A PAR report is used to achieve which objective?

• A. To track the status of water supply at an incident
• B. To track equipment maintenance
• C. To record incident costs
• D. To systematically account for all personnel at an emergency incident

Answer: (D)

The main idea here is keeping track of every person on the scene. A PAR, or Personnel Accountability Report, is a running check of who is assigned to the incident, where they are, and what they’re doing. It’s updated at set intervals or whenever there’s a major change, and it’s shared with the incident commander and crew leaders. This allows rapid identification of anyone who isn’t accounted for, helps determine if additional crews are needed, and supports safe decisions about putting teams in and out of danger, switching assignments, or moving to rehab.

That’s why this option is the best choice: it directly addresses systematically accounting for all personnel at an emergency incident. Other functions like tracking water supply, maintaining equipment, or recording incident costs are important to incident management, but they’re handled by separate processes and documents, not the PAR.