L580 - Leadership is Action

Reviewed: NAFRI     Hours: Hours will vary

Course Description:

L-580, Leadership is Action is a continuing education opportunity available to senior fire management leaders. The intent is to foster exchange of knowledge and experience in the art of leading during high-risk and complex incidents. This will be accomplished through multiple venues including conferences, symposiums, staff rides, case studies, etc.

THIS IS NOT A COURSE PACKAGE AVAILABLE FROM THE NWCG PUBLICATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

The National Advanced Fire & Resource Institute (NAFRI) is the custodian for the L-580 documents.

Specific delivery information can be obtained from the NAFRI L-580 Course Coordinator at (520) 799-8787 or www.nafri.gov

Objectives:

Provide facilitate, interactive, personal and professional growth experiences for senior level leaders of organizations. To accomplish this, L-580 events will:

• Focus on leadership actions, decision-making, and critical thinking at the strategic level.
• Include structured facilitation of interactive group discussions and/or activities.
• Involve pre and/or post study activities related to the specific event.

Target Group:

Senior-level leaders and decision makers, including, but not restricted to, Agency Administrators and Incident Management Organizations (Type 1, Type 2, Area Command, and NIMO).

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

This course is managed by a national steering committee.

Prerequisites:

Previous attendance at other L-courses is highly recommended.

Satisfactory completion of pre-course work.

Offer Level:
National

This Course Description is verbatim from the NWCG Field Manager's Course Guide (156 page PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and accurate as of 6-13-2011.

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