Gorham Fire Department

Gorham Fire Department	Standard Operating Procedures #8	Incident Reports
To All Fire Department Members	Accepted by SOP Committee: August 1, 2000	Approved by Officers: June 14, 1999
Approved by Town Manager:	Revised: July 13, 1999	Approved by Members: September 7, 1999

Purpose: of this standard operating procedure is to insure proper documentation of any incident for future use. It is impossible to recall or retrieve information after the incident, so it is important to document as much information as possible and record the information on the incident report.

Responsibility: the staging officer shall be responsible to fill out the preliminary incident report. If the staging officer is unable to fill out the incident report he can ask the Incident Commander if someone can be assigned to fill out preliminary incident report. If someone is available in staging or not needed at another task the I. C. will assign him to fill out the preliminary incident report.

Completeness: it is important that all the information on the forms be completed. Information such as VIN or model numbers are impossible to retrieve after the incident is over. Information such as names, telephone numbers, and address can be obtain from the individual involved, licenses, or the police officer on scene. Sometimes it may be necessary to draw a diagram to accurately show environmental damage.

Incident Commander: shall be responsible to look over the preliminary incident report, at the scene, to insure completeness and add any comments needed to help document any other issue about the incident. The Incident Commander shall sign the report.

Preliminary Fire Incident Reports: is to be filled out for any fire or fire call whether or not it is a structure fire, dumpster fire, automobile fire, or a false alarm.

Preliminary Accident Incident Report: is to be fill out any time there is an automobile accident whether or not it is one or more vehicles involved, minor or major, or a call for traffic control.

Carbon Monoxide Investigation Report: is to be filled out any time there is a CO call or CO is suspected and investigated.

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