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Training Hikes/Work Detail Safety and Security #0047


Fire Camp Tool Inventory #0046
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) #0048

PURPOSE OF ORDER:

This order establishes policy and procedures for safety and security during Fire Camp training hikes and work details.

SCOPE OF ORDER:

This order applies to all personnel assigned to the Fire Camp Training Unit.

ORDER: 

 

Training Hikes

Hiking is the core of the fitness and acclimation process for inmates in the Fire Training Program.  Training hikes are held daily, and take place, outside of fenced security, on the fire roads and marked hiking trails located on the Pitchess Detention Center property.  The following procedures and protocols shall be followed to ensure the security and safety of the inmates and staff:

 

  1. A minimum of three staff is required to supervise the inmates while on training hikes and training details. 
  2. At least one of the three staff shall be the rank of deputy sheriff.
  3. One of the staff shall be deployed in a department SUV or pickup truck equipped with a first aid kit, extra water, automated external defibrillator (AED), and folding litter/stretcher.
  4. All staff assigned to the detail shall be equipped with portable radios and broadcast on the PDC “Ranch Tac” (channel 10) radiofrequency.
  5. Prior to starting the hike, Fire Camp staff shall broadcast over the radio the names of the supervising staff, the number of inmates, the general direction of travel/and or trail names, which vehicle is deployed and start time.  This information shall be documented in the Fire Camp Training Unit daily log by the Fire Camp Main Control, or designated staff.
  6. Any time an inmate falls out of the hike and is returned to camp by staff, the staff shall announce the return of the inmates via their radio to be documented in the log.
  7. At the end of the hike, staff shall announce via their radio the return of the crew with the number of inmates.

 

Work Details

Whenever Fire Camp staff take inmate work/PACE crews out on work details on the PDC property, the following procedures/protocols shall be followed:

  1. The staff required to supervise the inmates while on work details on the PDC property shall be dictated by the specific task, and number of inmates assigned to the detail.
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  4. The assigned vehicle shall be equipped with a first aid kit and extra water.
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  6. At the end of the work detail, staff shall announce via their radio the return of the crew with the number of inmates.

 

Emergencies

In case of an inmate falling ill or injured on hikes or work details, man down procedures shall be followed as outlined in Fire Camp Unit Order #34, Inmate Man Down Procedures.

In case of an escape or attempt, procedures shall be followed as in Fire Camp Unit Order #2, Escape Plan.