Commence information gathering: Wildfires

Fire and rescue services should

• Provide suitable maps and/or mapping systems
• Provide personnel with access to weather forecasts and reports

Incident commanders should

• Establish the precise location of the wildfire
• Establish the direction and rate of firespread – refer to the Hazard: Fire behaviour
• Determine suitable access routes for vehicles – refer to the Hazard: Moving, using and entrapment of vehicles
• Communicate information to the fire control room, arriving resources and any other responding agencies or services, including information such as: Easily identifiable fixed reference points on the landscape (i.e. natural or manmade features such as hills, streams, roads or buildings) Map references in an appropriate format 
• Consider using local knowledge, wildfire fire plans or SSRI
• Implement the LACES safety protocol and deploy team and tactical lookouts at the earliest opportunity
• Consider using aerial observation to gain situational awareness