BAMF

Department Overview

BAMF: Bureau of Apogaea Medical and Fire

BAMF is Apo's volunteer safety team that coordinates with local agencies about safety priorities for the Apogaea event. We have 4 areas of focus.

Conclave - our community's fire performers and spinners, effigy event performers.  Enablers of the human connection to fire.   

FAST - Fire Art Safety Team, the inspectors for our propane art and related flame effects.  Any fire professionals  are welcome to join the inspection team.  

Medical - BAMF's volunteer squads provide integrated support to Apo's hired medical contractors. They are our community's first point of contact at the BAMF tent in case of injury or incident.  They also commnicate about safety throughout the city, engaging with participants in their camps, helping Apogaea to stay in compliance with fire safety precautions required in the event permit, 

Fire and Incident Response  - primary APO  liaison with relevant agencies, in particular Stonewall Fire District. Understand current fire regulations and provide the Apo fire guidelines to the community.  This part of BAMF is responsible for updating the Event Action Plan (EAP) and Incident Command System (ICS) documents.  We hold 2 all-dept meetings at the event and 1 at work weekend

Important Contact Information

Board Member Liaison

Department Roles and Positions

Department Policies

Links to Google Drive Documents

Important Links

Other Items:                            

        Apogaea

• Current Documents:

  • 2012 BAMF FAQ and Resources (check here first!)

Volunteers:

• Have opening for many positions, go here for more info: http://apogaea.com/2015/03/19/open-volunteer-shifts-in-bamf-bureau-of-apogaea-medical-and-fire/

• 2012 Master Volunteer List

• 2012 Ticket Code Assignment List

  • Links to information in the Apogaea Volunteer Database

  • Volunteer Database

    • EMS Volunteers - Everyone who has indicated that they are interested in EMS or Ranger shifts (whether or not they have chosen shifts)

    • Fire Shifts - Current list of all filled fire shifts and active volunteers (people who have created a shift)

    • Medical Shifts - Current list of all filled medical shifts and active volunteers (people who have created a shift)

Operations:

• 2012 Budget

• 2012 Fire Operations Guide

• 2012 Incident Action Plan

• 2012 Radio Request Form

• 2012 Radio Request Form - Current Requests

  • 2012 Radio Protocol 

• 2012 Radio Check-Out Form

Training:

• HIGHLY recommended that all BAMF and Leads take the FEMA ICS-100 training here: http://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-100.b

• ICS and You

Archived Documents may be found here.

How to Contact BAMF:

• • firelead@apogaea.com - Goes to the Fire Lead

  • medicallead@apogaea.com - Goes to the Medical Lead

  • BAMF@apogaea.com - Goes to the entire BAMF Daily Lead Team

Volunteer Recruitment:

• • BAMF Ticket Assignment 2012: The Apogaea Board granted 34 1/2 price tickets for Medical and Fire Volunteers. 

  • How does a BAMF volunteer get a ticket to Apogaea? 2012

    • BAMF discounted tickets have be prioritized by level of experience.  

      • First Priority: Medical and Fire professionals (MD, PA, RN, Paramedic, EMT, Fire Fighter, Fire Volunteer)

      • Second Priority: Non-medically trained experienced BAMF members (with CPR training)

      • Third Priority: Non-medically trained first time BAMF members (with CPR training)

  • BAMF Ticket Assignment 2012

Time Line and To Do Items

• 1. 2012 Notes and Timeline - draft / working copy

  2. Survival Guide 2012 - This is a draft

  3. Directions to Local Hospitals and Urgent Cares 2012 - This is a draft

Rangers

Visit the Rangers page for specific information about the Ranger team.