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Command and Control of Fire Department Operations at Target Hazards R0314

Curriculum: Incident Management
Training Specialist

Richard Sexton
301-447-7687

Delivery type
6-day on-campus
Continuing education units
4.0
ACE recommendation
In the upper-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in fire science.

This 6-day course is designed to introduce command officers to the complexities involved in commanding incidents in high-risk areas.

Students are confronted with a number of fire and rescue incidents that include high life hazard, multiple exposure and unusual occupancy risk considerations.

Students are taught operational applications in the Incident Command System (ICS), command and control, decision-making, strategic and tactical considerations, preincident preparation, documentation and post-incident analysis.

Several simulations and case studies are used to depict and review incidents in various types of target hazards such as:

  • Penal institutions.
  • Bulk oil-storage facilities.
  • Nursing homes.
  • Colleges.
  • Chemical/agricultural manufacturing plants.
  • Grain elevators.

The course is comprehensive and uses lecture, case study, simulation and student participation as instructional methods.

This course is not a tactics class but explains the development of the Incident Management Teams.

Student pre-course materials and course syllabus:

https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/pcm_r0314.pdf PDF 1,334KB
Welcome Letter, BYOD Instructions, Pre-course Assignment
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_r0314.pdf Quicktime 315KB
Course Syllabus

Selection criteria

Individuals or Company Officers who would have the responsibility to command incidents involving target hazards.

Additionally, officers who may have this responsibility eventually and are upwardly mobile in their organizations may be considered.

Since this is a unique 6-day course, every effort will be made to accommodate the selection of both volunteer and career personnel.

Prerequisites

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.


Note: A pre-course assignment, which will be graded, will be emailed to students six to eight weeks prior to class start date.

Post-course requirements

None

Upcoming offerings

Dates Availability Location Contact(s) CCP Train-the-Trainer?
Apply May 30, 2021 - June 4, 2021 Immediate vacancy Emmitsburg, Maryland
Apply December 12 - 17, 2021 Apply by 6/15 Emmitsburg, Maryland

Student comments

I now feel comfortable with the ICS system and how it relates to target hazards and the overall command and control...This course has shown me the other side of command...It will help me as an Incident Commander to manage large-scale incidents.