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Exercise · level 1 · seed 807553714

The Willows — Rear Bedroom Fire

T+15min
Venting fireDefensive

Frames · Fire Scene Engine

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T+15 min

Well alight — flames from the opening and making up; black smoke, heavy, hot.

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Doctrine-referenced debrief · not an assessment

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Incident Commander — Command Performance Review

SFJ Awards Level 3 Award in Initial Incident Command in Fire and Rescue ServicesOfqual Ref: 610/0183/1 · Unit 6033 · 65h TQT

Safety-critical event: Flashover with BA crews committed at T+10. Unsatisfactory command performance with critical safety or coordination lapses that require structured developmental intervention.

Doctrine Score54/100
unsatisfactory
Situational Awarenessexemplary
85%
  • Level 3 Anticipation demonstrated (1 instance(s)). Proactively predicted fire development, resource escalation, or tactical consequences.
  • Limited Level 2 understanding evident. Translate observations into operational meaning (e.g. what dark pulsing smoke signifies for entry safety).
  • Level 1 Perception active (1 situational observations recorded).
  • All identified critical hazards had corresponding mitigating actions recorded.
Decision Makingcompetent
72%
  • Orders judged on their effect: 3 given — 2 sound, 1 wrong for the conditions, 0 not scored.
  • Decision controls and cues are not captured from typed orders and are not scored.
Interpersonal Communicationexemplary
90%
  • Rapid, prompt acknowledgement to Mrs Jones.
  • Response provided, but did not explicitly repeat back critical operational specifics.
  • Rapid, prompt acknowledgement to Mrs Stephens.
  • Response provided, but did not explicitly repeat back critical operational specifics.
  • Rapid, prompt acknowledgement to Fire Control.
  • Response provided, but did not explicitly repeat back critical operational specifics.
  • Rapid, prompt acknowledgement to Fire Control.
  • Response provided, but did not explicitly repeat back critical operational specifics.
  • Rapid, prompt acknowledgement to BA Entry Control Officer.
  • Information from BA Entry Control Officer was appropriately incorporated into commander's response.
Teamwork & Coordinationcompetent
75%
  • Sector commanders coordinated appropriately.
Leadership & Command Presencecompetent
75%
  • Maintained clear command presence and tactical leadership.
Personal Resilienceexemplary
90%
  • Active monitoring intervals maintained without decision stagnation.
  • Maintained safe span of control (0 sectors).

Key Strengths

  • Demonstrated proactive Level 3 Anticipation by forecasting fire progression and resource demands.
  • Handled all dynamic roleplay injects and operational messages effectively.

Development & Learning Opportunities

  • Safety-critical: Flashover with BA crews committed at T+10 — this overrides the marker average.
  • Safety warning: No scene access control point (SACP) established to log personnel entering the inner cordon.
  • Operational briefing was unstructured — adopt the standard IIMARCH framework (Information, Intent, Method, Risk).

The incident got away — but there’s plenty to take forward.

Developmental reflection — not an assessment

What went well

  • Good call — monitor at T+0 (“Establish an inner cordon at the front garden wall”).
  • Good call — defensive external at T+10 (“Withdraw the BA crews and go defensive, external attack with two jets from the front”).
  • Sent a strong METHANE / informative message (7/7 sections).

What to develop

  • Questionable — offensive internal at T+5 (“Commit a BA team to the upstairs rear bedroom”) for the conditions at the time.
  • Safety-critical — Flashover with BA crews committed (T+10).
  • Ended by the assessor — Flashover with BA crews committed, a safety-critical failure.
  • Property partially saved (damage 18).

Key decision points

  • T+00 [monitor · good] “Establish an inner cordon at the front garden wall”
  • T+05 [offensive-internal · questionable] “Commit a BA team to the upstairs rear bedroom”
  • T+10 [defensive-external · good] “Withdraw the BA crews and go defensive, external attack with two jets from the front”

Learning points

  • Incident states: Venting fire (T+0).
  • Read the warning signs — sealed compartment, hot pulsing smoke, severe fire — before committing crews.
  • Gather information early — speak to the witness, check the ORI, ask Fire Control and the BA crews — and act on what you learn.

Discuss this with the training mentor

Mentor grounded in published UK FRS principles — developmental discussion, not assessment. It cites its sources or reframes as a question.

Incident report

Practice — not a real IRS submission