Incident Command

The Firehouse.com Incident Command product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various fire service incident command products and services, including command boards, personnel tracking, incident command and fireground tracking software and fire scene command options.
Photos by Michael Terpak
fire department church fires complexities Mike Terpak
July 19, 2025
Mike Terpak explains why the design/construction of churches, including heavy timber ones, presents numerous challenges for fire chiefs and company officers who respond to fires...
Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
When the Middleton, MA, Fire Department (MFD) responded to a large brush fire in October 2024, the display of the Command feature of First Due’s software on a monitor in the operations command vehicle made managing MFD’s personnel and that of numerous neighboring departments, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services and others far more expeditious than if the traditional whiteboard approach was utilized.
Jan. 30, 2025
Rich Dzierwa learned from incident commanders and software engineers how on-scene personnel accountability and assignment and officer and chief training are being taken to the...
Murrysville Medic One Dive Team
Ice rescue technicians from a number of departments assisted with the recovery of an occupied vehicle from Cheat Lake on Sunday.
Jan. 27, 2025
Ice and dive teams from Pennsylvania and West Virginia cut through an eight-inch layer of ice on Cheat Lake to hook up the SUV.
Massive 4-Alarm Building Fire, 180 Firefighters Battle Rooftop Blaze / Bronx 1
Jan. 16, 2025
The wind pushed the fire across the common cockloft, FDNY Chief of Operations Kevin Woods said.
Clinton Fire Department
Clinton Lt. Eric Hosette
Jan. 14, 2025
Clinton Fire Lt. Eric Hosette, 33, was killed in 2019 while operating at the top of a grain silo.
Courtesy Joseph Light
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Jan. 3, 2025
Joseph Light reports on how data analysis, resource allocation, communications and training all benefit by including artificial intelligence algorithms.