By ANTHONY KASTROS
The incident command system (ICS) is an outstanding tool that is nationally recognized and mandated for commanding incidents. Since the ICS was borne out of necessity in the 1970s from large-scale wildland fires, one of the stigmas is that it is only good for large-scale incidents. As I write this, my home is surrounded by smoke from the Soberanes Fire that has been burning here on the coast of central California for three weeks.
California’s Soberanes Fire (photo 1) consumed 132,127 acres of land, destroyed 57 homes and 11 outbuildings, and tragically killed one bulldozer operator. The fire was assigned the following resources: 291 engines, 99 hand crews, 21 helicopters, six air tankers, 60 bulldozers, 54 water tenders, and more than 5,000 personnel.
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