The decisions required to provide for adequate resources are an important factor in effective fire forecasting. Command must balance
the tactical problems with the resource required to control those problems and stay ahead of the situation. Beware of "crisis
management": situation grows at a rate faster than the response rate to that situation - command ends up with an out of control
situation and inadequate resource to control it.

Many times command will reach a point where he begins to debate with himself to call another alarm or not - in such cases call for it.
Always opt for the extra in the "should I or shouldn't I" stage. If the extra resource is not needed, it can easily be put back in service.

It is the continuing responsibility and function of command to determine the resource required to control the situation and to provide
for the timely call for any additional resource required. The early call for additional resource will tend to consistently save the day.

Command must be aware of both the capability and response time of additional resource and effectively integrate these facts into
calls for additional resource.

Some tactical situations move slowly, while some move very quickly. Command must call for additional resource at a rate that stays
ahead of the fire. Some situations require the categorical call for additional alarms open knowledge of particular characteristics or
conditions; in other situations, command will initiate some fire control activities, ask for reports, and based upon receipt of bad news,
will strike more alarms.

As command calls for additional resource, he must build a corresponding command organization-structure to manage that additional
resource. Command cannot encounter a big fire situation, call additional alarms and then expect to effectively manage that additional
resource in a single alarm command mode.