Fit For Duty, Ready To Command

This episode features Josh Blum, Chris Stewart and John Vance.

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We lay out what IC 1 must own, what IC 2 must enforce, and why fitness for duty includes training, standards, and honest evaluation. Other highlights include:
• expectations for first‑due company officers as IC1
• training to a published command standard
• fitness for duty across physical, mental, and procedural readiness
• acting officers trained to the same bar as promoted officers
• chiefs enforcing the IAP and ending free‑lancing
• NFPA 1700 as a practical guide for tactics and search
• building a deep bench and stopping target‑moving
• focusing the station and cutting distractions
• using the eight functions of command end‑to‑end

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