Evidence-based training, tactical decision games, and consulting for fire service professionals operating in high-risk, time-critical environments.
Scenario-Based Training for the Fire Service
10-Minute Training Tactical Decision Games (TDGs) provide short, realistic scenarios designed to strengthen size-up, tactical prioritization, and command decision-making skills. Each training is structured for individual use or group discussion and can be completed in approximately ten minutes.
The training system emphasizes recognition of critical cues, anticipation of likely fireground developments, and evaluation of operational options under time pressure.
Explore the system:
- Training Overview – Overview of the TDG concept and how to use these training materials
- Training Library – Searchable database of 10-Minute Training TDGs
- Topic Based Training Collections – Collections of TDGs focused on important topics such as Maydays, wind influenced fires and hazmat incidents.
Shared Learning
10-Minute TDGs can be completed individually; however, their greatest value is realized in small-group or company-level discussion. Working through scenarios collectively helps develop shared mental models related to risk management, strategy selection, tactical priorities, and command decision-making. This shared understanding improves coordination and performance when similar conditions are encountered on actual incidents.
Beyond scenario training, Command Competence partners with fire departments and training organizations to strengthen decision-making systems, training programs, and the analysis of complex operational events through professional services.
Professional Services
In addition to free training resources, Command Competence provides a suite of professional services designed to support operational performance, training system development, and organizational learning.
Fireground Decision-Making & Incident Command Consulting
Support for evaluating and improving command decision processes, operational reasoning, and risk management using structured analysis grounded in cognitive science, fire behavior research, and real-world command experience.
Simulation and Scenario Development
Design and implementation of simulation systems, scenario libraries, and progressive command exercises to support realistic practice, tactical rehearsal, assessment centers, and training system modernization.
Fire Dynamics Training
Fire dynamics education for firefighters and officers focused on practical understanding of fire behavior, ventilation effects, flow paths, and tactical implications for safer and more effective operations.
Serious Incident Review Support
Operational analysis of serious firefighter injuries and line-of-duty deaths, including timeline reconstruction, decision-making evaluation, fire behavior interpretation, and actionable recommendations for training and system improvement.
How Command Competence Works
Training and consulting services are built around:
- Scenario-based learning
- Structured operational analysis
- Integration of fire behavior science
- Development of decision-making under uncertainty
- Practical application to real fireground conditions
Programs and services are tailored to organizational needs, staffing models, and operational context.
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Whether you are looking to strengthen individual skills through Tactical Decision Games or develop organizational command capability through training and consulting, Command Competence can help.