FM 5-415: Fire-Fighting Operations

Official US Army Field Manual in Acrobat PDF file format. All levels of command are responsible for the Army's fire-protection plan. All commanders and supervisors must be responsible for the firesafety policies and plans in their organizations. They must be aware of fire safety in all endeavors of life. Fire-fighting teams are not priority targets, but they may become targets of opportunity because of their location in relation to other mission-essential facilities. In low-level conflicts, fire-fighting teams become targets because of the response into the public domain. Fire-fighting units have no organic security assets. During fire-fighting operations, all crew members are engaged in the operations. Because of this, security must be provided for during response, retrieval, and fire-fighting operations. Fire-fighting teams are manned by qualified military occupational specialty (MOS) 51Ms. The Basic Fire-Protection Apprentice Course (51M advanced individual training [AIT]) is curren