FOI release

Incident Command Procedures

Case reference FOI2026/01022

Received 20 August 2026

Published 16 September 2026

Request

1) On a incident with a Leading Firefighter as the Incident Commander, how many fire appliances on that incident can they command before they will have to hand off a higher rank? 2) How do your incident command levels work? Does this work like Inc Command Level 1 can take charge of up to 4 appliances, Level 2 up to 7 etc? 3) Can you disclose the level of incident command each rank is trained up to? 4) Can you disclose the maximum amount of fire appliance for each level of incident command? 5) Can you disclose your use of Monitoring Officer? How does this role work? Is it appointed by the Incident Command when In Attendance or is can this role be remote? 6) Can you disclose a full list of your tabards and the role they play on an incident ground?

Response

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Documents

• FOIA response for disclosure log - FOI2026_01022 (redacted).pdf (38.7 MB)

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