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SECTION Emergency Operations <br /> AIN STANDARD <br /> OPERATING S.O.G. No 600.04 <br /> GUIDELINES <br /> SUBJECT Postmortems <br /> I. SCOPE. <br /> This standard requires the completion of a written postmortem for all <br /> emergency incidents that involve one or more of the following: <br /> A. A rescue fatality. <br /> B. Equipment failure. <br /> C. More resources needed than the initial assignment. <br /> D. A mass-casualty incident, <br /> This standard was promulgated to establish the guidelines for preparing and <br /> conducting a postmortem critique of a rescue incident. <br /> II. REFERENCES. <br /> A. North Carolina Fire and Rescue Commission Department Occupational <br /> Safety and Health Program for Fire Departments and Rescue Squads, <br /> Subpart L, Fire Protection, Chapter 6, Emergency Operations. <br /> B. Current edition of the National Fire Protection Association's 1561 <br /> "Standard on Fire Department Incident Management System". <br /> III. OSHA REQUIREMENTS. <br /> A. The department shall establish requirements and standard operating <br /> procedures for a standardized post incident critique of significant incidents <br /> or those that involved serious injury or death to members. <br /> IV. DEFINITIONS. <br /> A. Critique: A post incident review of the problems encountered, what went <br /> right, and the lessons learned during a rescue incident. <br /> B. Postmortem: A written report published after the review of a major <br /> incident that includes all the relevant facts concerning the incident. The <br /> report shall include a review of the problems encountered, the lessons <br /> learned, a summary of the on-scene operations, and any <br /> recommendations for changes in the SOGs, etc. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> 2/23/2010 <br />