Mobile Command Post/Incident Set Up

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See Critiques/2010-03-21/Sug/0025


When PCSAR's Mobile Command Post (SARCAR) arrives on the scene, the following should be set up.

[ ] Sign-In List. If a sign-in list has not already been started, grab a some sign-in sheets (doc-62) from the SAR Management Files Drawer (red folder labelled "Registration/Sign In"). Also grab the "doc-68 Invoice" sheets from the same folder, so members can take them as they sign-in. Put them on a clipboard which you can find in drawer below the files drawer. Set the sign-in list and expense forms somewhere in the cab of the Mobile Command Post (or later on a table outside the Mobile Command Post). Ask everyone to sign-in.

[ ] Outside Table. If weather conditions permits, set up a table outside, next to the Mobile Command Post (usually to the right of the door). Put the sign-in list on the table.

[ ] Equipment Sign-Out. Grab several "doc-16 SAR Equipment Sign-Out List" forms from the red "Sign Out, Equipment" folder SAR Management Files Drawer in the Mobile Command Post, and a clipboard from the draw below. Put it on the Outside Table.


  • White boards for Briefing and ICS
  • Radios
  • GPS
  • set up pilons to keep traffic away from bus
  • drop step on back door.


  • Generator set up
  • photocopier/printer set up
  • heater turned on
  • set up cell phone booster


Unpack the following equipment and place it where it can be be readily accessed when needed:

  • Water
  • Big First Aid Kit
  • Stretcher(s)
  • Hypothermia kit
  • Thermarests
  • Sleeping bags
  • Extra blankets


From equipment trailer

  • Rough Terrain Stretcher
  • Snowshoes (seasonal, depending on terrain)
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