Fire and Rescue Incident Command: A practical guide to incident ground management

A practical book providing current and potential Incident Commanders with a broad understanding of what is expected of them, and the processes and systems that the British Fire and Rescue Service uses, to safely command an incident. Fire and Rescue Incident Command provides a comprehensive guide to incident ground operations, from small house fires and road traffic accidents, to widespread wildfires, high-rise operations and major transport disasters. It explores: * The tactics and strategies available at an incident * The roles and responsibilities of the Incident Commander and those under his/her command * The legal framework within which fire ground activities must operate * Good communications practice and protocols * The tactics needed to ensure the safety of the public, property and the firefighters on the front line The overall aim of this book is to guide you through some of the key issues that face Incident Commanders in the modern fire and rescue service, to identify good practice, and to present real-life examples of a wide range of incidents and the lessons that can be learned.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Leadership and command at critical incidents - an immediate challenge Chapter 3: Fireground strategy, tactics and tasks - a refresher Chapter 4: Incident command systems Chapter 5: The application of legislation at incident grounds Chapter 6: Information gathering and situational awareness Chapter 7: Decision making and the development of the plan Chapter 8: Organising the incident ground Chapter 9: Organising the incident ground - the command support function Chapter 10: Safety on the incident ground (part 1) Chapter 11: Safety on the incident ground (part 2) Chapter 12: Communications Chapter 13: Closing down an incident Chapter 14: Debriefing and learning lessons Chapter 15: Working together: Intra-operability and JESIP Chapter 16: Major incident management - the UK Concept of Operations Chapter 17: Concluding thoughts: the fire and rescue service and the future

About the Author :
Tony Prosser BSc(Hons), MSc, MBA, MEPS, FHEA, FI Fire E Tony served in the UKFRS for 30 years including 23 years as a senior operational command officer in roles from Station Commander to Brigade Commander. His managerial roles include Director of Operations, Strategic Lead for Development and Head of Fire Protection and Prevention in West Midlands Fire Service and Head of Fire Protection in Oxfordshire FRS. He has been responsible for some of the largest incidents in West Midlands in recent years! He is a senior lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton and has worked as an incident command assessor at the Fire Service College, taught emergency planning and incident management for the Emergency Planning College and the International Fire Training centre. He has been a correspondent for FIRE Magazine for over 15 years and writes on operational, fire and community safety and FRS political issues. Mark Taylor MA, PG Cert HE, FHEA, GI Fire E Mark worked for the Fire and Rescue Service for over 30 years in strategic roles including Operations Commander, Head of Command and Operational Training and Head of Terrorism and Contingency Planning for West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service. He has been involved in a wide range of major incidents and exercises at national and international level, including the 2007 floods and the Birmingham riots. As a senior lecturer at the Emergency Planning College and the Fire Service College, he has developed a range of programmes and courses which meet both practical and organisational needs of national and local Government, fire and rescue services, businesses and the academic requirements of students and tertiary institutions.