S260 - Interagency Incident Business Management

Reviewed: 2005     Hours: 16 - 20

Course Description:

This course meets the general training needs of all positions for which an understanding of interagency incident business management is required.  The Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook, PMS 902, is used as the primary job aid to supplement this course.  It provides basic policy and direction for incident business management.

Objectives:

Given the Interagency Incident Business Handbook and/or the Fireline Handbook, students will locate and apply the appropriate regulations, established interagency procedures, and necessary forms for each of the following incident management areas:

• Application of conduct and ethics in incident support
  
• Recruitment, classification, pay provisions and timekeeping/recording, commissary, injury compensation, and travel
  
• Acquisition
  
• Managing and tracking government property
  
• Interagency coordination and cooperation
  
• Investigation and reporting of accidents
  
• Investigating, documenting, and reporting claims
  
• Containing incident costs
  
• All risk
  
  

Target Group:

All ICS positions or personnel seeking knowledge of incident business management.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

The lead instructor must be a finance/administration section chief type 2 (FSC2) or an administrative officer, or an assistant with incident business management experience.

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

Prerequisites:

None

Offer Level:
Local

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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