Overall Priorities

Throughout the incident, objectives are established based on the following priorities:

  • First Priority: Life Safety
  • Second Priority: Incident Stabilization
  • Third Priority: Property Preservation

Overall priorities for an incident define what is most important. These are not a set of steps, you do not complete all life safety actions before you start any efforts to stabilize the incident. Often these priorities will be performed simultaneously.

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