FEATURED COMMAND CONTENT
Albuquerque Engine 5 video highlights fireground priorities, including rapid offensive operations, strategic hoseline deployment and integrating primary search with fire attack
Tips for fireground communications – and why silence can be golden
How to control emotions, use technology and “practice perfect” to enhance fireground communications
As homelessness and squatting rise, firefighters must assume vacant structures are occupied until proven otherwise
Common questions about when firefighters in bunker gear and SCBA can make a save and when to wait for the hazmat team
Shared walls, narrow layouts and concealed void spaces make rowhouse fires uniquely dangerous, and understanding fire behavior and coordinated tactics is essential to improving fireground outcomes
COMMAND POST MANAGEMENT FOR NEW OFFICERS
In this four-part video series, Chief Marc Bashoor provides an overview of command post management for new officers.
Bringing calm to chaos: Command post management for new officers, Part 1
6:20
It’s all about location: Command post management, Part 2
6:02
Running the scene: Command post management, Part 3
9:16
Learning to relax: Command post management, Part 4
10:29
ADDITIONAL INCIDENT COMMAND NEWS AND TRAINING RESOURCES
The three are in stable condition after an explosion during a house fire on Whidbey Island that destroyed two homes
A massive blaze at the Allentown riverfront factory spread to nearby homes, forced evacuations, prompted a shelter-in-place order and knocked out power to thousands
State marshals served an eviction order, forcing the Taftville Fire Company to leave its city-owned firehouse as Norwich moved to stake control of city-owned apparatus
Firefighters battled a fully involved truck fire inside the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel after a commercial vehicle driver suffered a medical emergency
Firefighters from two counties responded to the abandoned Poughkeepsie campus, where multiple connected buildings burned for hours
More than 50 residents were displaced and two firefighters were injured after a fire tore through a 44-unit apartment building in Groton