Communication is crucial in regard to fires. Communication to occupants that there’s a fire is more critical than ever based on today’s fire growth rate and less time to evacuate. The smoke that’s ...

Command teams at commercial building fires and multi-alarm incidents are critical for command success. In a previous column in this space, we discussed NFPA 1710: Standard for the Organization and ...

Listed consistently in after action, close call, and line of duty death reports is the lack of clear command and control. What is not offered is the root causes of why sound and consistent command and ...

Soldiers from the 81st Mobile Brigade Combat Team’s Fire Effects Cell (FEC) demonstrated advanced fire control capabilities ...

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy A. George receives a demo of Next-Generation Command-and-Control system capabilities from a 1st Infantry Division officer. (Sgt. Brahim Douglas/U.S. Army) After spending ...