Incident Command
The FireRescue1 incident command resource page offers in-depth information about incident command principles, crew and resource deployment, best practices related to incident action plans and size-ups, training for specialized fireground teams, plus the latest news about incidents involving command issues.
Over 100 firefighters battled a blaze at a Costa Mesal building, where flames engulfed trucks, storage pallets and extended into a building
A four-alarm fire that tore through a long-neglected West Philly apartment building was intentionally set, fire officials say
Firefighters responded to a deep sub-basement fire nearly 200 feet below street level at Grand Central Madison in Manhattan, where crews battled heavy smoke and flames with zero visibility
Defensive mode means positioning farther away from the scene to avoid the collapse zone
The St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral church was featured in the 1978 movie “The Deer Hunter”
An explosion inside a Youngstown building collapsed the first floor into the basement
Eunice FD highlighted many mutual aid fire departments that responded to the fire as well as an “angel in the sky with a crop duster dropping water from the heavens”
Weekend storms caused destruction, power outages across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky
Collapse
Videos show firefighters running to escape a collapsing wall during a fire in Pottsville
Mutual aid response in Spring Lake for a commercial structure fire
Two Kansas City firefighters were hospitalized after being injured during a house fire that was spreading to other homes
Investigators determined that multiple lithium-ion batteries charging inside the Stacyville firehouse were the cause of the fire
Adair County Health System had set up a triage center at the Greenfield high school after much of town was destroyed
A crane near a cargo ship burned underneath the Walt Whitman Bridge
Fire in an oven extended into the roof of the Fremont factory
Recommended books for entertainment or professional development
San Jose firefighters were able to keep the fire from extending into exposures
Back to basics – sounding and walking on the roof, using roof ladders, working from an aerial, cutting the hole and punching through
Benton County Fire District 1 stated the 525,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse in Finley is too unstable to enter
Avoid three common errors – miscoding; inaccurate or omitted time recording; and incomplete, brief or poor narratives
Follow the SROVT principles – solid, realistic, ongoing, verifiable training – to develop strong incident commanders
Mutual aid response credited with keeping Durham barn fire from destroying an attached residence
ICs must base their decisions on experience, lessons learned and the intel coming in from crewmembers
Identifying drone needs, building training program, and deploying on the incident scene
A fire in an abandoned house in Oakland extended into the attic of a house next door displacing 12 occupants
First responders from four agencies rescued several people in an underground intercontinental ballistic missile silo in Arapahoe County
A Cleveland firefighter was injured in a porch collapse during a house fire
DeKalb County firefighters faced occupants who jumped from windows during an apartment fire
Tanker carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline on I-95 in Norwalk was involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer and a car
A fire in a Brooklyn supermarket quickly extended into residential structures
Allentown firefighters faced fire on the third floor of an end unit that was extending into the exposures
Collapse
Eight Spokane firefighters were inside when the roof of the US Bank building collapsed
Several firefighters were injured during the blaze at a popular Destin restaurant
MOST POPULAR
- Granite Mountain Hotshots: The firefighting team that died battling the Yarnell Hill Fire
- N.J. firefighters face severe hoarding conditions in fatal house fire
- 7 Conn. firefighters injured during aggressive attack on house fire
- RIT training: Focus on simplicity and speed over complexity and gadgets
- Hoarding, flashover trigger mayday at Calif. fire