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Decision-Making for Initial Company Operations W0457

Course only available to on-campus weekend program students.

Curriculum: Incident Management

Training Specialist

Richard Sexton
301-447-7687

Delivery type

2-day on-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/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0457.pdf PDF 189KB: Instructions to Download Student Manual
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_0457.pdf PDF 90KB: Syllabus

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

Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online. Chief's signature attests that the applicant has completed this required training.

Post-course requirements

None

Upcoming offerings

Apply online if you are interested in attending a state or national weekend program.

		Dates	Availability	Location	Contact(s)	CCP
		August 13 - 14, 2022 National Training Weekend - Open Enrollment	Vacancies	Emmitsburg, Maryland
		February 25 - 26, 2023		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Todd Dyche Regional Coordinator MFRI 301-729-0431 tdyche@mfri.org Jack Beall Coordinator MFRI jbeall@mfri.org	Course coordination plan
		April 1 - 2, 2023		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Brian Benstead Deputy Chief NYS Office of Fire Prevention and Control 518-474-6746 brian.benstead@dhses.ny.gov Stefano Napolitano Deputy State Fire Administrator NYS Office of Fire Prevention and Control 518-474-6746 stefano.napolitano@dhses.ny.gov	Course coordination plan
		April 29 - 30, 2023		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Kent Neiswender Training and Certification Specialist 2 New Jersey Division of Fire Safety/Office of Training and Certification 609-341-3473 kent.neiswender@dca.nj.gov Gregory Kirkham Training and Certification Specialist 1 New Jersey Division of Fire Safety/Office of Training and Certification 609-633-6424 Gregory.Kirkham@dca.nj.gov Karen Grant-Haber Director – Fire Safety Training Program (Kean University) Kean University Fire Safety Training Program 908-737-3062 kgrant@kean.edu	Course coordination plan
		July 8 - 9, 2023		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Tina Marie Ahlborg Clerk Secretary Rhode Island State Fire Training Academy 401-667-3777 tina.ahlborg@dbr.ri.gov Mark St. Pierre State Weekend Coordinator RIFIA 401-767-9514 msp9551@aol.com	Course coordination plan

Student comments

Effective, entertaining, and applicable--as good as any class I've had.

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