Magrath Fire Dept

Standard Operating Protocols Manual

Situation: Fire call at the Grain Elevators (view sketch).
Location: On the north side of Magrath next to the railroad tracks.
Staging Area: In the parking lot south of the Custom Windows & Doors (old Tanco) building.

Magrath Equipment Allocation:

• Pumper 2: At the south west corner of the elevators. 2 x 65mm hoses connected from Pumper 3.
• Pumper 3: In area north of the Tanco Hydrant running a connection from the hydrant across from Arndt Motors, running in relay to Pumper 2 using 2 x 65mm lines.
• Pumper 4: Setup at 1st Street W by Blue Goose Gas Station. Watch for ignitions due to flying fire brands.
• Town Crew: Supply road blocking within the Town of Magrath. Report to staging area.

Mutual Aid:

• Raymond: To connect to the Tanco Hydrant and run 2-65 mm lines to a point south of the elevators, to run relay to Cardston Fire Department when they arrive.
• Cardston: To connect to Raymond Fire Department as forward end of relay south of the elevators. Exact location to be at the discretion of the incident commander.
• Lethbridge: Request an aerial and pumper combination. Pumper to be located at the hydrant on 2nd Street W and 2nd Ave N. Needs 114mm and 65mm connections. The aerial to be located on the west (up wind) side of the elevators involved supplied with water from their pumper. Their exact location to be decided the incident commander in conference with their captain.
• Coaldale: To be located on the north west of the Elevators. Their water supply will be portable tank supplied by water tankers.
• Sterling: To be located to the north west of the elevators. Their water supply will be portable tank supplied by water tankers.
• Colonies: Request from each of the colonies possible, tanker trucks to supply water to the fire trucks on the north side of the elevators. It will require 3 tankers for each fire pumper. Tankers can fill at any of the hydrants not being used within Town of Magrath.

Action Notes:

• Highway blockoff: Corner at the junction of Highways 5 and 62. Allow traffic east, west and north. South traffic will be local only at the intersection east of Magrath at the junction of 2nd Ave N in Magrath and Highway 5.
• Magrath Streets: All streets should be blocked so there is no traffic north of 2nd Ave N.