**APPENDIX F**

**Incident Emergency Plan (IEP)**

**Introduction**

An emergency situation such as citizen entrapment, structure burn-over, helicopter crash, burn-over or entrapment of firefighters, camp evacuation, or vehicle accident, etc., may occur on the incident resulting in a near miss, serious injuries or fatalities, destruction of property, and mental anguish. 

The intent of this plan is to establish control of an emergency situation as quickly as possible by identifying responsibilities and procedures.  

**Responsibilities For Managing Emergencies**

The Incident Commander (IC) is responsible for the orientation of individual team members to the Incident Emergency Plan (IEP).  When an incident or potential incident is recognized by the IC, OSC2, SOF2/MEDL, and an emergency has been declared, the following procedures and assignments shall be implemented:

Procedures:

1. An emergency declaration shall be confirmed by the IC or the SOF2 and implementation procedures shall be initiated. (Minor incidents shall be administered under the ICS-206 Medical Procedures Plan, and shall not be administered under the procedures in this IEP).

2. Radio communications shall be on the established incident command frequency or Air-Ground frequency. The emergency shall be declared by the Operations Section Chief, Incident Commander or Safety Officer. Radio frequencies shall be exclusive to the management of the emergency situation until resolved.  

3. The Communications Unit Leader (COML) shall coordinate radio procedures for the emergency and will contact the appropriate team members (IC, SOF2, MEDL, PIO, FSC).

4. The Operations Section Chief or Division Group Supervisor (DIVS) for that operational period shall be initially assigned to oversight of the emergency situation on scene to implement the IEP until relieved if appropriate.

5. Planning Operations and Operations need to coordinate who manages the emergency on scene and who continues to monitor the rest of the incident activities.  (Trainee may have to fill in as Planning Ops).

6. Incident activity is likely to be intense at the time of the emergency, so the operations personnel shall be relieved as soon as practical.

7. Names of injured or deceased individuals, crew names or designators, or other identifying information are not to be transmitted on the radio.  The Agency Administrator having jurisdiction of the incident is the only authorized source for release of such identifying information.

8. Deceased individuals are not to be moved, except to accomplish rescue work or to protect the health and safety of others.  Personal effects of the deceased are not to be moved or removed.

9. People involved with the management of the emergency will complete a thorough documentation of their respective actions.  This is extremely important and is not to be overlooked.  The ICS-214 form should be utilized for initial notations, but subsequent narratives shall be required.

10. When structures are threatened, the Operations Section shall complete a Structure Protection Plan.

11. When the Camp, Base, or ICP are threatened by the incident, the Logistics Section as detailed in Appendix G shall complete a Camp Evacuation Plan.

**Fatalities**

In the event of death, hosting agencies procedures will be followed.  If agency procedures are not in place local jurisdictional law enforcement will be contacted.

**Aircraft**

In the event of an aircraft incident which results in a near-miss or a minor or major crash agency protocols shall be followed.

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