New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 75 - FIRE SERVICE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5:75-1.5 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following terms shall have the meanings indicated, except
				  where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Branch" means an organizational level having functional or
				  geographical responsibility for major aspects of incident operations.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
"Division" means the organization level having responsibility for
				  operations within a defined geographic area.
"Duration of incident" means time-keeping starting with the
				  initial 911 call to the public safety call center for the incident.
"Elapsed time on scene" means that time-keeping will start with
				  the first arriving fire unit.
"Emergency incident" means any situation to which the fire
				  department responds to deliver emergency services including, but not limited to,
				  rescue, fire suppression, emergency medical care, special operations, and other
				  forms of hazard control and mitigation.
"Fire department" means a fire service organization providing
				  rescue, fire suppression and related activities. The term "fire department" shall
				  include any public, governmental fire service organization engaging in this
				  activity.
"Group" means an organizational level having responsibility for
				  operations within a defined functional area.
"Hazardous area" means any location(s) that may pose a safety
				  and/or health risk to firefighters due to, but not limited to, the presence of
				  products of combustion, the existence of hazardous or otherwise oxygen deficient or
				  oxygen enriched atmosphere, the potential for any immediately dangerous to life and
				  health atmosphere, the use of hazardous equipment or operations, or the potential
				  for any of these situations to exist. Additionally, any area or location that
				  predisposes a firefighter to become lost, disoriented, or trapped, including any
				  structure, confined space and wild land areas, shall be considered a hazardous
				  area.
"Incident action plan" means an oral or written plan containing
				  general objectives reflecting the overall strategy for managing an incident.
"Incident commander" means the individual responsible for all
				  incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the
				  ordering and release of resources.
"Incident management system" means a nationally recognized and
				  organized system of rules, responsibilities and standard operating procedures used
				  to manage emergency operations.
"Logistics section" means the section responsible for providing
				  facilities, services, and material support for an incident.
"Member" means a person, at least 18 years of age, who is involved
				  in performing the duties and responsibilities of a fire department, under the
				  auspices of the organization. For the purpose of this chapter, a fire department
				  member may be a full-time or part-time employee, a paid or unpaid volunteer, may
				  occupy any position or rank within the department and may or may not engage in
				  emergency operations.
"Personnel accountability officer" means the person designated by
				  the Incident Commander to monitor entry into and exit out of hazardous areas for the
				  purpose of ensuring accountability of all personnel in the hazardous area or
				  structure.
"Personnel accountability report" means the results of an
				  accounting of all personnel on the emergency incident scene to the Incident
				  Commander.
"Personnel accountability roll call" means the process of
				  accounting of all personnel on the emergency incident scene.
"Safety officer" means a member of an incident command staff
				  responsible for monitoring and assessing safety hazards and unsafe conditions, and
				  for developing measures for ensuring personnel safety.