u/Apprehensive_Buy1734

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You’re a new company officer on a 3-0 engine, and just completed your FTO. You’ve just lateraled to this new department from a city department. It is a red flag warning day and it’s 102 degrees with winds at 15 mph with gusts up to 30.

You receive a dispatch for a vehicle fire. While en route, LE reports that the fire is spreading into the vegetation and getting close to a house. The photos provided are of the scene, as well as what you were seeing on Maps while en route. Your second engine is approximately 10 minutes away.

You have a Type 1 Engine with a 500 gallon tank, and have a full compliment of hose packs with wildland hose and a reel / booster line. Your two firefighters both have 5+ years on the job.

What is your Report on Conditions (ROC) to dispatch over the radio, and what are your priorities and tactics? What is the assignment for the second engine?

You’re covering SLU during the fire season at station 70. You’re dispatched to a report of a single vehicle traffic collision without injury, single engine response. You arrive and find this. You’re on a Schedule B Type 3 Engine with 2 brand new first year firefighters.

What would your Report on Conditions (ROC) be and what would your strategies and tactics be?