S358 - Communications Unit Leader

Reviewed: 2001     Hours: 24

Course Description:

This course is designed to provide skills and knowledge needed to perform in the role of communications unit leader (COML).  Topics include:  gathering information, organizing the communications unit, designing communications systems, installing, maintaining, and assigning equipment, internal and external coordination, and demobilization.

Objectives:

• Arrive at the incident properly equipped, gather information to assess the assignment, and begin initial planning activities.
  
• Plan, staff, manage, and demobilize the communications unit in a safe and effective manner to meet the needs of the incident.
  
• Coordinate with the communications duty officer (CDO) and/or the communications coordinator (COMC) and other sections to assist in accomplishing the overall objectives of the communications unit.
  
• Design, order, install, and maintain operations, logistics, and air operations communications systems to support the incident.
  
• Maintain accountability of assigned communications equipment.
  
  

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as a communications unit leader (COML).

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead instructor must be a qualified communications coordinator (COMC).
Unit instructors must be qualified communications unit leaders (COML).

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

Prerequisites:

Qualified as an incident communications technician (COMT) and as an incident communications center manager (INCM).
Successful completion of pre-course work.

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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