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High Rise SOP's

My Dept is cleaning house. All SOP's are out and we are starting from scratch. Long over due I might add. We are a Vol combat fire dept with 9 Engines, 3 Trucks, 3 support units (HazMat, Air and Light). Run about 2500 fire calls a year. Our EMS is paid and those runs do not count as fire runs, The Cmnd staff is paid too. We need modern and up to date SOP's / SOG's for operating at High Rise incidents. Our response area has quite a few high rises that vary in type and constuction.

I was hoping that one of you had either your dept SOP's / SOG's or sample ones we could review and either adopt or modify to our needs and abilities.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Don Huneke

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by John Paetow on April 27, 2009 at 6:06am

I wrote a set for the combination FD that I work for part time. We have 5 engines, 2 ladders and a rescue. The SOP I wrote is pretty basic. I also work for Houston FD full time and can send you those as well but they are quite extensive. Send me your email address and I'll forward a copy of one or both.

John Paetow

Permalink Reply by Mike Walker on April 27, 2009 at 7:59am

Don, I can get you a copy of OCFD's. It will be for a paid department response but if you want it, I'll get you a copy.

Permalink Reply by Don Huneke on April 27, 2009 at 11:02pm

Hey Brother anything you have would be great. My email is dhpdfd@comcast.net...Thanks alot Be safe

John Paetow said:

I wrote a set for the combination FD that I work for part time. We have 5 engines, 2 ladders and a rescue. The SOP I wrote is pretty basic. I also work for Houston FD full time and can send you those as well but they are quite extensive. Send me your email address and I'll forward a copy of one or both.

John Paetow

Permalink Reply by Esteban Andrés Cabrera Rebolledo on September 22, 2009 at 11:00am

Hi Don. I'm a firefighter in a volunteer fire dept in Chile.If you don't worry with spanish, I can send you our SOP to highrise fire.

Permalink Reply by Claudio Cisternas Alvarez on October 7, 2009 at 12:12pm

I have a very good article of Paul Grinwood, beside I have the FDNY's SOP and the Oklahoma's SOP

Permalink Reply by Michael Wielgat – The Hero Pipe on October 7, 2009 at 2:01pm

Hi Don,
Check out the Hero Pipe as a new opportunity to fight High-Rise battles. The founder, a 20+ year CPD Lt. invented it and its currently nominated for a Chicago Innovation Award.
http://theheropipe.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcM3GKKhzGs

Permalink Reply by Michael Dombroski on April 29, 2010 at 11:37pm

Hi John

Any chance you can send those to michaeldombroski@hotmail.com

I'm keen to research different SOP's. Ours are left wanting a bit.

Thanks

MD

John Paetow said:

I wrote a set for the combination FD that I work for part time. We have 5 engines, 2 ladders and a rescue. The SOP I wrote is pretty basic. I also work for Houston FD full time and can send you those as well but they are quite extensive. Send me your email address and I'll forward a copy of one or both.

John Paetow

Permalink Reply by Mike Walker on April 30, 2010 at 10:21am

Hey John

Thanks for being willing to share. I'd like a copy of those SOP's too if you don't mine. michael.walker@okc.gov

John Paetow said:

I wrote a set for the combination FD that I work for part time. We have 5 engines, 2 ladders and a rescue. The SOP I wrote is pretty basic. I also work for Houston FD full time and can send you those as well but they are quite extensive. Send me your email address and I'll forward a copy of one or both.

John Paetow

Permalink Reply by Lt.Richard Sartorio M.D. on May 20, 2011 at 5:45pm

Hi people

first of all sorry about my bad english. If you guys can help me too sending me some SOP`s so we can adopt or modify in my volunteer fire department in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, that`s in south america.

risartorio@gmail.com

Thanks!!

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