FIRESCOPE was organized after the disastrous 1970 wildland fires in southern California. The goal of this group was to create and implement new applications in fire service management, technology and coordination, with an emphasis on incident command and multi-agency coordination. This dynamic state-wide program continues to serve the needs of the California Fire Service today .   Downloads Below you will find links to two excellent documents relating to the history of FIRESCOPE, we highly recommend these documents to anyone wishing to learn more about the beginnings or evolution of FIRESCOPE. For smoothest possible file download and reading operations, you will need to have at least version 5.0 of the Adobe Acrobat Reader application, if you do not have the application, you can get it Free of charge by clicking on the Acrobat Reader graphic below. FIRESCOPE, Past Present and Future a progress Report (October 1988) View or download the Report Highlights of the evolution of Incident Command System as Developed by FIRESCOPE (March 2003) View or download the Document