A fire command board is a portable, dry-erase tool used by incident commanders to manage personnel accountability, track tactical benchmarks, and structure decision-making at emergency incidents. Most boards on the market give you blank space and ask you to fill it in from memory.
The IDLH Tactical Worksheet® Command Board is different. Inspired by aviation cockpit checklists, every line, box, and prompt on the board has a purpose — guiding command decisions for Structure, Mayday, Brush/WUI, HazMat, MCI, ARFF, Dive, and Technical Rescue events. It’s an incident command board that brings the discipline of checklist-driven operations to the fire ground, without replacing the experience and judgment of the commander.
It’s used daily by departments across the United States — career, combination, and volunteer. Career chiefs use it on first-due. Training divisions use it for command simulation. Safety officers use it for risk-model documentation. The board is built around the way fire service command actually works.
