Command procedures are designed to offer a practical framework for emergency operations and to effectively integrate the efforts of all members, 

officers, and companies.  This will facilitate an organized and orderly tactical operation and a more effective effort.

It shall be the policy  of this department that all members shall operate under these procedures at all incidents.

A.  The first Fire Department officer or member arriving on the scene shall be in command until relieved by a higher ranking officer, 

and shall transmit a brief initial radio report including:

1.  Unit identification.

2.  A brief description of the situation found, where appropriate. This will generally apply to buildings and their occupancies, and any obvious fire conditions.

3.  The department member in command.

B.  As higher ranking officers arrive on the scene, they assume command at their discretion.

C.  Fire Alarm will advise all companies operating at an incident of the officer in command.  This information will be transmitted on 

both channels when appropriate.

D.  Command. The officer or member in command is responsible for the following tasks:

1.  Assume an effective, visible command position.

2.  Rapidly evaluate the situation (size-up).

3.  Develop a plan for dealing with the incident.

4.  Assign units as required.

5.  Provide ongoing reports to C.C.S.O.

6.  Review and evaluate efforts, and revise the incident plan as needed.

7.  Request and assign additional units as necessary.

8.  Return companies to service.

The Incident Commander will monitor and/or operate on both channels as necessary, and   his/her radio designation will be "command".

E.  All multi-unit incidents will be designed by the name of the street, building or other feature unique to that incident. This designation will 

be used by the incident commander and Fire Alarm to avoid confusion in the event of multiple incidents.  Example:  "Allen Pt Rd Command 

to County" or "County to Basin Pt. Command."

F.  Radio Channels. Upon arriving at working incidents involving multiple units, Command will direct that all companies operate on Channel 1.  

Single company operations and all traffic between Command and County will remain on Channel 1.

G.  In order to facilitate the management of an incident, the incident commander may assign personnel to the following positions:

1. Operations.  The operations officer is responsible for directing of the incident, and reports directly to the incident commander. 

The operations officer will operate on Channel 2, and his/her radio designation will be "operations". Example:” Operations to Command." 

2.  Support.   The Support Officer is responsible for all those activities or functions (other than tactical operations) necessary to assist the 

incident commander in managing the incident.  If necessary, and staffing permits, the support officer may assign personnel to

perform specific support functions. Public Information and Supply are two such functions.

Personnel assigned to these positions will assume the function as their radio designation (P.I.O., Supply.) and report directly to the 

Support Officer.  The Support Officer radio designation will be "SUPPORT". The Support Officer will report directly to the incident commander. 

He/She, operate on Channel 1. Examples: "Support to Command", "PIO to Support".

3.  Safety. The Safety Officer is responsible for monitoring incident operations from a   safety standpoint. He/She will report directly to the 

incident commander, however, in the event of an emergency the Safety Officer has the authority to stop any activity deemed hazardous to personnel without 

consulting the incident commander.  In the event this occurs, the Safety Officer will immediately notify the incident commander of the situation 

so that he/she can take the appropriate actions.  The Safety Officer will operate on Channel 2, and his/her radio designation will be 

"safety".  Example:  "Safety to Command." 

H.  Sectoring.   Based on the nature or scope of an emergency, it may be  desirable  to  divide  an  incident  into  more manageable  parts,  

or  sectors.   Sectors may be assigned

either to specific operating areas (Roof Sector,  Interior Sector,  Sector  3(side 3 of a  building, etc.) or to a function (Medical Sector, 

Triage  Sector,  etc.).Sector officers are responsible for the following:

1.  Monitoring work progress.

2.  Directing activities as required.

3.  Coordinating with related activities and/or sectors.

4.  Monitoring the welfare of sector personnel.

Sector officers will report directly to the operations officer.  Sector officers will operate on Channel 2, and will be identified by the 

sector designation. Examples: "Sector 2 to operations", "Operations to Triage Sector."

I.  Companies.    Companies are responsible for performing specific tasks as assigned.  Companies assigned to sectors will report 

directly to their sector officer.  The will

maintain their company designations, and will  operate  on Channel 2.  

J.  All  personnel  shall  endeavor to make all communications face-to- face whenever possible, in order to keep radio channels as clear as possible.