Initial Attack. The aerial supervision aircraft closest to the fire will be directly dispatched by the responsible dispatch office. If the closest aerial supervision aircraft is not available, the ordering unit will place the request through established dispatch channels.
Initial Attack. The closest available helicopter with a qualified helicopter coordinator, regardless of agency, may fill the helicopter coordinator role. Confirmation of the assignment will be established by the IC to the controlling ECC.
Initial Attack actions taken by the first resources to arrive at any wildland fire incident. Initial actions may be size-up, patrolling, monitoring, holding action, or aggressive suppression action. All wildland fires that are controlled by suppression forces undergo initial attack. The kind and number of resources responding to initial attack varies depending on fire danger, fuel type, values to be protected and other factors. Generally, initial attack involves a small number of resources and the incident size is small. Regardless of fire type, location, or property/resources being threatened, firefighter and public safety is always the highest priority. (NWCG Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide, 2013)
Initial Attack. The closest available helicopter with crew will be mobilized, regardless of the agency requesting the helicopter or ownership of said aircraft. Occasionally, an agency may augment its initial attack capability by bringing in additional aviation resources. All efforts should be made to include these aircraft into local dispatch run cards to assist in the closest available resources concept, regardless of helicopter type. In the event the requested aircraft type is unavailable or a different type is closer to the incident, the dispatch office shall notify the requesting unit of the closest resources of varying type. A helicopter without crew may be mobilized if requested. The request will be placed through established dispatch channels to the agency administering the helicopter base.
Initial Attack. 1. The closest available helicopter with crew will be mobilized, regardless of the agency requesting the helicopter or ownership of said aircraft.
2. Occasionally, an agency may augment its initial attack capability by bringing in additional aviation resources. All efforts should be made to include these aircraft into local dispatch run cards to assist in the closest available resources concept, regardless of helicopter type.
3. In the event the requested aircraft type is unavailable, or a different type is closer to the incident, the dispatch office shall notify the requesting unit of the closest resources of varying type.
4. A helicopter without crew may be mobilized if requested. The request will be placed through established dispatch channels to the agency administering the helicopter base.
Initial Attack. A preplanned response to a wildfire given the wildfire’s potential. Initial attack may include size up, patrolling, monitoring, holding action or suppression.
Initial Attack. The BKF will reimburse SDWF for its contracted South Dakota Fire Department resources used for initial attack on BKF lands in accordance with the current South Dakota Cooperative Forest Fire Suppression Agreement.
Initial Attack. The first aggressive response to a wildland fire based on values to be protected, benefits 3 of response, and reasonable cost of response. 5 In-Kind Donations: Donations other than cash (usually materials or professional services) for disaster 6 survivors. 8 Interagency: Coordination, collaboration, communication among cooperating agencies. 10 Land/Resource Management Plan (L/RMP): A document prepared with public participation and 11 approved by an agency administrator that provides general guidance and direction for land and resource 12 management activities for an administrative area. The L/RMP identifies the need for fire’s role in a 13 particular area and for a specific benefit. The objectives in the L/RMP provide the basis for the 14 development of fire management objectives and the fire management program in the designated area.
Initial Attack. Each member to this operating plan may exchange initial attack resources. Federal and State resources will be coordinated through MCC. Procedures:
1. Upon report of a fire, Agencies will take initial attack action.
2. When an agency is unable to contact the Protecting Agency thatagency will dispatch initial attack resources to the fire. At the earliest possible time the agency will inform the Protecting Agency of actions they have taken.
3. All fire suppression action conducted on lands of other Agencies shall be consistent with that Agency’s fire suppression policy and the terms of this agreement.
4. Agency-specific protocols governing fire suppression are located in the following Appendices to this AOP: (a) Appendix D for CMR lands administered by the USFWS in the Miles City Division; (b) Appendix E for CGF lands in South Dakota and Montana within the Miles City Division; and (c) Appendix F for Xxxxxxx County, South Dakota.
5. Special concerns for firefighter safety specific to areas with known radiation concerns and specific geological hazard areas (i.e. abandoned uranium mines, known Erionite formations, coal seams, and Hydrogen Sulfide [H2S]) are addressed in Appendix E of this AOP. Firefighters will be provided information and action plan pocket guides.
Initial Attack. For initial attack on any fire, the responsible State or Federal Agency dispatch office may directly dispatch “uncommitted” air tankers located at the base closest to the fire, regardless of whether the aircraft are owned/operated by State or Federal Agency. Additional air tankers must be requested through dispatch channels. The closest available air tanker will be mobilized. The unit dispatcher will send the closest air tanker based at their unit. If the closest air tanker is on an adjacent unit and is listed in the unit’s wildland response plan, the dispatcher may place the request directly to that dispatch office. If said air tanker is not available, the request will be placed with the GACC for the closest available. If a federal incident requires “load and return” of State air tankers or additional air tankers are requested for the incident, the appropriate command center will request Federal air tankers to replace the State air tankers.
