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 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.

[ ] Pylons. Take the orange pylons found on the rear bumper of the Mobile Command Post. Set them around the Mobile Command Post so no one parks or drives too close and to define an area for searchers to marshal near the Command Post.

[ ] 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.

[ ] VHF Radios. The VHF radios are in large blue box that is stored in the cabinet at the Pincher Firehall. It should have been sent out with the Mobile Command Post. Place the box on the Outside Table and open it up, so teams can sign-out and take a radio as instructed.

[ ] FRS Radios. The FRS Radios are in a clear plastic shoebox along with the GPSs that is stored in the cabinet at the Pincher Firehall. It should have been sent out with the Mobile Command Post. Set them out on the Outside Table and open it up, so teams can sign them out as instructed.

[ ] GPSs. The GPSs are in a clear plastic shoebox along with the FRS radios that is stored in the cabinet at the Pincher Firehall. It should have been sent out with the Mobile Command Post. Set them out on the Outside Table and open it up, so teams can sign one out as instructed.

[ ] Generator. The generator for the Mobile Command Post is in a cubby hole that is accessed from the outside at the rear of the passenger's side. The key to the cubby hole is on the right side of the steps as you enter the Mobile Command Post. Unlock the cubby hole and pull the generator out so that it hangs outside the body of the Command Post. Rails and chains will prevent it from falling. Start the generator.

• White boards for Briefing and ICS

• 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)