It happens far too often. Understaffed apparatus leave the firehouse and arrive on the scene of a structure fire. We want to follow the ICS rules and establish command, but we also have the task of ...
“We’ve done extensive planning as to how to get additional resources in, how to get people out,” Assistant Fire Chief Brad French Assistant Fire Chief Brad French said the department’s new operational ...
Command presence makes or breaks incident control. The officer of the first-arriving unit serves as the initial incident commander (IC) and sets the stage for the incident. These are fundamental ...
The report was hurried and being shouted. “We have an industrial building that is heavily involved in fire on the first floor. Strike out a second alarm.” “Engine 17, from dispatch. What is the ...
Years in the making, TrainFirefighters.com and Tablet Command Inc, two Northern California companies founded by highly experienced firefighters, have entered into a powerful partnership that will ...
On Wednesday, the firefighting force grew to 2,988 people and a second fire base camp is opening in Santa Margarita to tackle the northern end of the blaze. On the eastern flank, the fire has reached ...
As flames exploded from the parched hillsides of Eaton Canyon on Jan. 7, fire agencies faced a crisis far beyond their worst reckoning. In just a few hours, hurricane-force winds would stoke three ...
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