Course Description - D-310
Support Dispatcher

September 15-19, 2008

Course Description
This course is designed to train dispatch recorders in the responsibilities of working in an expanded dispatch organization. Students will organize, plan, and implement a dispatch area to meet the needs of the incident(s); follow established policies and procedures using resource orders and supplemental forms, to mobilize, reassign, and demobilize resources; and demonstrate the ability to respond to changing priorities and situations.

Objective(s)
To provide students with a working knowledge of the six expanded dispatch funtional areas:

• Crews
• Overhead
• Supplies
• Equipment
• Aircraft
• Intelligence

Target Group
Personnel desiring to be qualified as a Support Dispatcher (EDSD).

Prerequisite(s)
Student must be qualified as a Dispatch Recorder and satisfactorily pass the precourse test.

Nomination Process
Please see the Southern Area nomination process to complete the NWCG Interagency Training Nomination form.

Course Coordinator
Tracy Robinson, 678-320-3002

Course Location
Atlanta, Georgia

Nominations Due
06/13/2008