Agenda - Council - 08/09/1989 - Joint with Fire Board

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RAMSEY FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES o 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. An officer should go on all mutual aid calls. The senior officer is 1o stay in the City. On mutual aid calls there will be five (5) people on a pumper and three (3) on a tanker at requesting department's discretion, Cross lays at scene will remain charged until the las! thing if they are used. All drivers will remain with their unit unless told to do otherwise by the officer in charge, There will be no riding on the back of any vehicle responding to or coming from any emergency scene while the vehicle is on a public roadway. There will be a person walking in front of all apparatus when the unit is not on a roadway. All personnel will respond to the fire station for calls unless they have been instructed to do otherwise. All diesel trucks will be allowed to run a short time before they roll on a call. They should run for five minutes at idle before shut down. The address must be written on the blackboard and indicated on the map before units respond. All turnout gear will be worn by all fire personnel until the officer in charge advises to do otherwise. In search and rescue, always stay to the right unless there is a good reason to do otherwise. Never enter a burning or hazardous structure unless there are two (2) or more fire personnel with lifeline and proper equipment to do the job. Always have a backup person when backing a vehicle. The person in captain's chair will be in charge of scenes, but if he wishes to give command to another officer, this must be passed on to all other personnel. All structure fires will be an interior attack unless too involved to go in. This is at the discretion of the officer in charge. First unit on the scene will advise what the situation is, such as flames or smoke showing, working fire in structure, etc.