“We’ve done extensive planning as to how to get additional resources in, how to get people out,” Assistant Fire Chief Brad French Assistant Fire Chief Brad French said the department’s new operational ...

In the March 2007 issue of Firehouse®, Command-ment I identified the responsibilities of command and the management of strategy, resources and risk. This month, Command-ment VIII will establish a ...

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 ...

Years in the making, TrainFirefighters.com and Tablet Command Inc, two Northern California companies founded by highly experienced firefighters, have entered into a powerful partnership that will ...

On Wednesday, the firefighting force grew to 2,988 people and a second fire base camp is opening in Santa Margarita to tackle the northern end of the blaze. On the eastern flank, the fire has reached ...