UNIFIED COMMAND AT WILDFIRES
Unified command is one of those phrases under the glossary of terms for the incident command system (ICS).
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FE Volume 157 Issue 2
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PLASTIC-REINFORCED GYPSUM BOARD MAY CREATE PROBLEMS
I received the following e-mail from Assistant Fire Chief Ed Murphy of the Roberts Park Fire Protection District in Justice, Illinois, who advised me of…
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RESTAURANT/NIGHTCLUB FIRE WITH RESCUE
Last month we looked at operations during a working fire at a restaurant in a typical community in the United States. Staffing was three members,…
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Names in the News
NAMES IN THE NEWS Deputy Firemaster GEOFF WILLIAMS of the Central Scotland Fire Brigade in the United Kingdom (UK) received the Queen's Fire Service Medal…
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Products/Services/Media
LAKELAND's 14-page FYREREPEL CATALOG offers illustrations, features, technical specs, and other information on its AttackT, BattalionT, Sterling HeightsT, turnouts, wildland turnout clothing, and CombatT and…
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Making Your Engine Work for You
When was the last time you looked at your engine? I don't mean just to see if the last shift parked it straight, washed it,…
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ENGINE COMPANY RIDING POSITIONS AND JOB FUNCTIONS
In today's fire service, it seems everyone wants to be a specialist.
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INCIDENT COMMAND TEAMS FOR LARGE-SCALE INCIDENTS
Whether your fire department uses Fire Ground Command (FGC), the Incident Management System (IMS), the National Interagency Incident Man-agement System (NIIMS), the FIRESCOPE Incident Command…
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AGAIN WITH SIMPLE?
When do you cut a roof? and Where do you cut? We have reviewed this subject too many times. So why review it again? Because…
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CREATING AN EMPOWERED ORGANIZATION
Can you imagine being in a more difficult position than that of being the person farthest away from the first point of service delivery and…
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Military Strategy Applied To Wildland Suppression
Wildland fire is dynamic. Of all the kinds of emergency activities firefighters engage in, it is the most dynamic.
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