S355 - Ground Support Unit Leader

Reviewed: 2000     Hours: 16

Course Description:

This course is designed to prepare students to perform the duties of managing the transportation plan, maintenance and related services at an incident.  Topics include:  gathering information about the assignment; organizing, staffing, and laying out the unit; field inspection of equipment; operation and coordination of the unit with other units, and demobilization.

Objectives:

• Arrive at an incident properly equipped, gather information to assess the assignment and begin initial planning activities of a ground support unit leader (GSUL).
  
• Plan, staff, and manage the ground support unit to meet the needs of the incident in a safe manner.
  
• Coordinate with the logistics units and other sections to assist in accomplishing the overall objectives of the incident.
  
• Demobilize the ground support unit.
  
  

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as a ground support unit leader (GSUL).

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead and unit instructors must be qualified ground support unit leaders (GSUL).

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

Prerequisites:

Qualified as equipment manager (EQPM).

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 9-22-2008.

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