Task Force TypesMakeup Strike Team TypesMakeup 5 Units

Task Force Types/Makeup

Strike Team Types/Makeup • • • 5 Units of a Similar Type Engines, Aerials, Tankers, Ambulances Lighting/Heavy Rescue/Boats/5” Hose Command Officer Determined by District Associations

Minimum Standards

Recommended Practices • Task force or strike team commanders are to be regular chief officers. Alternate commanders are recommended to be used if a company grade officer is acting as a chief officer • Task force or strike team apparatus should, if possible, consist of the best equipped apparatus a community can send

Forestry Task Forces Disaster Task Forces Engine Strike Teams Aerial Strike Teams Tanker Strike Teams Amb. Strike Teams 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 District Mutual Aid Group Dispatch Center & Phone Number Border Area Derry Fire 603 -432 -6121 1 Capital Area 603 -225 -3355 IEU No Response Kearsarge No Response Lakes Region 603 -524 -2386 Mt. Washington No Response North Pac Lancaster Dispatch 603 -788 -3282 Ossipee No Response Seacoast Portsmouth Fire 603 -427 -1515 Souhegan No Response Southwest 603 -352 -1100 Twin State No Response Upper Valley No Response Totals 6/13 Structural Task Forces Tanker Task Forces Statewide Resource Availability 8 7 7 8 1

Communications Flow Chart

Dispatch Procedures • Statewide Control Centers • Mutual Aid District Dispatch Centers • Requesting Community Dispatch Centers

Statewide Control Center Procedures 1. Gather Worksheet information. Verify Request via caller I. D. 2. Determine nearest available and appropriate District Task Force/Strike Team 3. Contact District Mutual Aid System Dispatch Center 4. Relay all Worksheet information 5. Confirm Local Assembly Staging Area Location

Statewide Control Center Procedures 6. Confirm Primary and Secondary Task Force/Strike Team Commanders 7. Notify NH Designated Police Agency, request security escort, give staging assembly area location 8. Notify NH State Fire Marshal 9. Maintain Communications with District and Destination Dispatch Centers 10. Seek Status Reports from District Mutual Aid Dispatch every four (4) hours

Statewide Control Centers 1. Capital Area 2. Lakes Region 3. Southwest