| On December 27 & 28, Deputy Chief Klinger completed the course Strategies and Tactics for Initial Company Operations (STICO), hosted by the Philadelphia Fire Academy. Firefighters from around the tri-state area attended including, the Philadelphia Fire Dept, Baltimore County Fire Dept, Bensalem Fire Dept, Wilmington Fire Dept and Delaware County Fire Departments.
STICO focuses on Company Level Officers making sound tactical decisions at the onset of an incident and how to begin managing incidents and removing oneself from the actual hands on work and moving into a supervisor role. Students learned how to write SMART (Simple, Measureable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely) Objectives for the incidents they may be presented with. Students spent most of the class in small groups discussing different tactics used throughout the various departments and, working on developing the objectives, strategies and tactics to multiple scenarios presented to them.
The culminating scenarios involved a 3 1/2 story commercial building fire, which consisted of a bank, library and office buildings. Students were placed in the first arriving company officers position and had to manage the incident until a Chief Officer arrived. Students had to manage heavy fire conditions, multiple rescues, fire extension, exposure protection, salvage, overhaul, and ventilation all simultaneously. |
