This presentation will cover the decisions that need to be made regarding fire scene strategy determination based on the arrival and/or forecasted conditions. Strategy selection considerations, strategy modification cues, and offensive-to-defensive/defensive to offensive strategic transition will be discussed. Topics include below grade fires, attached and closely spaced buildings, cockloft fires, exposure issues, large-area buildings, when an exterior strategic opportunity presents itself, precipitating a transitional strategy as the initial fireground action, strategies and tactics to make a transitional attack more effective, additional alarm considerations, the importance of standard operating procedures as the foundation of fireground control, and the importance of progress reports from all operational areas as the basis of ongoing review/evaluation/revision requirements. A must for the incident commander.