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Operations report: multiple-casualty MVA, inspections and updated training schedule
Summary
Deputy Chief Patrick Rabbit summarized January operations, including a multi-vehicle accident that became a red alert, triannual station inspections, appointment of a new fire marshal and a revised drill schedule for training.
Deputy Chief Patrick Rabbit presented an operations report for January at the Feb. 12 Fire Commission meeting that covered major incidents, inspections, personnel transitions and changes to the department’s training schedule.
Rabbit reviewed a multi-vehicle motor vehicle accident on Jan. 19 at Sixth and Harrison that began as a yellow alert and was upgraded to a red alert once crews confirmed six patients. The incident resulted in one fatality, one patient transported in critical condition and several others with less severe injuries. Rabbit said the department’s response plan accounts for patients “could be found anywhere” at large MVAs and stressed scene coordination and triage.
The report also covered triannual station inspections that assistant chiefs completed for divisions 2 and 3 and two CD-2 memos issued in January: one updating station bulletin-board policy and the other strengthening the rapid intervention crew (RIC) and decontamination procedures for member health and safety.
Rabbit announced the selection of Chad Law as the new fire marshal and said the bureau is actively recruiting to fill six vacancies. He said the arson task force made three arrests in January related to a structure fire, a trash fire and a vehicle fire.
Training changes included a revised drill schedule that moves from daily to weekly company drills, adds roll-call and EMS drills, and requires battalion chiefs to observe at least one company drill per day. Rabbit noted a battalion chief academy ran for three days in January and that recruit class 130 began Jan. 21 with 54 recruits currently in training.
He also noted airport operations, the department’s NERT/NERD community preparedness programming, and stated that the mayor visited training facilities in late January.
Commissioners asked about PG&E coordination after a complex fire at 150 Ninth Street; Rabbit said the department conducts routine training with PG&E, that assistant chiefs serve as liaisons, and that PG&E typically responds quickly to isolate utilities at incident scenes. No formal action resulted from the report.
