Fire in a Box · Lesson 04

Fireground Decision Making

When conditions change, does your plan change with them?

Experience gives us something to draw on. Each incident gives us something different to consider. This class examines a repeatable process for building a plan around the conditions, resources, and problems in front of us.

Inside the conversation

• Observation, orientation, decisions, and reassessment.
• Time / Value / Size as an instructional framework for discussing initial attack.
• Connecting problems, strategies, and resource assignments.
• Communicating a plan and recognizing when it needs to change.

A closer look at SPOTS

The Scientific Probability of Tenable Space matrix introduces a discussion about conditions within a space and the uncertainties that remain. It informs decisions; it does not make them.

Host-agency protocols and procedures are discussed before delivery so the class can reflect the local setting.