Standard Operating Procedures

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1. ADMINISTRATION (3)

MEDIA RELATIONS
1.2.1 – Public Information

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1.2.2.1 – EHR Incident Reporting	1.2.4 – Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)

2. HEALTH & SAFETY (12)

HEALTH & SAFETY
2.1.1 – Work Performance Evaluation (WPE)	2.1.7 – Administrative Run Car
2.1.2 – Injury-Exposure Reporting	2.1.8 – Firefighter Wellness and Support
2.1.3 – Backing of Apparatus	2.1.9 – Chaplain
2.1.4 – Post-Fire Gross Decontamination	2.1.10 – Risk Management
2.1.5 – Firefighter Rehabilitation	2.1.11 – Firefighter Line of Duty Death (LODD) and Serious Injury Investigation
2.1.6 – Health & Safety Committee	2.1.12 – Serious Incident Investigation Team (SIIT)

3. operations (58)

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
3.1.1 – Incident Command	3.1.8 – Operations Section
3.1.2 – Establishing Command	3.1.9 – Planning Section
3.1.3 – Command Options	3.1.10 – Logistics Section
3.1.4 – Transferring Command	3.1.11 – Administrative Section
3.1.5 – Division and Group Officers	3.1.12 – Staging
3.1.6 – Branch Officers	3.1.13 – Benchmarks
3.1.7 – Section Chiefs

FIRE GROUND OPERATIONS
3.2.1 – Size-Up and Fireground Factors	3.2.18 – Power Lines – Electrical Lines
3.2.2 – Order of Arrival	3.2.19 – Gas Odor – Gas Utilities
3.2.3 – Water Supply	3.2.20 – Explosion
3.2.4 – Hydrant Usage Reporting	3.2.21 – Carbon Monoxide (CO) Response
3.2.5 – CEG Hydrant Out of Service	3.2.22 – Basement Fires
3.2.6 – Safety Battalion Officer Response	3.2.23 – Aircraft Incidents
3.2.7 – Battalion Chief Response	3.2.24 – Manhole / Below Grade Incidents
3.2.8 – Engine Company Operations	3.2.25 – Vehicle Fires
3.2.9 – Ladder Company Operations	3.2.26 – Fire Scene Authority
3.2.10 – Squad Company Operations	3.2.27 – Requesting FIS
3.2.11 – Tactical Support Unit (TSU) Operations	3.2.28 – Rescue Task Force
3.2.12 – Tanker Operations	3.2.29 – Civil Unrest
3.2.13 – Incident Accountability	3.2.30 – Cold Weather Operations
3.2.14 – RIT / MAYDAY Procedure	3.2.31 – Structure Evacuation
3.2.15 – Emergency Button Operations	3.2.32 – Shift Fire Investigator
3.2.16 – Code 700	3.2.33 – Preplan
3.2.17 – Fire Alarm Investigations

BUILDINGS
3.3.1 – Residence Fires	3.3.3 – Garden Apartment
3.3.2 – Double Residence Fires	3.3.4 – Commercial Build Fires

HIGH-RISE OPERATIONS GUIDE
3.3.5 – High-Rise Operations	3.3.5.4 – Job Assignments and Tools Required
3.3.5.1 – Glossary	3.3.5.5 – Command and Control
3.3.5.2 – Dispatch	3.3.5.6 – Elevator Operations
3.3.5.3 – Resource Allocation	3.3.5.7 – Special Considerations
3.3.5.3.1 – Second Alarm Resource Allocation

4. EMS Operations (11)

EMS OPERATIONS
4.1.1 – Mass Casualty Management Guide	4.1.7 – Continued Education Requirements
4.1.2 – Controlled Substances	4.1.8 – Driving Ambulances
4.1.3 – Air Medical Transportation Operations	4.1.9 – Driving Non-Transport Vehicles
4.1.4 – Paramedic Class Attendance	4.1.10 – Daily EMS Equipment Checks
4.1.5 – Coroner	4.1.11 – Forcible Entry On EMS Runs
4.1.6 – Marking Apparatus ALS

5. Logistics (5)

LOGISTICS
5.1.1 – Daily Apparatus Check	5.1.4 – Face Piece Maintenance
5.1.2 – Apparatus Minimum Equipment	5.1.5 – Respiratory Protection
5.1.3 – Protective Clothing Inspection

6. Special Operations (13)

WATER RESCUE
6.1.1 – Minimum Annual Requirements for Dive, Top Water, and Swift Water	6.1.3 – Boat 28 Training and Management
6.1.2 – Dive Operations	6.1.4 – Surface Ice Rescue

EXTRICATION & ROPE RESCUE
6.2.1 – Vehicle Extrication	6.2.3 – Rope Rescue
6.2.2 – Stalled Elevator

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
6.3.1 – Hazardous Materials	6.3.2 – Flushing Biohazardous Human Waste

CONFINED SPACE RESCUE
6.4.1 – Collapse Rescue Team	6.4.3 – Confined Space
6.4.2 – Structural Collapse	6.4.4 – Trench & Evacuation

Last edited May 6, 2026