Kent County Chiefs Association

Standard Operating Guidelines &

Standard Operating Procedures

Subject: Fire Box and Apparatus Staffing

SOG # 1-1-2

Approved

April 1997

Approved by: President James L. Price, Jr.

Revised

March 2025

I.                    PURPOSE

To establish standard guidelines for minimum acceptable staffing levels per alarm on Fire Boxes and for each Aerial, Engine, Engine Tanker, Quint, Rescue, Rescue Engine and Squad responding to an emergency.

II.                 POLICY

To set minimum acceptable staffing responding to emergencies.  The Kent County Chiefs’ Association has established the following guidelines, which shall be adhered to by all companies responding to an assist call in Kent County.

III.              GUIDELINES

1.              Each Fire Box alarm should have a minimum staffing of 20 personnel.

2.              Each Aerial, Engine, Engine Tanker, Quint, Rescue, Rescue Engine and Squad shall respond with minimum staffing of three (3) people on all assist calls.

a.        Two (2) persons shall be interior firefighters.

b.      Rescues and Rescue Engines that are dispatched for air cascade only, may respond with less than 3 personnel.

c.       Engine Tankers dispatched as a Tanker my respond with less than 3 personnel.

3.              If you do not have three (3) people, two (2) interior firefighters at the response check, you may respond with the personnel that you have, but not less than two (2) personnel.

4.              10 minutes into the alarm, Communications shall inform the 1st dues Officer in Charge what each apparatus is responding with and total staffing responding.

5.              The 1st due Officer in Charge shall make the determination if they would like the next due company dispatched to supplement the manpower.

6.              Each apparatus responding shall give its staffing in the following manner on all emergencies.

a.       Engine 2 responding with 6

b.      Rescue Engine 3 responding with 6

c.       Tanker 4 responding with 2

d.      Rescue 5 responding with 4

e.       Tower 6 responding with 7

f.        Engine Tanker 7 responding with 5

g.      Ambulance 8 responding with 3

h.      Etc.

IV.              TRANFERS

     Aerials, Engine, Engine Tanker, Quint, Rescue, Rescue Engine and Squad dispatched for

  a transfer, apparatus shall have a minimum staffing of 3 personnel with two interior

  firefighters.

V.                EXCEPTIONS

  If you are responding in your own first due district, then minimum staffing

  is up to your own S.O.G.’s.

Betterton Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.

Chief Renny Grapes

YES      NO      NOT PRESENT

Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.

Chief John Darling

YES      NO      NOT PRESENT

Community Volunteer Fire Company of Millington, Inc.

Chief Charles Boyles

YES      NO      NOT PRESENT

Galena Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.

Chief Albert (Bert) Piasecki, Jr.

YES      NO      NOT PRESENT

Kennedyville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

Chief James L. Price, Jr.

YES      NO      NOT PRESENT

Kent & Queen Anne’s Rescue Squad, Inc.

Chief Jason Lobley

YES      NO      NOT PRESENT

Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.

Chief Mike Pinder

YES      NO      NOT PRESENT

Kent County Emergency Service Board

Chair Lynn Sutton

Submitted for Emergency Service Board Approval on ______April 7th, 2025_____________

Compliance Date _____May 6th, 2025__________________________________________

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