Chesapeake Fire Department
QA  Program   

Fire Training Topic  3

PASSPORTS

PASSPORTS are strips of velcro attached back-to-back.  A unit designation is etched into a plastic tag at the top and a removable tag at the bottom.  The front side of the PASSPORT is used to hold the nametags of personnel riding the particular apparatus.  The backside of the PASSPORT sticks to a velcro strip in the area of the officer/passenger side door on a Unit Status Board if used (see below).  Nametags should be placed on the PASSPORT in the following order:

 

Officer or Front Seat Passenger

Driver (upside down)

Jump Seat Personnel

Tiller (upside down)

STATUS BOARDS

Status Boards are used to hold multiple PASSPORTS during an incident.  Space is available to write specific assignments given the times in and out of hazardous areas, and other comments.  There are two (2) types of status boards; Unit Status Boards and Command Status Boards. 

1.         Unit Status Boards are clipboards with velcro on both sides.  They are normally kept inside the officer's side door on all fire apparatus.  This board will hold the apparatus PASSPORT and can be used as a PASSPORT collection point during working incidents. 

2.                   Command Status Boards can be either the 12" X 24" portable boards or the larger, hinged boards carried in battalion vehicles and shall be used by the Incident Commander or their designee to manage working incidents.  They can also be used to manage larger numbers of PASSPORTS at specific points of entry, such as high rise fires, technical rescues, hazardous materials, etc.