Berks County Department of Emergency Services
New Fire & EMS Run Card Form Training
New Run Card Format Is a Combined Form covering both Fire & EMS. Single Run Card Form Submission. Single Combined Run Card Number. Coordination on combined responses.
Changes from original Fire Run Card Form Structure Fire With Entrapment added. More Rescue Type Incident Categories added. Added a Section to List the Public Utilities that cover the area. EMS Order Due Page now part of the form.
Single Run Card Number Combination of Municipality number, Fire Company number, EMS Company number and an Identifying number.
Run Card Requirements The first due is the Home Company or a Unit of the Home Company The use of Company will be for the department that is first due only Anything dispatched beyond first due Company/Unit will be Unit Based.
Run Card Requirements Continued Structure Fire goes to 7 th Alarm and all 7 Alarms are required. Brush Fire goes to 7 th Alarm and all 7 alarms are required. All other incident types can go to 4 th Alarm and minimum of 2 nd alarm is required. When a Company is first due, the company should establish their second alarm to cover the first due company; this would be in the event that the first due company fails to respond
Structure Fire Added a 1 st and 2 nd Alarm Level for a Structure Fire with Entrapment. Contains Columns for Standbys and Relocates. The Type and Quantity of EMS units must be filled out. (2BLS, 1ALS)
Structure Fire Section
Structure Fire with Entrapment Notes 1 st Alarm requires a minimum of 1ALS for an EMS unit. A 2 nd Alarm is included in case the 1 st Alarm is increased and it requires changes at the 2 nd Alarm Level. 3 rd Alarm goes to the normal Structure Fire 3 rd Alarm.
RIT Information RIT is Unit Based. List the Unit followed by RIT when used on Pages 1 through 3. This easily identifies the unit is being dispatched for RIT and not for it s normal function. Example: R7RIT
Note RIT Units on Form
Brush Fire
Accident/MVA
Accident/MVA Notes Minimum Required for Unknown Injuries: 1BLS Minimum Required for With Injuries or Entrapment: 1ALS
Other Incidents Page 2
Other Incidents Page 3
Apparatus Next Due Order List The Number in Parentheses is the Minimum number required to be listed for that Unit Type. The Letters in the Brackets are the Abbreviation of the Unit Type.
Minimum Required Next Due Units Engine 25 Aerial 10 Brush 25 Tanker 25 or TTF Rescue 10 RIT 5 Canteen 1
Minimum Required Next Due Units Spill 5 Foam 2 Marine 5 ATV 5 Rehab 1 Hazmat 1
Apparatus Next Due Order List
RIT Apparatus RIT is Unit Based Actual Unit is listed in RIT Order Due List. Use Berks County Fire Apparatus List Update Form to Indicate your RIT Apparatus. This form is located on our Web Site Run Card Web Page.
RIT Apparatus Indication
Why does the Notes field state Temporary Notes? Notes will only be used in the transitioning period from going to the new run cards until CAD is setup to start recommending units.
Public Utilities
EMS Section
BLS and ALS minimum required to go to 10 th due. This was determined by the Berks County EMS Working Group.
Enter the BLS and ALS companies and any QRS type responses
County Abbreviations BU Bucks County CC Chester County LB Lebanon County LH Lehigh County LN Lancaster County MC Montgomery County SC Schuylkill County
Difference between QRS column and Medical Assist field Anything in the QRS column is automatically dispatched on any type of incident. The Medical Assist field is for specifying specific EMS call types, and at what point a medical assist is dispatched.
List the number(s) of the Call Type and what response level a Medical Assist is dispatched. For a CARDARST and RESPARST A Medical Assist is dispatched initially. For a CHOKING and CLASS5 A Medical Assist is dispatched when 3rd due or greater BLS/ALS is dispatched.
Coordination of Combined Responses with the Fire Company Pages 1, 2, & 3 contain some specific Incident types where the Coordination of the Fire and EMS is Required.
Accident / MVA
Rescue
Rescue (continued)
How to Copy Sheet Right Click on Sheet Tab Run Card 101
How to Copy Sheet How to Copy Sheet Select (move to end) then click Create a copy
Rename the New Sheet Right Click the New Sheet Tab Run Card 101 (20)
Renamed Sheet
Coordination of Run Card Coverage Areas
More Information www.berksdes.com Go to the 9-1-1 Communications Web Site then select Fire & EMS Run Card Information. cwanner@countyofberks.com
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