The Middlefield Incident | After Action Review | June 3, 2024 | Defensive Fire Operations

after action report - critique

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@lesthiele7645

7 days ago
What does it mean by '8 Alarm' fire? Best regards from Australia.
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@baronvonkrug6994

7 days ago (edited)
An alarm in America is essentially an assignment. A confirmed
structure fire is a "1 alarm" and consists of the initial assigned
units. If command calls for a "second alarm", they are asking for
another group of units (typically the same size as the previous) to
the scene.
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@arkthefennecfox2366

2 days ago (edited)
In effect, as described by @baronvonkrug6994 , An Alarm is just a
request for a set amount of units, The first alarm in this case called
for 3x Engines, 1x Truck, and 1x Battalion (command/crew vehicle), The
more alarms attached to a call, the more groups of units / companies
show up, So an Eight alarm fire might have roughly 200 - 400+
Firefighters on scene. (The largest fire/alarm count thus far was
Brooklyn New York, August 26th, 1995, St. George Hotel complex, at
16-alarm with 700+ firefighters operating over 100 pieces of
equipment)