S420 - Command and General Staff

Hours: 36

Course Description:

This course is designed to prepare the student to function effectively in the position of a type 2 incident commander, command or general staff.  The focus of this course is on the application of previously acquired knowledge and skills.  Students will participate in two types of groups (teams and similar position) during exercises.  These exercises include a simulation of the mobilization, management, and demobilization phases of a rapidly accelerating type 2 wildfire that has potential to become a type 1 incident.

Objectives:

• Students will perform the duties and responsibilities of ther respective positions as team members on a type 2 incident.
  

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as an incident commander type 2 (ICT2), or command or general staff positions.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead and unit instructor must be qualified command or general staff type 2.

Also see NWCG Instructor Qualifications at the beginning of this guide.

Prerequisites:

It is strongly recommended that the student has completed all prerequisite experience and course work to be qualified at the type 2 level as an incident commander (ICT2), command or general staff.

Offer Level:
Regional, state or area

This Course Description is verbatim from the NWCG Field Manager's Course Guide (156 page PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and accurate as of 9-17-2008.

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