To provide guidance for the first-arriving officer on scene, size-up is a process of information gathering as well as evaluation that begins when the call is received. It is a wealth of information ...

Due to the number of fire and rescue calls that we run in Miami Dade County, FL, on a daily basis, sometimes we tend to get a bit complacent when approaching a scene by not taking the time to conduct ...

Since the early 1950’s and the advent and subsequent development of the incident size-up function, the performance of size-up at an incident scene played an important role and has traditionally been ...

One of the most stressful roles in the fire service is being an officer of the first-arriving fire company at a structure fire. Having to transmit an arrival report; assume command of the incident; ...