Plant 44 Audit Reports - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

c. Fire Department Organization: The organizational staffing at Air Force Plant44 is without a 000 certified Fire Chief that has direct authority over the fire suppressionand fire prevention branches. According to an organization chart provided to theinspection team, a non-fire officer, Senior Manager, has direct authority over AssistantChief of all fire suppression operations and the Assistant Chief of the Fire Preventionfunctions, which circumvents the authority and responsibilities of a Fire DepartmentOrganizational Fire Chief to carry out the duties required in 000 6055.06-M, DoD FireAnd Emergency Services Certification Program, 000 Instruction (DoDI) 6055.06,000Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Program, and AFI 32-2001, The Fire ProtectionOperations And Fire Prevention Program. According to the above standards the FireChief is directly responsible for several functions listed in AF I 32-2001 and forestablishing and maintaining a comprehensive Fire and Emergency Service (F&ES)Program. lAW 000 6055.06-M the Fire Chief shall be 000 certified as a Fire OfficerIV, which the person as the Senior Manager is not.d. Fire Department Staffing: On the day of the visit the Raytheon Fire Departmentwas staffed as follows: (I) At 0930,6- firefighters (FF) + 1- Fire Officer IncidentCommander (IC), (2) at 1230, 5-FF + I-IC, and (3) at 1825, 5-FF + I-Ie. The staffinglevels at Air Force Plant 44 is in direct violation of Department of Defense Instruction(DoDI) 6055.06, DoD Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Program, and the Air Forceimplementing instruction AFI 32-200 I, The Fire Protection Operations And FirePrevention Program. The required staffing is 12-firefighters (F F) and I-Fire OfficerIncident Commander (IC).e. Fire Department Exercise: The Team conducted a no-notice exercise. At thetime of the first exercise (0930), the fire crews were away from the fire stationconducting other fire business. The exercise was a simulated fire in the fire station.Within 4-minutes one fire engine arrived with 2-FFs. Within 5-minuntes, a fire inspectorarrived. Before the exercise was completed, a real-world emergency erupted requiringthe service of their main engine company with a crew of four. The exercise wasterminated at that time. The exercise revealed that their full response was Engine 741with a crew of4, Engine, 742 with a crew of2, and 2-fire inspectors via limitedtransportation and an IC within the 12 minute response requirement. The response timewas met but the crew was short of the 12 firefighter requirement by four fire fighters. At1230 a pre-announced exercise was held on bldg 853 in the Final Assembly and Check­Out Area (FACO). During this exercise, 5-FF, 2-inspectors and an lC responded.Although the 12-minute time response was met, there was a slight delay in providingaggressive offensive fire attack due to the inadequate number of firefighters on scene.For this exercise Raytheon was short of the 12 firefighter requirement by five firefighters.f. Staffing Reduction: Raytheon asked if deviations to the required staffing levelswere authorized. lAW AFI 32-2001, paragraph 3. 1.2. I. Staffing Reduction states:"Installation commanders have the authority to reduce levels ofaircraft rescue andfirefighting capabilities during periods when the flight control tower is not operational dueto non-jlying, and combined with no aircraft ground servicing or maintenance ". Thisstaffing reduction would not apply to AFP 44.