S400 - Incident Commander

Reviewed: 2002     Hours: 24

Course Description:

The course describes the role of the incident commander to manage type 2 incidents. Topics include: team administration; communication, information and intelligence processing; agency administrator and IC responsibilities; transfer of command; and demobilization. The course provides exercisers to assist the student in acquiring the knowledge to learn these skills. An optional “lessons learned” unit allows the addition of geographic area specific information, but the course time frame must be increased accordingly.

Objectives:

• Define and describe the role of the incident commander in managing complex extended all risk incidents.

• Describe the role of the incident commander and agency administrator in preparing and revising the Delegation of Authority and Wildland Fire Situation Analysis (WFSA).

• Recognize the incident management team’s role in using appropriate interpersonal communication skills and management principles necessary for effective and efficient incident management.

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as an incident commander type 2 (ICT2).

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead and unit instructors must be qualified incident commander type 2s (ICT2).

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

Prerequisites:

Qualified as an incident commander type 3 (ICT3).

Qualified as one of the general staff section chiefs at the type 2 level.

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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