S-200

TARGET GROUP - Personnel desiring to be qualified as an incident commander type 4 (ICT4).

TRAINEE PREREQUISITES

• Qualified as any single resource boss.
• Satisfactory completion of pre-course work.

COURSE DESCRIPTION - This course is designed to meet the training needs of the incident commander type 4 (ICT4). It is presented in a discussion/exercise format. The six instructional units include Foundation Skills; Intelligence Gathering and Documentation; Size Up the Incident; Develop a Plan of Action; Post-fire Activities; Evaluating Incident Objectives and Manage the Incident. Evaluation of the student is by unit tests and performance based evaluations.

COURSE OBJECTIVES - Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate effective foundation skills (leadership, risk management, and communications) at the ICT4 level.
• Gather and document essential information about the incident.
• Size up the incident, develop plan of action.
• Manage the incident through effective leadership.
• Demonstrate the ability to evaluate plan of action and make adjustments to the plan when necessary.
• Conduct post-fire activities.