PASSPORT Systems Components
Name Tags: A colour coded 3/8" x 1¾"(10mm x 45mm) Velcro™ backed plastic tag engraved with the members name or are blank for field application of name with an erasable china marker.

Primary Tag	SCBA Tag	Backup Tag

PASSPORTS: Primary, Backup and Blank Passports are 2¼" x 5½" coloured plastic cards with Velcro™ on both sides. Passports are used to store Personnel Name Tags and are identified with the apparatus ID at the bottom. These form Level I Accountability.

WFR's Status Board: A 11" x 17"(280mm x 432mm) white Lexan Board used with the Primary and Backup PASSPORTS allow for tracking of apparatus and personnel assignments. Accommodates up to six PASSPORTS attached with Velcro™ and an area to write location, assignment, time and sector. Combined with PASSPORTS these form Level II Accountability.

WFR's SCBA Board: A 11" x 17" white Lexan board used to track personnel in and out of the hazardous area. Combined with Name Tags this system tracks 2-18 members accounting for SCBA pressure, time in, time due, time out and location assigned to. Comes with a digital clock and erasable china markers. This finalizes the PASSPORT System and completes Level III Accountability.

Overview
WFR's PASSPORT System is designed to track and account for Emergency Personnel at an incident. integrated with WFR's Status & SCBA Control Boards it allows Incident Commanders to organize incoming resources and support functions. WFR's PASSPORT System products allow the user to implement personnel accountability in conjunction with the overall management efforts by utilizing Name Tags and Passports.

How It Works
WFR's PASSPORT System is designed to be quick and easy to place into operation. Here's how it works.

2 Tag for use in Volunteer Departments
In a 2 tag system, each firefighter is issued a yellow (primary) tag and a red (SCBA Control) tag. They are fitted to a patch under the rear lip of his/her helmet.

A black Passport is affixed to the inside of the officer’s door on each of the pieces of apparatus in the station. As each firefighter boards the rig to respond to the emergency, he places his yellow tag on the passport. This is Level l of the Accountability system.

When the incident is established, and multiple emergency vehicles are in attendance, an Accountability Officer is assigned. This Officer obtains the Status Board, and if also assigned, the SCBA Control Board. He then is given (or obtains) the Passport from each of the attending vehicles and places them on the Status Board (up to 6 vehicles). There is a place to note the assignment, area, etc. This is Level ll of the Accountability system.

When firefighters are assigned to tasks that will involve the use of SCBA, they are to report to the Accountability Officer, in pairs, to have their assignment recorded. They each give the Officer their red tag. These tags are placed on the SCBA Control Board, and then the lowest of the 2 air pressures are recorded, the time they leave the control point (from the clock on the board), the estimated time (from experience of lapsed times) and the area of assignment. When the firefighters come out, they are to report to the Accountability Officer and retrieve their red tags. If they change tanks and are re-assigned, this must be recorded. If firefighters have not reported in at the due time, they are to be considered missing, and appropriate measures taken.

At the end of the incident, each firefighter must have his red tag in place on his helmet and should return to the station on the same vehicle that he arrived on. On arrival at the station, the primary (yellow) tag is retrieved and placed back on his helmet.

If, after returning to the station, any tags remain on the vehicle Passports, that person is considered missing, and appropriate measures taken.

Three tag Accountability System
Each station is issued a Status Board, SCBA Control Board. A Primary (black) and Backup (white) PASSPORT are supplied for each vehicle in the station. Each member is issued a set of 3 colour coded Name Tags, 1 Green, 1 Yellow, 1 Red. Name Tags will be placed to the underside of the member’s helmet. 

At the start of the shift members place the green Name Tag on the Backup PASSPORT (white) located on the dash or officers door of the apparatus they are assigned to. The yellow Name Tag will be affixed to the primary PASSPORT (black) located with the officer’s radio of the apparatus they are assigned to. The red Name Tag will be kept on the member's helmet and used for SCBA control during Level III Accountability. 

During a normal apparatus response, the Officer will have the Primary PASSPORT (black) attached to his/her self (Level I Accountability). Should the incident escalate and the establishment of a command post be made, a safety/accountability officer should be assigned. PASSPORTS will be transferred to command and placed on WFR's Status Board (Level II Accountability). Tracking of additional units, location and assignments will be maintained on the Status Board. If first arriving units are engaged in Fire/Rescue activities Backup PASSPORTS (white) will be retrieved from those units until such time Primary PASSPORTS can be placed on the Status Board. 

When firefighters are assigned to tasks that will involve the use of SCBA, they are to report to the Accountability Officer, in pairs, to have their assignment recorded. They each give the Officer their red tag. These tags are placed on the SCBA Control Board, and then the lowest of the 2 air pressures are recorded, the time they leave the control point (from the clock on the board), the estimated time (from experience of lapsed times) and the area of assignment. When the firefighters come out, they are to report to the Accountability Officer and retrieve their red tags. If they change tanks and are re-assigned, this must be recorded. If firefighters have not reported in at the due time, they are to be considered missing, and appropriate measures taken.

At the end of the incident, each firefighter must have his red tag in place on his helmet and should return to the station on the same vehicle that he arrived on. On arrival at the station, the primary (yellow) tag is retrieved and placed back on his helmet.

If, after returning to the station, any tags remain on the vehicle Passports, that person is considered missing, and appropriate measures taken.

Part #566550100  3-Tag system for full time fire departments
Part #566550105  2-Tag system for volunteer fire departments