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Pre-Incident Planning
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Welcome to Pre Incident Plans, an essential
component in today’s firefighting arsenal
Our Goal
The officers and fire fighters of the Surrey Fire Service are committed to
the concept of 'Safety Through Knowledge'. As technology becomes
part of our everyday lives, knowledge of how to deal with new products and
materials is more essential than ever.
The safety of our members is greatly enhanced through
the use of Pre-Incident Plans. The location of potential hazards such
as mantraps, toxic materials, and engineered trusses are indicated on site plans.
Fire suppression efforts are also made more effective
through Pre Plans. The locations of all key objects are also shown
on the plans, such as hydrant location, main electrical shut-off, sprinkler room
and isolation valves, etc.
Purpose
 Those members of the Surrey Fire Service who are committed to participating
in the development of Pre-Incident Plans and Response Maps strive to present
responding officers and their crews with essential information.
Time and life-saving information is provided close
at hand on laptops in the responding vehicles, from response maps to floor plans
highlighting hazardous materials or other dangers.
History
Pre-Incident Plans began as hand drawings placed in three-ring
binders. In
the years since, they have undergone many changes. Today,
plans are distributed on rewritable compact discs and memory sticks in
digital format for use on apparatus-mounted laptop computers.
 1984 - First hand drawn plans
1990 -
Computer Aided Dispatch introduced to the Surrey Fire Department. Plans
are hand-drawn in standardized templates with hazards indicated with
rubber stamps in coloured ink.
1992 -
Pre Incident Plan symbols and first complete plan drawn on a computer.
1993 -
First computer arrives at Firehall #5 (386SX).
1994 -
Second computer arrives, along with an 18 x 24 inch digitizer and a colour
dot matrix printer (dot matrix printer replaced by inkjet after an 'all night'
print job melts the print head).
1995 -
Hall 18 opens with a dedicated 'Pre Fire Plan' office. Third
computer arrives, along with 24 x 36 digitizer (large enough for full
size blueprints).
1997 -
Response Maps created and verified by on-duty crews (110 copies required
for map printed each ).
1998 -
Entire Suppression division trained in the use of Pre Fire Plans. Pre
Fire Plan office moved into renovated expansion to Hall 18. Wall
maps generated from Response Maps for each firehall.
1999 -
1100 plans completed (hard copy). 'Pre
Fire Plans' changed to 'Pre-Incident Plans' to reflect increasing versatility
of plans and increased scope of fire department responsibility. One
year Human Resouce Development plan implemented to produce plans and train
HRDC candidates. First laptop computer installed in Battalion
Chief's vehicle with Response Maps and 275 Pre-Incident Plans in indexed
Portable Document Format.
2000 -
Pumps (engines) 2 and 10 receive laptops updated with 400 completed
Pre-Incident Plans. Emergency Response Guide
included with navigational links. HRDC program concludes,
resulting in 800 PIPs requiring verification.
2001 -
Pumps 1, 4 and 6 receive laptop computers with 950 completed plans. Six
laptop computers now in service. Our
Website, www.preincidentplans.com is established.
2002 -
Access database refined and entire Pre-Incident Plan production process
reviewed. All
1500 plans converted to digital format. Three Quints purchased,
stationed at Halls 4, 17, and 18, equiped with laptops. Pump 13
also gets a laptop. The
Mobile Command Centre is equiped with a computer and all files, plus a current
CD for other agencies to use. Drawing templates and symbol
library updated and distributed.
2003 -
All first line pumps now have laptops installed, department wide training
conducted to update all crews on changes and new features. Operational Guidelines
now available on the laptops. 1700
plans and counting.
2004 -
coming soon...
Method
Plans are obtained from City Hall for buildings located within
the city in the form of blueprints. These plans are digitized, optimized
for Fire Department purposes, reformatted, checked, printed and distributed
to each Fire Department apparatus in service, either in digital or hard copy
form.
We are starting to get access to TIFF files on the city server, and are working
on having the architects supplying us with Pre Incident Plans to our standard,
in digital form.
Response Maps are also checked by on-duty crews. Changes are processed,
and both wall maps and response maps are kept up-to-date through regular distribution.
Click here to download PIP Siteplan
Check out the PIP web site www.preincidentplans.com
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