“BENCHMARKS REQUIRING A PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT (“”PAR””)”

BENCHMARKS REQUIRING A PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT (“PAR”)

  • Any report of a missing or trapped firefighter.
  • A change from offensive to defensive operations.
  • Any sudden hazardous event at the incident (i.e., flashover).
  • At completion of a search-and-rescue effort by crews.
  • At 30-minute elapsed time.
  • At the report of fire under control.
  • Any time the incident commander requests a “PAR.”

Four Firefighters Hurt in Fire in Abandoned Harlem (NY) Building

Four firefighters were injured battling a massive fire that tore through an abandoned Harlem building where jazz icon Billie Holiday reportedly once lived.