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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES MANUAL
COMMAND PROCEDURES
201.001 INCIDENT COMMAND
EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 2019
Current Revision Date: 8/31/21 Next Revision Date: 8/31/23
Author’s Name/Rank:
John Creasy, Fire Captain
Command and Control Committee Review Level: 1
Administrative Support:
Evelyn Yin-Zepeda,
Management Analyst II ADA
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to establish a set of guidelines that can be employed when
establishing command at an emergency incident. The Incident Command System
(ICS) provides an organized method to apply goals and objectives which in turn help
provide fire ground safety and accountability at all emergency incidents. This policy
also establishes guidelines for the implementation of all components of ICS for all
incidents.
APPLICATION
This policy applies to all Fresno Fire Department (FFD or Department) officers and
acting officers who arrive at an incident where the ICS needs to be established.
OPERATIONAL POLICY
The Fresno Fire Department recognizes FIRESCOPE as the guiding organization for
defining the ICS.
OPERATIONAL GUIDELINE
Incidents that involve multiple companies should establish and implement the ICS
based on the relevant ICS chart found in FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide ICS
420-1. The complexity of the event will dictate the size of the ICS needed to control
the incident. Response is identified in ICS 420-1 at three organizational levels in ICS
420-1:
Initial Response
Reinforced Response
Multi-Division/Group Response
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PROCESS
Refer to FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide ICS 420-1.
INFORMATION
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DEFINITIONS
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CROSS-REFERENCES
FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide ICS 420-1
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