of and within the developed area.
• Each structure must be assessed independently
more complex to triage and/or defend than an interface condition
• Usually requires a higher ratio of engines to structures than an interface condition |
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structures abut the wildland:
clear line of demarcation between the structures and fuels along roads or back fences.
housing tracts or developments adjacent to a wildland area
• There is a greater potential for house to house ignition |
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Intermix – structures are scattered throughout a wildland area:
• There is no clear line of demarcation; fuels are continuous outside of and within the developed area.
• Each structure must be assessed independently
more complex to triage and/or defend than an interface condition
• Usually requires a higher ratio of engines to structures than an interface condition |
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| preplanned area of sufficient size and suitable location that is expected to protect fire personnel from known hazards without using fire shelters. |
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| Temporary Refuge Area (TRA) |
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| (TRA) – a preplanned area where firefighters can immediately take refuge for temporary shelter and short-term relief without using a fire shelter in the event that emergency egress to an established Safety Zone is compromised. Examples: lee side of structure, inside of structure, large lawn or parking area, cab of apparatus. |
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| SAFETY ZONE AND TRA Special Notes |
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NOTE: Although Safety Zones and viable Escape Routes shall always be identified
in the WUI environment, they may not be immediately available should the fire
behavior increase unexpectedly. Often a Temporary Refuge Area (TRA) is more accessible in the WUI environment. A TRA will provide temporary shelter and
short-term relief from an approaching fire without the use of a fire shelter and allow
the responders to develop an alternate plan to safely survive the increase in fire
behavior.
Always have an exit strategy:
Employ tactical maneuver to avoid heat injury, move away from the fire Move to a Temporary Refuge Area Withdraw along an Escape Route Move into a Safety Zone |
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| FFBOR Before Questioning Employee |
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Before Any Questioning,
Your Employer Must …
• Tell you if you’re under investigation
for misconduct
• Tell you if your responses could
result in discipline
• Tell you the nature of any possible
charges
• Tell you who will be conducting any
investigation
• Tell you who will be interrogating
you
• Offer you written immunity from
criminal prosecution
• Authorize |
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| FFBOR- Supervisor MAY NOT |
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• Force you to answer questions
without representation
• Interrogate you off-duty without
compensation
• Subject you to physical or verbal
abuse
• Subject you to threats or promise of
reward
• Compel you to take a lie-detector test
• Discipline you for refusing to take a
lie-detector test
• Search your private space without
court order, unless you are present
or give consent
• Force you to reveal personal financial
data, except by law or court order |
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| promote full communication between the state and its employees by providing a reasonable method of resolving disputes regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment between the state and public employee organizations. also to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-employee relations within the State of California by providing a uniform basis for recognizing the right of state employees to join organizations of their own choosing and be represented by those organizations in their employment relations with the state. to allow state employees to select one employee organization as the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit, and to permit the exclusive representative to receive financial support from those employees who receive the benefits of this representation. |
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| Organization Assignment List |
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| Incident Radio Communications Plan |
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| Operational Planning Worksheet |
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| Ignition Component (IC) - probability of a firebrand producing a fire that will require suppression action. It is mainly a function of the 1 hour time lag (fine fuels) fuel moisture content and the temperature of the receptive fine fuels. IC has no units. A percentage of probability from 1-100. |
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| Spread Component (SC) - A rating of the forward rate of spread of a head fire. It integrates the effect of wind, slope, and fuel bed and fuel particle properties. The daily variations are caused by the changes in the wind and moisture contents of the live fuels and the dead fuel timelag classes of 1, 10, and 100 hr. |
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| Energy Release Component (ERC) - Based upon the estimated potential available energy released per unit area in the flaming zone of a fire. It is dependent upon the same fuel characteristics as the spread component (SC). The day to day variations of the ERC are caused by changes in the moisture contents of the various fuel classes, including the 1000 hour time lag class. ERC is derived from predictions of the rate of heat release per unit area during flaming combustion and the duration of the burning. Expressed in BTU's per square foot |
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| Burning Index (BI) - A measure of fire intensity. BI combines the Spread Component and Energy Release Component to relate to the contribution of fire behavior to the effort of containing a fire. BI has no units, but in general it is 10 times the flame length of a fire. |
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| Haines Index - A national fire-weather index based on the stability and moisture content of the lower atmosphere and their direct relationship to the growth of large fires. The index is from 1-6 with 1 being the lowest potential for large plume-doominated fires, while 6 is the highest potential for plume-dominated fires. |
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| Lightning Activity Level (LAL) - A numerical rating from the lowest of 1 to the highest of 6, keyed to the start of thunderstorms and the frequency and character of cloud-to-ground lighting forecasted or observed on a rating area during a rating period |
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Helitanker
• Fixed tank
• Air Tanker Board Certified
• 1,000 gallon minimum capacity |
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2. Type I (heavy)
• 16 passengers (includes pilot)
• 5000 lbs. cargo
• 700 gallon bucket
Examples: Skycrane, Army Guard CH-47 or H-60, Bell 214 |
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Type II (medium)
• Firefighting “work horses”
• 10 passengers (includes pilot)
• 2500 lbs. cargo
• 300 gallon bucket
Examples: Bell 204, 205, 212, UH-IH “Super Huey” (CAL FIRE) |
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Type III (light)
• 5 passengers (includes pilot)
• 1200 lbs. cargo
• 100 gallon bucket
Examples: Bell 206 |
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Copter usage guides
• Utilized to deploy firefighting crews in areas with difficult or remote access
• Helitack crew should be supported with water/foam bucket drops
• Most effective if water source within 2 minutes of the incident
• Helitender are dispatched concurrently with water, food, supplies, and fuel
• May have short haul rescue or hoist capability
• May be outfitted with helitorch and/or chemical ignition device system (CIDS)
• Medical evacuations |
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