Mobile Command Post/Incident Set Up
From PCSAR
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 set out 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)