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| **Participants Manual**                                               |
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| # SERIOUS ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COURSE                               |
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| **LESSON 3: Team Preparation and Activation**                         |
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| **INSTRUCTOR:**                                                       |
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| **Objectives:**                                                       |
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| **After completing this lesson the participants will be able to:**    |
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| -   **Ensure team is prepared for activation.**                       |
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| -   **Understand team activation procedures.**                        |
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| -   **Gather pertinent initial information upon team activation.**    |
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| **Unit Title: Team Preparation and         |                         |
| Activation**                               |                         |
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| **Lesson 3:**                              | **Notes**               |
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| **BLM CALL-UP/ACTIVATION PROCEDURES**      |                         |
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| The BLM National Safety Office and the     |                         |
| Office of Fire and Aviation (OF&A) have    |                         |
| developed a plan to provide order to our   |                         |
| SAIT call up procedure. BLM will have      |                         |
| organized teams that will be on-call for   |                         |
| two week rotations throughout the year.    |                         |
| For non-fire investigations, teams will be |                         |
| mobilized by BLM's National Safety Office. |                         |
| For fire-related investigations, teams     |                         |
| will be mobilized by the Office of Fire &  |                         |
| Aviation (OF&A).                           |                         |
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| The core team will consist of the Team     |                         |
| Leader, Chief Investigator, Accident       |                         |
| Investigation Advisor and Interagency      |                         |
| Representative.                            |                         |
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| You will be notified at the time of        |                         |
| activation as to who will be making travel |                         |
| arrangements. If you prefer, you can make  |                         |
| your own travel arrangements.              |                         |
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| For fire-related investigations, team      |                         |
| ordering will be formally documented and   |                         |
| processed through the National Interagency |                         |
| Coordination Center (NICC)                 |                         |
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| **NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CALL-UP/ACTIVATION |                         |
| PROCEDURES**                               |                         |
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| The National Park Service upon initial     |                         |
| notification of a serious accident within  |                         |
| the Region, as defined in NPS RM draft     |                         |
| 50B, Chapter 5, the Associate Regional     |                         |
| Director- Operations (or equivalent).      |                         |
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| For fire-related investigations, teams     |                         |
| will be mobilized by the Fire Management   |                         |
| Program Center. The core team will consist |                         |
| of the Team Leader, Chief Investigator,    |                         |
| Accident Investigation Advisor and         |                         |
| Interagency Representative.                |                         |
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| The following actions will take place when |                         |
| a SAIT is mobilized:                       |                         |
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| The Chief NPS Risk Management (DASHO)      |                         |
| provides a delegation of authority to the  |                         |
| Associate Regional Director-Operations     |                         |
| (ARD-O) or the National Fire Director      |                         |
| (NFD) requiring that a Serious Accident    |                         |
| Investigation be conducted within the      |                         |
| affected Region.                           |                         |
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| The ARD-O or NFD accesses the most recent  |                         |
| Safety and Fire Callout Roster prepared by |                         |
| WASO Risk Management and selects a Team    |                         |
| Leader. Team Leaders [must]{.underline} be |                         |
| selected from outside the Region and the   |                         |
| selection should have the concurrence of   |                         |
| the Chief, Risk Management Division.       |                         |
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| The ARD-O or NFD contacts the Team Leader  |                         |
| and ensures their availability for the     |                         |
| assignment. A written delegation of        |                         |
| authority is provided by the ARD-O or NFD, |                         |
| including contact information for the      |                         |
| affected NPS unit, and account number for  |                         |
| the SAIT.                                  |                         |
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| **NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CALL-UP/ACTIVATION |                         |
| PROCEDURES (continued)**                   |                         |
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| The ARD-O or NFD and the SAIT Team Leader  |                         |
| selects a qualified Chief Investigator,    |                         |
| Safety and Health Professional and when    |                         |
| necessary Subject Matter Technical         |                         |
| Experts. Interagency Representatives are   |                         |
| acceptable to serve as core members of any |                         |
| NPS SAIT.                                  |                         |
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| The ARD-O or NFD coordinates with the      |                         |
| senior site manager from the unit          |                         |
| experiencing the accident to identify a    |                         |
| Management Liaison for the SAIT, and that  |                         |
| resources are available to meet the team's |                         |
| needs.                                     |                         |
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| The SAIT Team Leader contacts the          |                         |
| Management Liaison or senior site manager  |                         |
| to identify key on-site personnel or       |                         |
| technical specialists that will be         |                         |
| required for the investigation and         |                         |
| initiate mobilization.                     |                         |
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| The SAIT Team Leader distributes the       |                         |
| Serious Accident Investigation account     |                         |
| number, telephone contact information,     |                         |
| travel arrangement and logistics to all    |                         |
| the team members and promptly mobilizes    |                         |
| the team.                                  |                         |
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| **FOREST SERVICE CALL-UP/ACTIVATION        |                         |
| PROCEDURES**                               |                         |
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| When injury and/or damage thresholds have  |                         |
| been met to launch a Chiefs level          |                         |
| investigation the DASHO is notified by the |                         |
| Office of Safety & Occupational Health     |                         |
| (OSOH). OSOH will discuss with the DASHO   |                         |
| the necessity of assigning a WO Chiefs     |                         |
| investigation or delegating Chiefs level   |                         |
| investigation authority to the Region.     |                         |
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| Recommendations for team leader are        |                         |
| presented to the DASHO based on rotations  |                         |
| and currency. Considerations for this      |                         |
| include; type and severity of incident,    |                         |
| fire, ground, or aviation, experience of   |                         |
| the team leader and/or experience of the   |                         |
| chief investigator/QTI, time since last    |                         |
| investigation, location of the accident,   |                         |
| extent of media interest and availability. |                         |
| The rest of the team members are selected  |                         |
| by the OSOH based upon the same            |                         |
| considerations.                            |                         |
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| Team member names are kept on a roster     |                         |
| maintained in OSOH. Team members are added |                         |
| to the roster after completing the         |                         |
| appropriate investigation course and have  |                         |
| completed at least one investigation under |                         |
| training.                                  |                         |
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| **TEAM ACTIVATION**                        |                         |
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| Upon team activation, you will need to     |                         |
| record the following information on the    |                         |
| Serious Accident Investigation Team        |                         |
| Activation Notification form. Let's take a |                         |
| few minutes and go over this information   |                         |
| in Handout 3-1                             |                         |
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| **Notes regarding Handout 3-1:**           |                         |
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| **UNIT POINT OF CONTACT**                  |                         |
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| Realize that the local unit is likely to   |                         |
| have no experience in dealing with a       |                         |
| serious accident and you may have to guide |                         |
| them through the process.                  |                         |
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| Let's look at Handout 3-2.                 |                         |
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| This checklist will be faxed to the local  |                         |
| unit by your Agency National Safety        |                         |
| Office, Office of Fire and Aviation (BLM)  |                         |
| (OF&A), or the National Interagency        |                         |
| Coordination Center (NICC) in preparation  |                         |
| for your arrival.                          |                         |
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| The Team Leader should make sure that the  |                         |
| Unit Point of Contact has received the     |                         |
| checklist and is beginning to obtain the   |                         |
| requested information.                     |                         |
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| **Notes regarding Handout 3-2:**           |                         |
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| **DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY**                |                         |
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| The Team Leader will be given delegation   |                         |
| of authority from either the National      |                         |
| Safety Office DASHO, the Director of Fire  |                         |
| and Aviation (BLM). This is your authority |                         |
| to request the resources needed to conduct |                         |
| the investigation                          |                         |
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| **Handout 3-3** is the template of this    |                         |
| delegation for your agency. You also have  |                         |
| a copy on your CD in your participant's    |                         |
| manual in case you need it.                |                         |
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