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.
Jersey City Fire Chief Jack Johnson said civilians reported vagrants possibly lived in the building
Training proved critical when a Castle Rock firefighter fell through the floor at a house fire
A massive blaze gutted the longtime family-owned boat business in Summit Township, prompting a multi-agency response
Two Southington firefighters became disoriented during a basement fire
Vacant for over 15 years, the LAFD said firefighters often used the Hope Street building for training
Firefighters rescued a woman trapped inside her burning vehicle after she crashed into a daycare center
Video from the captain of Fort Lauderdale Engine 8 shows the scene of a fiery blast that killed one person and injured five
Without routine inspections and incident preplanning, crews are responding to an information black hole
A total of 33 patients were transported to hospitals after several crashes in foggy conditions on both spans of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
A consultant’s review of the fatal fire criticized Sedgwick County’s 911 operations and the Wichita Fire Department’s lack of “self-reflection and accountability”
A bystander banged on the door of the Dunstable Fire Department to alert the two firefighters on duty about the growing fire
Nearly a dozen contributing factors, including a lack of pre-incident planning and crew integrity, are listed in the report on the death of a Spring Valley firefighter in 2021
Firefighters from seven departments responded to a commercial structure fire in Simsbury
Police officers were among those transported to a hospital during an apartment fire in Gloucester
Minneapolis firefighters faced several burning tents and exploding propane tanks as fire damaged two houses near the encampment
The Franklin Fire in Malibu jumped the Pacific Coast Highway and threatened Pepperdine University
With the right training and direction, rapid intervention should never be a dull assignment
Photos from the scene in Westampton showed piles of materials in the windows and doorway
Norwalk firefighters faced a Santa tangled in his gear while rappelling down a high-rise building
Birmingham firefighters rescued two people trapped on the third floor during an abandoned apartment building fire
Police officers and firefighters in Lyndhurst rescued four people in a house fire
Firefighters from six departments faced sub-freezing temperatures, a heavy fire load and a firefighter trapped by a piece of furniture in the Phillipsburg blaze
Police said two kindergartners are in “extremely critical condition” after a shooting at a private Christian school in Palermo
Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson said that authorities no longer believe they will find Pollard alive, but that work to find her continues
‘Ticking time bombs': FDNY responds to e-bike store fire, finds hundreds of damaged Li-ion batteries
Firefighters faced heavy fire on the first floor of the Manhattan e-bike store and found Li-ion batteries stored in the basement
A camera located what could be a shoe 30 feet down in the sinkhole in Marguerite
A four-alarm fire on the fifth floor at an apartment in Edison left two occupants in critical condition
An Orlando firefighter bailed out of a second-floor window with flames overhead
Mutual aid companies worked in the snow to supply water to an apartment fire in Geneva Township
An apartment fire on Manhattan’s Upper East Side began on the fifth floor and extended into the sixth and fourth floors before being extinguished
Fire and EMS crews faced an explosion involving multiple victims in Jefferson City
16 adults and seven children were displaced by the Kansas City apartment fire
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A fire in a stormwater drainage system caused the collapse of two areas of a parking lot behind the Williamsburg Premium Outlets
