Here's help, whether you're re-writing your SOPs/SOGs from scratch and want to see some examples of what others have done, or want to find boilerplate forms!

• If you don't already have it, borrow the NYS DOL/PESH CD-rom from us.  Updated annually, it contains some sample SOPs and boilerplate forms.  (Not online at this time, but available from the Academy Library and possibly free from your regional PESH office.)
• You'll find lots online at http://www.fireengineering.com/training/sops-sogs.html . Others:
• http://www.sopcenter.com/
• http://www.firesops.com/
  http://www.drivetosurvive.org/
  http://www.respondersafety.com
  http://www.vfis.com/resources.htm
  http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com
  http://phoenix.gov/FIRE/forfiredepts.html
  FDNY at http://sageauthoring.com/fdny1.htm 
  http://www.volunteerfd.org  ( you’ll need to “sign up” for a password, but it’s free)
  http://web.archive.org/web/20070806054035/http://vcos.org/resourcesonline.html  (much of the material that used to be at vcos.org is no longer available from the current www.vcosiafc.org site , but the old material archived on Web)

To save time, try Googling "Fire Department" and "standard operating procedures" plus specific keywords.

• USFA's "Guide to developing effective standard operating procedures for fire and EMS departments" which may also be downloaded from  http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-197.pdf (1999)
•  John Lee Cook's "Standard operating procedures and guidelines" (1998, see description at www.amazon.com/Standard-Operating-Procedures-Guidelines-John/dp/0912212691 )
• Christopher Schiller's "Development of operational guidelines for emergency service organizations"  (1995, which tells how and why to write them)
• United States Department of Homeland Security, Office for Interoperability and Compatibility SAFECOM.  Writing guide for standard operating procedures. SAFECOM (2006, on SOPs for dispatching)       http://www.safecomprogram.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2D396F0E-CE19-4DCB-A30A-35982721F5AA/0/SOP.pdf

The Academy Library also has for loan:
    - the NYS Assn. of Fire Chiefs collection of SOPs (book, 1995)
    - Davis' book on rural water supply SOPs (book, 1990)   

We have several other resources dealing with SOPs/SOGs.  If you go to our online catalog at 
http://afs.mlasolutions.com/oasis/catalog/?installation=AFS  you may search by various media types (books, videos, articles, etc.) You probably won't find any videos, but there's a lot under books and articles.  Use the subject term "standard operating procedures" when searching.  For hints on how to search (and order), click on "Visual Search," then "Quick Tutorial Videos"