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They can choose a marginal mode. Fire officers given tactical assignments in the interior must understand that they are on a short leash time-wise to accomplish their tactical objectives. When selecting this mode of operation, the commander must closely monitor the situation to ensure that quick progress is being made. If not, they should be prepared to withdraw personnel from the interior and transition to the defensive mode. Their goals and objectives will focus on protecting any exposures and extinguishing the fire from exterior positions.
What must the commander accomplish, with the resources available, to resolve the situation? In developing their incident goals, they should follow a set of three incident priorities. Life safety. Are there occupants in need of rescue or protection from the fire? Incident stabilization. What needs to happen to make the situation better? Property conservation. What needs to happen to prevent further loss of property after the incident has been stabilized? An example of incident goals, in priority order, for a structure fire in a two-story, single-family dwelling with fire showing from a kitchen window on Side C at 2 a.
This part of the plan is your incident command scorecard. As your fire companies complete their tactical objectives, you should be able to check off each goal on your plan.
What are those things that fire companies must accomplish to achieve the incident goals? Some examples of tactical objectives are:. This is another scorecard section of your plan. Feedback from fire officers assigned to complete tactical objectives is critical, especially if they are not able to complete their objective or if they encounter another problem. Here are three examples of what this might look like. Every tactical objective should have a resource assigned to it and a fire officer responsible for accomplishing it.
Figure 1. A well-developed IAP has strategies driving the accomplishment of tactical objectives which in turn leads to the accomplishment of incident goals. Developing an incident action plan is a critical incident command skill and, as with any skill, it must be practiced to develop proficiency. And it requires continued practice, using a variety of emergency scenarios, to maintain that proficiency. More FireRescue1 Articles. More Company Officer Development News.
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Conduct size-up NIOSH investigation of firefighter fatalities has regularly identified lack of a complete degree fireground assessment by the incident commander as a contributing factor in firefighter deaths. The key questions that the incident commander must answer when they arrive on the scene are: What has happened prior to my arrival? What is continuing to happen as time goes by?
What will continue to happen without our intervention? Acceptability of risk No building or property is worth the life of a firefighter. All interior firefighting involves an inherent risk. Some risk is acceptable, in a measured and controlled manner. No level of risk is acceptable where there is no potential to save lives or property.
Firefighters shall not be committed to interior offensive firefighting operations in abandoned or derelict buildings. Risk assessment All feasible measures shall be taken to limit or avoid risks through risk assessment by a qualified officer. It is the responsibility of the incident commander to evaluate the level or risk in every situation.