Elements of the Scene Size Up

COAL WAS WEALTH

C - Construction
O - Occupancy
A - Apparatus and manpower
L - Life hazard

W - Water supply
A - Auxilliary appliances
S - Street conditions

W - Weather
E - Exposures
A - Area and height*
L - Location and extent of the fire
T - Time
H - HAZMAT*

* Chief John Norman's proposed modification combines height with area and lets H stand for HAZMAT

WALLACE WAS HOT

W - Water
A - Area
L - Life hazard
L - Location-extent
A - Apparatus-personnel
C - Construction-collapse
E - Exposures

W - Weather
A - Auxiliary appliances
S - Special matters

H - Height
O - Occupancy
T - Time