SOP Manual - Cleveland Fire Department

Cleveland Fire Department
Operations Manual
C. Direct to Fire -- No Line Laid
1. The first Engine to arrive at the fire ground lays no hose. It proceeds directly to the fire
and begins working off the water in its booster tank.
2. A second Engine will be required to forward or reverse lay a supply line and to support it.
Apparatus Positioning
A. Pre-fire Planning
1. Companies on pre-fire planning shall observe and make a note of potential places to
position apparatus in relation to the building and the potential fire.
2. Personnel shall also observe and make a note of special considerations, such as: water
supply, access, building size and height, electrical hazards, etc.
B. Coverage
1. The first due Engine Company shall report to the front of the fire building.
2. The second in Engine should be assigned to the rear unless supplying the first due
Engine.
3. The second Engine may not be able to drive the apparatus to the rear. Personnel should
check the rear for operations.
4. If the fire situation requires that the first arriving Company take a position at the rear of
the fire building, the Officer shall notify later arriving Companies of the deviation from
assigned positions.
5. Assignment of late arriving Companies and those responding on second or later alarms
shall be directed from Command. The Company Officer is responsible for positioning the
apparatus.
C. In Relation to the Structure
1. Positioning at single family dwellings should be just past the building.
2. Positioning at wide frontage buildings should be just past the entrance to the building.
D. Truck Company or Ladder Company
1. When the Truck/Ladder Company is following the Engine, allow room for the
Truck/Ladder Company to initiate a rescue and to operate an elevated stream. Position
beyond the desired point of entrance or fire building.
2. When the Truck/Ladder Company is approaching from the opposite direction, the Engine
should allow room for the Truck/Ladder Company to initiate a rescue or to operate an
elevated stream. Position just short of the desired point of entrance or fire building.
Effective: June 1, 1997 Revised: 5/14/2009 Page | 181
Approved by: Chief Chuck Atchley