• Avoid a “Command Breakdown” • Helps You to Comply With NFPA 1561 & Consortium Criteria • A Basic Approach to the Incident Command System

Chief Coleman has taken a basic, no-nonsense approach toward helping you understand and implement the incident command system in a methodical and effective way, beginning with an introduction to the system and an explanation of command operations. Staging and sectors are discussed to ensure that adequate personnel are available to command and arrive at the scene in an organized manner. Mission statements are covered to help explain the responsibilities of the various fireground sectors and the integration of “command” into their operations. “This text is directed at any department, large or small, that does not use some form of incident management, or which knows deep down that the one it has may look good on paper but isn’t practicable on the fireground.”

Contents:
Section I: The system • Introduction to the incident management system • Command • Establishing command • The command post • The command staff • The function of command Section II: Staging and sectorization • Staging • Sectorization Section III: Mission statements • Defining mission statements • The mission of command • The mission of attack • The mission of search • The mission of backup • The mission of ventilation • The mission of exposure • The mission of extension • The mission of overhaul and salvage • The mission of rapid intervention • Benchmarks Section IV: Miscellaneous incidents • Emergency medical incidents • Vehicular incidents • Hazardous-materials incidents • Miscellaneous incidents Section V: Applying incident command • Applying incident command to various types of incidents • Appendices • Reminder sheet • Answers to chapter questions

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446 pages/Hardcover/1997
0-912212-60-8