L380 - Fireline Leadership

Hours: 32

Course Description:

This is a leadership development training recommendation for unit supervisors. The design and delivery process used to meet this training recommendation will need to be determined by the agency. It can be part of an agency-provided curriculum or contracted from a vendor.

THIS IS NOT A COURSE PACKAGE AVAILABLE IN THE NWCG PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

Minimum course length is 32 hours and the training should be designed to provide at least 50% of the delivery time as exercises and simulations. Low student to instructor ratios are necessary for successful exercise/simulation based training delivery. A dedicated cadre of at least three instructors is recommended for class sizes in the range of 20-25 students.

Selected course material should address these topics:

• Application of leadership styles
• Communicating vision and intent
• Team building
• Detecting operational error
• Managing stress

Specific instructional design criteria and objectives can be found at the following website:
http://www.fireleadership.gov/courses/L_380/criteria.html

Objectives:

• The intent of this training recommendation is to provide unit supervisors with the tools to build and maintain effective and cohesive crews/teams.

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as a Strike Team Leader or Unit Leader.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

The combined cadre must have career backgrounds and expertise in principle-centered leadership, emergency incident operations, human factors, and decision-making.
All instructors must be able to execute field simulations, role-playing, and classroom exercises.

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

Prerequisites:

Incident personnel with supervisory responsibilities.
Human Factors on the Fireline (L-180).
Completion of pre-course work assignment.

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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