S481 - Incident Business Advisor

Reviewed: 2008     Hours: 16

Course Description:

This course is designed to provide the prerequisite knowledge and skills necessary to perform the tasks of an Incident Business Advisor (IBA).  Topics include: preparation for an assignment, interactions/activities, and relationship to cost objectives. 

Objectives:

• Describe the basic framework of the IBA position.
• Describe the relationship of the IBA with incident personnel, incident agency personnel, and other contacts.

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as an Incident Business Advisor Type 1 or 2 (IBA1/2).

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead and unit instructors must be qualified Incident Business Advisors Type 2 (IBA2).

Also see Instructor Certification at the beginning of the Field Manager's Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

• Students attending this course should have experience working with complex organizations, (i.e., Area Command, Multi-agency Coordinating Group, Unified Command, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)), or
• Experience working with incident management teams, interagency cooperators and additional support organizations during incidents, or
• Satisfactory performance as a unit leader or section chief, Type II or Type I 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 12-17-2009.

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