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 ...

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 ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a moving day for those helping fire crews battling the Garnet Fire. Fire crews left the command post they have outgrown at Avocado Lake -- their home since late ...

As of Wednesday, May 20th, the Stewart Trail Fire in Lake County is fully contained according to InciWeb. The size of the fire rose to 356 acres. The fire started on Friday, May 15 just 3 miles north ...

Command teams at commercial building fires and multi-alarm incidents are critical for command success. In a previous column in this space, we discussed NFPA 1710: Standard for the Organization and ...