NCAFC Mid-Winter Conference 2019

Co-Presenters: Shane LaCount, Ben Hess, and Curt Deaton

Blue Card simulation evaluation session:
Students must have completed the Blue Card online training program prior to attending.

Each student will be evaluated in the role of the initial arriving Incident Commander (E-1 officer) and as the second arriving Incident Commander (BC-1 response chief) during the evaluation process.

The student will have to fill both Incident Commander roles for each of the programs 5 basic building types. The 5 basic building types are: residential, multi-unit residential, strip malls, commercial buildings, and big box structures. These occupancies represent over 90% of the structural fires we respond to and operate on. After successfully completing all the required simulation evaluations, the student will be officially certified as a Blue Card IC.

The entire Blue Card IC Training and Certification Program is based on Chief Brunacini’s Textbook “Fire Command”. The 1st edition of Fire Command was released in 1985. It was updated with the 2nd edition in 2001. Command Safety (released in 2003) was completely written around the IC’s checklists located in the back of each Fire Command Function chapter. Fire Command is recognized as one of the definitive works on local incident command and IDLH management across the globe.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has referred to and has recommended following the policies and procedures found in the Fire Command and Command Safety text books. NIOSH has made references and recommendations based on Chief Alan Brunacini and Fire Command in over 70 Hazard Zone (IDLH) Firefighter LODD reports.