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Unit 3 Objectives
Unit 3 Objectives
1. Demonstrate the ability to receive and provide an operational briefing.
2. Demonstrate the ability to manage assigned resources using the Incident Response Pocket Guide Risk Management Process in the exercises.
3. List the factors required to establish and maintain communications with adjoining forces, your supervisor, and assigned resources.
4. Demonstrate the use of field reference guides during tactical decision making exercises.
5. Demonstrate the ability to modify the tactical plan.
6. Demonstrate the ability to lead an after action review (AAR).
7. List the responsibilities to complete at the end of engagement.
**Complete the ICS-214 Unit Log for this Unit**
GROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.1 and 3.2 (30 Minutes)
GROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.1 and 3.2 (30 Minutes)
**Remember to select a group member to keep an ICS 214 updated throughout the Marre Fire Incident**
**Remember to select a group member to keep an ICS 214 updated throughout the Marre Fire Incident**
(ICS 214 inside your group's workbook)
(ICS 214 inside your group's workbook)
Exercise 3.1: Operational Briefing
Exercise 3.1: Operational Briefing
Purpose:
Participate in an Operational Briefing for the Marre Fire and prepare for the Division Breakout Briefing and Tactical Engagement Briefing.
Instructions:
Review the Incident Action Plan and Map for the Marre Fire posted below.
After listening to the operational period briefing and a division breakout briefing you will be required to deliver a tactical engagement briefing.
Start your ICS 214 Form for the shift.
Be prepared to answer this question:
What additional information should be given or asked for at the division breakout briefing?
Media1.wmvMarre IAP.pdfS-330-marre-iap-exercise-map.pdfEx 3.2 Division Breakout Briefing
Ex 3.2 Division Breakout Briefing
Instructions:
**The Instructor will perform the Division Breakout Briefing (Instructor Guide Page 3.9-3.11)**
Refer to the Marre IAP exercise map and locate the following on the exercise map using the “topo map”:
Drop point 16/Figueroa Mountain
Catway Road
Road 8N03
Davey Brown Campground
Willow Spring Canyon
Manzana Creek Drainage
After reviewing the topo map, any questions/concerns?
In your groups, discuss what information is missing for a tactical engagement briefing.
Make a list of possible information that is missing or that you would more clarification on.
IRPG 2018 Briefing Checklist.pdfGROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.3 and 3.4 (20 Minutes)
GROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.3 and 3.4 (20 Minutes)
Ex 3.3 Marre Update - Travel to DP 16
Ex 3.3 Marre Update - Travel to DP 16
Instructions:
Make a note of fire spread location with each video or map update slide.
Watch the video clip to the right.
In your groups, discuss:
What additional SA do you have?
Based on SA, what concerns do you have?
Refer to the IRPG Risk Management Process (RMP) and identify safety zones and escape routes.
Unit 3.18.wmvUnit 3.21.wmvEx 3.4 Marre Update - Debrief from Night Resources
Ex 3.4 Marre Update - Debrief from Night Resources
Instructions:
Watch the video clip to the left (DIVS line briefing).
A map update is on slide 22 of the presentation above.
Update your map.
Question:
What additional direction and SA do you have?
Revisit the Risk Management Process.
s-330-03.17.pdfs-330-03.19.pdfGROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.5 and 3.6 (20 Minutes)
GROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.5 and 3.6 (20 Minutes)
EX 3.5 Marre Division Tactical Briefing
EX 3.5 Marre Division Tactical Briefing
Purpose: To give students practice in tactical briefings.
Instructions:
Deliver a tactical briefing using the following format. Refer to the IRPG.
SITUATION
How has your actual assignment changed from the assignment given in the incident action plan?
MISSION/EXECUTION
Describe how you will deploy your task force to complete the assignment.
COMMUNICATIONS
Are communications adequate? (Face to face and radio.)
The TAC frequency for Division E in the IAP is different from that in the communication plan received on the previous day.
How will this affect operations on your division?
Who should you contact to confirm the change?
SERVICE/SUPPORT
Coordinate with adjacent resources. Adequate supplies to conduct burnout.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Describe your escape routes and safety zones.
Who is functioning as a lookout and what information do you give to the lookout(s)?
Identify management action points (also known as “trigger points”).
Ex 3.6 Marre Update - Firing Operations
Ex 3.6 Marre Update - Firing Operations
Instructions:
Watch the video clip on slide 29 (firing operation).
Note the location of the safety zone on slide 30 and update your map.
How does this new information affect the TFLD/STL decision making process?
Unit 3.29 UPDATED.wmvs-330-03.22.pdfs-330-03.33.pdfGROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.7 and 3.8 (20 Minutes)
GROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.7 and 3.8 (20 Minutes)
Unit 3.32.wmvEx 3.7 Marre Update - Activity Increases
Ex 3.7 Marre Update - Activity Increases
Instructions:
Watch the video clip to the left (increased fire behavior and assignment change).
Document current activities and/or changes.
Working in an Overhead position, what should you be planning/thinking about?
Review the map update on slide 33.
Ex 3.8 - Situation Awareness
Ex 3.8 - Situation Awareness
Purpose: To increase students’ situation awareness through a combination of discussion, map work, and question and answer sessions.
Instructions:
In groups, discuss what additional SA they have acquired. Review the RMP, identify new risks and the consequences of the new risks, and answer the following questions:
How would you describe the fire environment at this time?
What are your thoughts about your new assignment?
Describe how you will deploy your task force to complete your new assignment.
s-330-03.36.pdfs-330-03.39.pdfGROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11
GROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11
Ex 3.9 Marre Update - New Assignment
Ex 3.9 Marre Update - New Assignment
Instructions:
Watch the video clip to the right.
A map update is on slide 36. Update your map.
Complete the following:
What is your reaction to the new spot fire and request for assistance from the engine captain?
What do you tell the Division D supervisor?
Illustrate on the map where you would construct line to stop the spread of the new spot fire.
What, if any, combination of resources would you use to accomplish this task in a timely manner?
Unit 3.35.wmvUnit 3.38.wmvEx 3.10 Marre Update - Response to Spot Fire
Ex 3.10 Marre Update - Response to Spot Fire
Instructions:
Review the graphics on slide 38 (response to spot fire 2).
A map update is on slide 39. Update your map.
As you look at the risk management process and identify frequent spot fires are occurring, what are some things you should be thinking about?
Don't forget to update your ICS-214 Activity Log.
Ex 3.11 Marre Update - Escape Routes/Safety Zones
Ex 3.11 Marre Update - Escape Routes/Safety Zones
Instructions:
Watch the video clip to the right.
A map update is available
What SA changes have you noticed?
What are your concerns at this time?
What are your next steps to stabilize the issues/concerns?
Unit 3.40.wmvs-330-03.41.pdfGROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.12 and 3.13 (20 Minutes)
GROUP BREAKOUT - COMPLETE EXERCISES 3.12 and 3.13 (20 Minutes)
Ex 3.12 Modifying the Tactical Plan
Ex 3.12 Modifying the Tactical Plan
Purpose: Analyze tactical decisions made prior to the entrapment and identify indicators or trigger points that may have been ignored. Students can identify possible tactical or risk management solutions that may have prevented the entrapment.
Instructions:
Discuss the chain of events associated with the Marre Fire and identify events leading up to the entrapment. Demonstrate how you would have modified the tactical plan while utilizing the risk management process.
Discuss the questions below and present your answers to the class.
The tactical plan was modified from the original morning briefing due to changes in the predicted fire weather and fire activity. Was this plan adequate?
What were some indicators that lead to the entrapment and were trigger points set or ignored prior to signs of a changing fire environment?
What are some alternative tactical or risk management solutions that may have avoided this entrapment?
Ex 3.13 Marre Update - Night Resources Arrive
Ex 3.13 Marre Update - Night Resources Arrive
Night resources arrive; it is 1930 hours. Your task force has been relieved.
Your options are:
Return to camp with your task force.
Stay and brief the incoming resources.
Questions:
What do you do and why?
Whom do you communicate with?
What other considerations do you have?
Ex 3.14 Marre After Action Review (AAR)
Ex 3.14 Marre After Action Review (AAR)
Instructions:
In your groups, conduct an AAR and answer the following:
What was planned?
Review the primary objectives and expected action plan.
What actually happened?
Review the day’s actions:
• Identify and discuss effective and non- effective performance.
• Identify barriers that were encountered and how they were handled.
• Discuss all actions that were not standard operating procedure or those that presented safety problems.
• Identify lessons learned and best practices to apply in future situations.
Why did it happen?
Discuss the reasons for ineffective or unsafe performance.
Concentrate on WHAT, not WHO, is right.
What can we do next time?
Determine lessons learned and how to apply them in the future.
Document your findings and be prepared to present to the class in 15 minutes.
plows-presentation.pdfReferences
References
ics form 214, activity log (v3).pdfIRPG 2022 pms461.pdfsuppression-tactics-guide.pdfCAL FIRE Wildland Urban Interface Book.pdfPage updated
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