By Forest Reeder
A key to effective tactics is for companies to have a working knowledge of the occupancy that they are going to work in. Conducting company level preplans is one way to improve your ability to safely operate at incidents by having familiarity of the structure and by having a standardized set of information available to work from.
Preplans should be what their name implies: a pre-incident plan for fire operations. Conduct surveys according to department standards, develop a plan of action, train everyone on it, and consult this information during the incident.
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Forest Reeder began his fire service career in 1979. He currently serves as Battalion Chief / Director of Training & Safety with the Pleasantview Fire Protection District (www.plvw.org) and is the Director of Training for Southwest United Fire Districts (www.sufd.org). In these capacities, he is responsible for the design, implementation and coordination of in-service training activities as well as a full-service fire training academy program. Forest holds numerous Illinois fire service certifications and holds a Masters Degree in Public Safety Administration from Lewis University.
