L381 - Incident Leadership

Hours: 32

Course Description:

This is a leadership development training recommendation for incident response personnel who will function in fireline command roles. 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 PUBLICATIONS 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 size in the range of 18-25 students.

Selected course materials should address these topic areas:

• Command presence/climate
• Leaders intent
• Command and control
• Rapid team building
• Communication techniques
• Detecting and mitigating error
• Operational tempo awareness

 

Specific instructional design criteria and objectives can be found at the following website:
http://www.fireleadership.gov/courses/L_381/criteria.html

Objectives:

• The intent of this training recommendation is to provide future leaders of divisions, groups, and type 3 incidents with the leadership tools to effectively exert command and control over a quickly assembled team in a time constrained and rapidly changing incident environment.

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as Division/Group Supervisor (DIVS) or Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3).

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

Prerequisites:

Qualified as any strike team leader, task force leader (TFLD), or incident commander type 4 (ICT4).
OR
Successful completion of Followership to Leadership (L-280).

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 9-18-2008.

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