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POLICES
& PROCEDURES
Department
Of Fire & Rescue Services
Montgomery County, MD
SPECIALTY TEAM PARTICIPATION |
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| 1.0 |
To establish
a policy for the participation of DFRS
personnel in specialty teams. |
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| 3.0 |
Specialty
Team - a recognized group of
individuals highly trained in a specific
area of emergency response such as
Hazardous Incidents Response Team (HIRT),
Underwater Rescue Team (URT) and Special
Evacuation Team (SET), and Cave-In Team. |
| 3.1 |
Specialty
Team Coordinator - An
individual designated to coordinate the
activities of the specialty team in
accordance with Fire and Rescue
Commission Administrative Procedure 13-3. |
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| 4.0 |
The DFRS
supports participation of employees in
specialty teams provided it doesn't
compromise the individual's ability to
perform vital tasks when necessary or the
Department's ability for emergency
response. |
| 4.1 |
Except for
those personnel assigned to perform
specialty team duties by virtue of their
specific station assignments, personnel
may respond to incidents on duty only
when necessary to complete minimum
staffing requirements of any specialty
team on an emergency incident. |
| 4.2 |
DFRS
personnel may respond in
assigned/available emergency vehicles
within the county. Permission must be
obtained from the Section Head or Duty
Career Officer to take county vehicles
out of county. Assigned vehicles may also
be used to attend scheduled drills and
meetings. |
| 4.3 |
The employee
will not be compensated for off-duty
specialty team activities or those which
extend beyond the scheduled duty period
as follows:
- HIRT personnel may be compensated
for off duty emergency response
at the level III dispatch to meet
the staffing needs as specified
by the HIRT Duty Officer or the
Shift Operations Chief.
- Personnel may be compensated for
special training activities when
detailed.
- URT, SET and Cave-In personnel
may be compensated for off-duty
emergency response when required
to meet minimum staffing levels.
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| 5.0 |
Employees
desiring to participate in a specialty
team as a full-responding member must
make application via memorandum through
the chain of command to the Shift
Operations Chief for approval. |
| 5.1 |
The team
coordinator will review the request will
review the request and respond to the
employee in writing after consulting with
an getting the approval of the employee's
Senior Career Officer. The response will
be routed to the employee via the chain
of command with a copy sent to the Senior
Career Officer and Bureau Chief. |
| 5.2 |
When the
specialty team of which the employee is a
member, has an emergency call, the
employee will obtain permission from the
employee's supervisor to leave their duty
station to respond. Team members will
notify their supervisor of when they are
to be on Team duty. Employees involved in
administrative functions will check with
their supervisors when possible prior to
responding. |
| 5.3 |
The
supervisor will approve the employee's
response in order for the team to achieve
"minimum staffing levels"
provided the employee does not have to
stop a critical function such as
dispatching, teaching a class or
providing the minimum staffing to a piece
of emergency apparatus. |
| 5.4 |
The Team
Coordinator will produce and distribute a
Team-On-Call list to Bureau Chiefs and
EOC. |
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