Thoughts on incident command in low-staffed environments. ⬇️🔥 In many of our command classes, I talk with firefighters from departments who have minimal manpower on the fireground initially. They’ll often share that their manpower may be so low that the chief can’t just be the IC - they may have to pump the engine, move the line, or do other tasks. 👌🏼 If your manpower situation is so low that “the chief” has to get hands-on and can’t be a dedicated incident commander - that may be what you mu
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Thoughts on incident command in low-staffed environments. ⬇️🔥 In …
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Friday Soapbox: A safety officer can’t fix your command failures. 😮🔥 Let’s talk honestly about “the safety officer.” Many LODD reports and after-action reviews cite the lack of a safety officer as a contributing factor. But let’s be real—what is that person actually going to do to prevent the tragedy in many of these cases? Sure, sometimes an extra set of eyes might help. But far more often, there are so many breakdowns throughout the incident that no safety officer was going to fix it. • Not
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Is your department ensuring that there is a dedicated “command officer” responding to fires? 🔥🧑🏻‍🚒 Incident command is a function on the fireground that requires training, skill, and focus, just like any other fireground task. Too many departments rely on the company officer to have too much command responsibility, either in the early stages of the incident or for the entire incident. ❌ Even if they are trained in the functions of command, a company officer still has OTHER THINGS TO DO. Most
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