Decision-Making for Initial Company Operations F0457

Curriculum: Incident Management

Training Specialist

Richard Sexton
301-447-7687

Delivery type

2-day off-campus

Continuing education units

1.4

ACE recommendation

In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, one semester hour in fire science or firefighting.

This two-day course is designed to develop the decision-making skills needed by Company Officers (COs) to accomplish assigned tactics at structure fires. All activities and scenarios used in this course are based on structure fires. With the real possibility of being the first to arrive at an incident, the CO’s initial decisions will have an impact throughout the entire incident. It is vital that COs be able to make good management decisions that have a favorable impact on the eventual outcome.

In addition to a possible role as the initial Incident Commander, the CO may well be assigned a subordinate position within the Incident Command System organization. COs need to have a clear understanding of the system, the position that they are assigned to, and their role in the organization if they are to function effectively and help make the system work.

This course is an excellent review for experienced COs.

Student pre-course materials and course syllabus:

https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_f0457.pdf PDF 68KB: Syllabus
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0457.pdf PDF 189KB: Instructions to Download Student Manual

Selection criteria

This course is specifically designed for newly appointed COs and for firefighters who may have acting CO responsibilities or who want to become a CO.

Prerequisites

ICS 100 level and ICS 200 level training. Preferred courses are Q462 and Q463 available through NFA Online. Chief's signature attests that the applicant has completed this required training.

Post-course requirements

None

Upcoming offerings

Submit FEMA Form 119-25-2 to the contact(s) listed below for the course offering you are interested in attending.

		Dates	Availability	Location	Contact(s)	CCP	Train-the-Trainer?
		April 25 - 26, 2020		Hawthorne, Nevada	Tom Martinez Training Officer II State Fire Marshal Division 775-684-7529 tmartinez@dps.state.nv.us Heidi Johnson Administrative Assistant Mineral County Fire Department 775-945-2497 fireadmin@mineralcountynv.org	Course coordination plan
		June 11 - 12, 2020		Houma, Louisiana	Daniel Copeland ERI LSU FETI 318-451-3181 dcopeland@lsu.edu Keith Ward Fire Chief Houma Fire Department 985-873-6391 houmafire@tpcg.org	Course coordination plan
		July 11 - 12, 2020		Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Jeff Elliott Fire Service Program Director Tennessee Fire Service & Codes Enforcement Academy 931-224-0851 jeff.elliott@tn.gov	Course coordination plan
		July 21 - 22, 2020		Southaven, Mississippi	Steven Ashby Instructor Chief Mississippi State Fire Academy 601-932-2444 sashby@msfa.ms.gov Dustin Ford Chief of Training Southaven Fire Department 662-393-7466 dford@southaven.org	Course coordination plan

Student comments

This course offers learning opportunities to a broad range of experience levels.