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R State Standard £ Institutionally Developed College: n/a

FSC 241 – Incident Command
Course Description
The Incident Command course is designed to illustrate the responsibilities to use, deploy, implement, and/or function within an Incident Command System (ICS) as well as functioning within multi-jurisdictions incident under the Incident Management System (IMS). The course emphasizes the need for incident management systems, an overview of the structure and expandable nature of ICS, an understanding of the command skills needed by departmental officers to use ICS guidelines effectively, and scenario practice on how to apply ICS and IMS. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) will illustrate and provide the consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private-sectors, and non-governmental organizations to work together during virtual all domestic incidents. These course competencies will cover those objectives entailed in NIMS 100, 200, 700, and 800.
Competency Areas	Hours
Introduction and Command Procedures for ICS and NIMS	Class	4
ICS for Single Resources and Expanding the Incident Command System Organization	D. Lab	2
Application of the Incident Command System	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Incident Command Decision Making	Credit	5
Incident Action Plan
Incident Command for EMS
National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) for Command Staff

Prerequisite:	Program Admission
Corequisite:	n/a

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
Introduction and Command Procedures for ICS and NIMS		5	5	0
	Define Unity of Command, span of control and command options.
	Develop strategic goals and tactical objectives.
	Conduct a size up and give a size up report.
	Complete a tactical worksheet.
	Demonstrate procedure for transferring and passing command.
ICS for Single Resources and Expanding the Incident Command System Organization		10	0	0
	Explain factors that require expanding the Incident Management System.
	Explain the purpose of Branches and Sections
	Explain the responsibilities of Branch Directors, Section Chiefs, and subordinates.
	Explain the roles and responsibilities of the Incident Commander after IMS is expanded.
	Explain ICS functions, elements, and responsibilities.
	Define command presence, assuming command, transferring command and establishing a Command Post.
Application of the Incident Command System		10	5	0
	Develop a basic ICS organization for an emergency incident.
	Develop a full ICS organization for a major emergency incident.
Incident Command Decision Making
	Identify the difference between classical and naturalistic decision-making.
	Determine whether to use the classical or naturalistic method at a particular incident.
	Size up and identify at least three problems and the cures used to detect them.
	Identify units within the planning section.
	Identify the roles and responsibilities within each unit.
Incident Action Plan		5	5	0
	Develop a pre-incident action plan for a major disaster (hurricane, earthquake, tornado, and terrorist incident.)
	Role play to develop and IAO for a major incident, conduct a planning meeting and operation briefing.
Incident Command for EMS		5	5	0
	Identify positions and responsibilities in the ICS organizations for an EMS incident.
	Identify the elements of S.T.A.R.T.
	Identify potential problems for an EMS incident.
	Identify resource needs at an EMS incident.
	Develop a command organizational structure at an EMS incident.
National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) for Command Staff		5	0	0
	Demonstration understanding of the current National Model program.
	Identify key points in the model.

Suggested Resources

Media (text/audio/ visual/www/ other)	Author	Title: Subtitle	Edition	Place of Publication	Year	Publisher/Publication	pp.
Text	Coleman	Incident Management for the Street Smart Fire Officer			1997	Penn Well ISBN 0-9122-1260-8
Text		National Fire Academy: Chief Officer Training Curriculum – Operations
Text		University Fire and Emergency Training Consortium: Incident Management Student Workbook
Text		Model Procedures Guide for Structural Firefighting	2^nd			IFSTA
Web Page		http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp

Posted: 06/24/08