Briefing Trailer/Operations

From PCSAR

These instructions are in a preliminary form. Please update them. They likely do not have all the information people will need.

Contents 1 Before leaving the firehall 1.1 Will you need more than the trailer? 1.2 Gather the keys 1.3 Inspect 1.4 Load the hitch 2 To do

Before leaving the firehall

Will you need more than the trailer?

Is there anything else you need to bring beside the trailer? Common requests are:

• The SAR Truck, to haul it. You'll need the keys from the Fire Hall cabinet
• A generator, plus a 16-guage extension cord to keep the generator noise well away from the trailer.

Gather the keys

• The keys to the trailer are in the SAR cabinet upstairs in the firehall
  • There are three keys on the ring.
    • black plastic handle and a red mark is for the rear door
    • black plastic handle and no red mark is for the front door
    • silver key is for the cubbyhole accessible from the outside at front from either side
• The key to the trailer hitch is on a separate key chain. I found it in the Mobile Command Post. This is not a very good place for it, as the MCP may be in a different place when the trailer needs to be moved. If there's not a duplicate in the firehall cabinet, we may move it there.

Inspect

Walk around the trailer looking for any problems

• check for anything in the way
• note that there should be a block between the tires
• check the conditions of the tires
• verify the stabilizing feet are raised
• remove the hitch lock and place inside the trailer. Keep the key with the hitch lock

Check inside to see if anything needs to be secured for movement.

Load the hitch

We often use the SAR Truck to haul the Briefing Trailer.

To do

• verify we have extra copies of keys
  • 3 different keys to trailer
  • hitch lock keys