S378 - Air Tactical Group Supervisor

Reviewed: 2003     Hours: 36-40

Course Description:

This course is designed to meet the training needs of an Air Tactical Group Supervisor (ATGS) and Helicopter Coordinator (HLCO) and the Position Task Book (PTB) developed for the position. Pre-course work covers air operations organization, responsibilities, and aircraft types and capabilities. Topics include: communications, navigation, air traffic control, strategy and tactics, and safety.

Objectives:

• Describe procedures for safe and effective air traffic control over an incident.
• Describe safe and effective procedures for utilization of aircraft to meet incident objectives.
• Describe procedures for increased safety and tactical support for incident aviation and ground forces.

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as an air tactical group supervisor (ATGS) and helicopter coordinator (HLCO), and with lead plane pilot trainees.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead and unit instructors must be a qualified air tactical group supervisor (ATGS).

See also NWCG Instructor Qualifications at the beginning of the Field Managers Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

Students must meet position prerequisite for an ATGS or HLCO identified in the PMS 310-1, Wildland and Prescribed Fire Qualification System Guide.

Successful completion of the pre-course test.

The pre-course work for this course is based on the 1997 version ATGS Guide. If you are putting on this course, use the 1997 version of the Guide to send to students for the pre-course work and then hand out the 2004 version to the students at the course. We are in the process of correcting this issue.

 

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 9-22-2008.

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