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STRATEGIC SIZE-UP

Strategic Size up is a continual assessment of all the exponential potential present in a fire or emergency. As a fireground diagnostic tool, size up is used to deconstruct, reconstruct, intervene, outwit, and tame the exponential factor. Continuous size up must be the foundation and rationale driving all on duty, in service and ready decision making, on, off, before, during, and after fireground operations. Size up is influenced by your education, your training, your experience, a solid study of lessons learned from previous incidents, and information communicated from around the fire ground. These influences allow you to foresee, predict, and act upon all exponential potential by making the best use of available staffing and resources.

THE SLIDE BELOW IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF YOUR JOB!