Preplanning
Numerous death and injury reports recommend that pre-incident planning be conducted in commercial structures. At least one North American fire department has been held liable for millions of dollars for failing to preplan a structure.
The primary benefit of using well established, up-to-date, preplans is that fire officers will have an accurate framework within which to operate.
Having good preplans allow you to:
- Develop an incident action plan
- Communicate with incoming units
- Ensure/maximize first responder safety
- Increase fire company effectiveness
Frameworks can remove many "what ifs" from your organization's strategy and tactical decision making processes. As a result, your local fire company will not pull into an incident "blind." Our preplanning system meets the National Fire Academy standards for Incident Command (ICS) and the concepts within the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
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