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.
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FDNY crews battled heavy fire, a partial collapse and nearly nine hours of operations during a five-alarm matzo factory fire in Brooklyn
A second-alarm fire engulfed a lumberyard outbuilding near downtown Kansas City
Eleven Salisbury firefighters were injured when a roof collapsed during an offensive attack on a house fire after a gas line explosion
First responders faced difficult terrain while working together to reach, package and remove an unconscious, bleeding patient
30 backup batteries for MRI machines had begun “off-gassing,” creating a hazmat incident in the Tampa facility
Several FDs responded to a fire involving a large woodchip pile at a Longview paper mill
The abandoned Portland building was well-known to firefighters for having squatters and limited hydrants
A ceiling collapse injured a FF during a shopping center fire in Reisterstown
Waterford, New London and Naval Submarine Base FFs perform a rope rescue operation 50-feet up inside a storage facility
Following the 9/11 Report, we have continued to struggle with command and communications
Hundreds of first responders participated in several small group and full-scale exercises at Willoughby South High School
Salvage operations will begin now that the fire on the Grande Costa d’Avorio that killed 2 Newark FFs is out
Outside of formal consolidation, there are useful ways to improve coordination through common dispatch centers, training standards and ICS
Newark union leader points at 1-inch hose while Fire Chief Rufus Jackson says a lack of experienced FFs may have been a factor
The Chico Fire Department will receive over $348K to purchase a cancer screening program and Tablet Command software
Two Newark firefighters have died after becoming lost while fighting a fire involving several vehicles on a cargo ship
Firefighters evacuated approximately 100 people from the famous Fifth Avenue store
Embers from the burning St. Liborius Parish Complex had set an abandoned house on fire three blocks away
3 cars of a 7-car Amtrak train derailed after colliding with a truck in Ventura County
‘Slow down or you’re going to get hurt’ – wise words from youth still matter today
The firefighter reportedly fell into the basement while fighting a house fire in Leonardtown
Debris found during the search for the vessel “is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” said Rear Adm. John Mauger
Atlantic City firefighters and police officers rescued several people during a fast-moving fire in six rowhouses
A supercell struck Matador killing at least 4 people and causing widespread destruction
Embers from the Clark County blaze caused smaller fires and sent up smoke seen across the Las Vegas Valley
First responders from Divernon and other locations moved injured people out of the storm that persisted for hours
FD spokesperson: “We are going to be out here a few more hours” describing the the Mo. pallet company fire
“We have seen somewhere between 50 and 100 patients,” Ochiltree General Hospital CEO Kelly Judice said
Over 130 firefighters fought a top-floor fire that quickly spread into the cockloft
A multi-alarm, abandoned warehouse fire in South River had spread to homes and other buildings
How the branches, groups and volunteers for the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend work together to support the families of fallen firefighters
The bodies of 1 person and 2 horses were found inside Fulcher’s Red Fox Stables in Merrit after the fire was extinguished
Firefighters used a tow truck rotator and ladder tower to rescue two people hanging over the side of the interstate
