Gorham Fire Department

Gorham Fire Department	Standard Operating Procedure #11	Emergency Withdrawal Signal
To All Fire Department Members	Approved by SOP Committee:	Approved by Officers:
Date: July, 7, 1992	Revised:	Accepted by Members:

Recognizing the possibility that at any incident the fire department responses to, the incident might become so hazardous that firemen are in extreme imminent danger that a withdrawal from the incident must be done.

The following signal; a one minute continuous wail of a siren, and /or a one minute blast from the air horn will be sounded.

At either one of the above alarms, all firemen on the scene will exit the incident and report to the command center.

At this time a check of firemen will be made to ascertain that everyone is accounted for.

The incident commander will determine at this time how the incident will be addressed.

In the event some one is not accounted for, and immediate attempt will be make to determine his location.

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