To provide guidance for the first-arriving officer on scene, size-up is a process of information gathering as well as evaluation that begins when the call is received. It is a wealth of information ...

Due to the number of fire and rescue calls that we run in Miami Dade County, FL, on a daily basis, sometimes we tend to get a bit complacent when approaching a scene by not taking the time to conduct ...

Since the early 1950’s and the advent and subsequent development of the incident size-up function, the performance of size-up at an incident scene played an important role and has traditionally been ...

This webcast covers the initial on-scene size-up for first-arriving officers at all incidents. It sets up the framework for the entire fireground experience from assessing the incident scene on ...