The purpose of this report is to describe the basics of military command systems and to evaluate their applicability to Swedish municipal rescue services. The assignment is based on the governmental investigation of an effective rescue service and identified shortcomings in the management of the large forest fires during the summer 2018. Two major influential figures for military command and control were Napoleon and von Moltke, inspiring organization of headquarters as well as command approaches. After the Second World War, American generals adopted the French way of organizing headquarters, which has become prevalent within Nato. The Swedish Armed Forces defines a command and control system as Doctrine, Organization, Personnel, Technology and Methods supporting the accomplishment of an operation. The report describes military command and control systems within in these areas with examples from the Swedish Armed Forces and Nato. The analysis reveals that there are aspects of military command and control systems that could be applied in municipal rescue services. Examples of this are organizational structure of headquarters and tactical-level planning methods. Regardless of which parts are to be applied, it is important to consider that military command and control systems are designed for certain conditions and applied in certain time scales, which may not be equivalent to those within the rescue services. The Armed Forces' methods have a large focus on planning, which requires warning of an upcoming event.