If you look at a majority of fire departments they have a command ranking structure in place. A ranking system ensures that there is always leadership on shift to ask and answer to. Ranks are earned by the firefighter that exhibits the knowledge and attitude to lead others into a situation. Not only is this crucial with a department for internal reasons but also crucial for incident command. You don't want a mutual aid department showing up to an MCI (anything over 4 people) on your field and taking over command because you only have two firefighters on shift and both are in the thick of the fire. Chief, Asst. Chief, Line Captains..etc. Should something be in place for our department?
What are your thoughts?
Casey Hamilton
Nantucket ARFF
1 comment:
If a command structure will promote safety on the fire ground or during an Incident I am in favor of it. We all need education on the subject to have a full understand.
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