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This catalog is an informational
guide to more than 150 site-delivered courses offered by the
Command Institute at EMAC International. The Command Institute’s
courses and training programs meet or exceed nationally recognized
industry standards. The Institute customizes each course to satisfy
the needs and class size of our clients. If you have a specific
need which is not covered by our extensive offering, our faculty
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Training Categories
NIMS Series Courses
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COLTS™ Series Course |
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| COLTS™ Company Officer Leadership Training Symposium | |
| Command and Company Officer Development | |
| COLTS™ II Command Officer Leadership Training Symposium | |
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Executive
Officer and Command Leadership Courses |
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EC 101 |
Defining Incident Command Management for the New Battalion Chief |
EC 102 |
Combat Structural Fire Engagement - Lessons to Live By |
EC 103 |
Command FACTS™ First Arriving Command Training |
EC 104 |
Developing Management Techniques to Lead Volunteer Fire Departments |
EC 105 |
Leadership and Administration for the Volunteer Fire Chief |
EC 106 |
Executive Planning for the Volunteer Fire Chief |
EC 107 |
Leadership and Supervision for the Volunteer Company Officer |
EC 108 |
Developing Effective Communications Techniques |
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Emergency
Management Courses |
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EM 103 |
Debris Management |
EM 104 |
Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools and Universities |
EM 105 |
Emergency Public Information for Schools and Universities |
EM 108 |
Mitigation Planning for Local Government |
EM 109 |
Earthquake Safety for Schools and Universities |
EM 112 |
Resource Management |
EM 113 |
Exercising Leadership in an Emergency or Disaster for Public Officials |
EM 114 |
Special Needs Population During a Crisis |
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Homeland
Security, WMD and Terrorism Courses
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HT 100
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Preparedness and Response for Terrorist Incidents for Senior Officials |
HT 101
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Emergency Response to Criminal and Terrorist Incidents |
HT 102
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EMS Operations & Planning for Weapons of Mass Destruction |
HT 103
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WMD/ Terrorism Incident Operations for Emergency Responders |
HT 104
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Public Works: Planning For and Responding To a WMD/ Terrorism Incident |
HT 105
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America's War On Terrorism |
HT 106
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Bioterrorism Preparedness |
HT 107
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Computer Forensics: Infoterrorism |
HT 108
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Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes |
HT 109
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Ecoterrorism: Causes, Impacts, and Preparedness |
HT 110
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Middle East Orientation and Islamic Cultural Awareness |
HT 111
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Seaport Security/ Antiterrorism Training |
HT 112
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Terrorism |
HT 113
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Terrorism and the Media |
HT 114 |
Agroterrorism |
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EMAC International’s courses and training programs meet or exceed nationally recognized industry standards.
NS 100 - Integrating
the National Incident Management System into Local ICS
The recent adoption of the National Incident Management
System (NIMS) has left many agencies, organizations, and municipalities
unprepared to address strategic implementation, coordination, and
training issues mandated by the federal directive. This program
provides participants with a comprehensive overview of the National
Response Plan (NRP), National Incident Management System (NIMS),
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-5) - Management
of Domestic Incidents, and correlates these to the various incident
command systems models presently in use throughout the country.
The program further expands insights into suggested development and implementation models and presents strategic roadmaps for coordinating and integrating NIMS into your local emergency response system. This program can be structured and modified to address specific local and regional emergency management and operational deployment systems, and present insights and options to assist local officials in determination of appropriate implementation models.
NS 101 - National Incident Management
System (NIMS) - What Do I Do?
This course will review jurisdictional
adoption methodologies and procedures to assist the individual or
agency with
adopting the NIMS in order to comply with Homeland Security Presidential
Directive (HSPD)–5, Management of Domestic Incidents. This
course is designed to assist the student or agency with jurisdictional
compliance and certain aspects of the NIMS, short term and long term.
Specific areas reviewed will include:
• Incorporating NIMS into
existing training programs and exercises
• Incorporating NIMS into
Emergency Operations Plans
• Promoting intrastate
mutual aid agreements
• Institutionalize the
use of the Incident Command System
• Establishing a timeframe
and developing a strategy for full NIMS implementation
NS 102 - Developing an Incident Command
System (NIMS ICS)
To coordinate the effective
use of all of the available resources, agencies need a formalized
management structure that lends consistency, fosters efficiency,
and provides direction during a response. The ICS organization is
built around five major components: Command, Planning, Operations,
Logistics and Finance/Administration.
This course will examine the methodology to incorporate a standardized on-scene incident management system specifically to allow responders to adopt an integrated organizational structure equal to the complexity and demands of any single incident or multiple incidents enabling integrated communication and planning by establishing a manageable span of control.
Nine critical components with be review and exercised:
• Common
Terminology
• Modular Organization
• Integrated Communication Plan
• Unified Command Structure
• Consolidate Action Plan
• Span of Control
• Designated Incident Facilities
• Personnel Resources
• Resource Management
NS 103 - The National Response Plan (NRP)
and National Incident Management System (NIMS)
The National Response Plan, or NRP, specifies
how the resources of the Federal Government will work in concert
with State, local, and tribal governments and the private sector
to respond to Incidents of National Significance. The NRP is predicated
on the National Incident Management System, or NIMS. Together the
NRP and the NIMS provide a nationwide template for working together
to prevent or respond to threats and incidents regardless of cause,
size, or complexity.
This course introduces you to the NRP, including the concept of operations upon which the plan is built, roles and responsibilities of the key players, and the organizational structures used to manage these resources. The NRP provides a framework to ensure that all responders work together when our Nation is threatened. The course is designed for Federal department/agency staff responsible for implementing the NRP, as well as State, local and private sector emergency management professionals.
Purpose of the course is to introduce the NRP, so that
students can:
• Describe the purpose of the NRP
• Locate information within the
NRP
• Describe the roles and responsibilities
of entities as specified in the NRP
• Identify the organizational structure
used for NRP coordination
• Describe the field-level organizations
and teams activated under the NRP
• Identify the incident management
activities addressed by the NRP in concert with the NIMS
NS 104 - National Incident Command System
(NIMS), I-700
On February 28, 2003, President Bush issued
Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5. HSPD-5 directed the Secretary
of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident
Management System (NIMS). NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template
to enable all government, private-sector, and nongovernmental organizations
to work together during domestic incidents.
This course introduces NIMS and explains the purpose, principles,
key components and benefits of NIMS to include:
• Key concepts
and principles underlying NIMS.
• Benefits of using ICS as the national incident management model.
• When it is appropriate to institute an Area Command.
• When it is appropriate to institute a Multiagency Coordination System.
• The benefits of using a Joint Information System (JIS) for public
information.
• Ways in which NIMS affects preparedness.
• How NIMS affects how resources are managed.
• The advantages of common communication and information management
systems.
• How NIMS influences technology and technology systems.
• The purpose of the NIMS Integration Center (NIC)
NS 105 - Introduction
to Incident Command System, IS-100
The curriculum addresses the principles
and features of an incident command system, how an incident command
system is organized, incident facilities and their
purposes (including, but not limited to command post, staging area, bases,
camps, and heliports-helispots), incident resources such as strike
teams, task forces,
and single resources, and common responsibilities, such as communications
and forms in incident management. We will review and explore other
incident management
models: NFA/ICS, National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS),
National Fire Incident Management System Consortium, FIRESCOPE,
and U.S. Coast Guard.
NS 106 - Basic Incident Command System,
IS-200
This course is designed to identify
Incident Command System features and principles, describing in more
detail elements such as: establishment and transfer of command, management
by objectives, unified command, ICS management functions, organizational
flexibility, unity and chain of command, span of control, incident
action plans, resource management, common terminology and clear text,
integrated communications, and personnel accountability. Incident
scenarios are use throughout the course to demonstrate the common
responsibilities associated with incident assignments from an Incident
Commander and responder perspective.
NS 107 - Intermediate
Incident Command System, IS-300
The curriculum addresses duties of various positions within
the incident command system. Students will construct an incident
management organization for a given incident or event, including
appropriate procedures for establishing command, transferring command,
and terminating an incident. They will demonstrate knowledge of efficient
incident resource management including logistics, finance, administration,
and record-keeping. They will demonstrate a familiarity with air
operations, and knowledge of incident planning processes.
NS 108 - Law Enforcement Incident Command
System (LEICS)
Law Enforcement Incident Command System
(LEICS) simplifies the management of critical incidents by organizing
the response into modules. Vehicle collisions, pursuits, officer-involved
shootings, natural disasters, and civil disturbances represent only
a few of the incidents for which an agency can employ LEICS. Under
those circumstances involving multiple jurisdictions, LEICS allows
agencies to provide a singular response. As a planning tool, LEICS
designates in advance the specific duties of all participants. Perhaps
more important, it determines who will be in charge at the scene.
Whether they require the response of one agency or many, critical
incidents become more manageable with LEICS. Anyone in the law enforcement
community from the chief, sheriff or to the patrol officer can implement
LEICS into its full configuration.
The individual who initiates the ICS response usually assumes command on the scene at the field command post and becomes the incident commander. Unless formally relieved, the incident commander remains in charge and provides a single point of contact. The incident commander oversees the entire operation through divisions, groups or branches, which provide a manageable span of control. All components can be collapsed, expanded, or added as needed during a specific incident. Others may not be needed at all for an emergency limited in scope or duration.
This course is designed to identify elements of the Incident Command System (ICS), as well as the responsibilities of the Incident Commander. Objectives are to define the Incident Command System (ICS); to learn how to identify and take appropriate actions during the stabilization phase of an incident; to learn how to establish a command post and staging area; to describe and apply Division and Group command structure elements; and to describe the purpose and responsibilities of Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration functions within the ICS. All through a series of lectures and table top law enforcement scenarios use to reinforce skills and proficiency.
NS 109 - Hospital Emergency
Incident Command System (HEICS)
Introduction to ICS, setting up command, and establishing primary functional
groups within the command structure. Learning how to use hospital-based ICS worksheet
to tracking hospital personnel and resources and coordinated resource response
to and from the community. Interactive participation.
NS 110 -
NIMS and ICS - Where Do We Go From Here?
Emergency management, fire, rescue, EMS, and law enforcement response agencies
and support organizations may be finding themselves challenged in disseminating
information related to the national directive of the National Incident Management
System (NIMS) and how it translates to their local incident command system. This
program provides a clear understanding of NIMS and the elements and components
that comprise and translate into the various ICS models. This seminar presents
NIMS in the context of a comparison between the NFA ICS Model, the Phoenix Fireground
Incident Command Model and the Firescope ICM model and how NIMS can assimilate
into most ICM/S systems. The program highlights key factors and options for modifying,
enhancing or retooling existing incident management systems.
NS 111 - Integrating
National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command Management
(ICS) into Corporate and Facilities Emergency Response Plans
The National Incident Management System (NIMS)
establishes parameters for uniformity in the manner in which site specific
emergency response operations are conducted and coordinated with the
basis on uniformity in organization, terminology and incident management.
This program provides insights and guidance on the methodologies to
integrate or establish new emergency response plans that are compliant
the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the elements of
the Incident Command Management systems (ICS). This program identifies
the methods, systems and organizational parameters that establish effective
and NIMS compliant response plans and utilizes the elements of the
Incident Command Management systems (ICS) for site-specific internal
operations or when they expand to require off-site municipal resources
and agency responses.
NS 112 - National Incident Management
System and Incident Command (NIMS/ICS) for Facility Fire Marshals
and Fire Wardens
This program provides a comprehensive overview
of the National Incident Management System and the manner in which
it
interfaces
with the
Incident Command System for incident management. The program
focuses on the development and integration of NIMS and ICS into
a facility’s
emergency response and contingency operations plans and the
manner in which designated fire marshals, fire wardens and area
safety
supervisory staff function in assigned roles and interface
with external emergency
response agencies and organizations.
NS 113 - National Incident Management
System (NIMS) and Incident Command (NIMS/ICS) for Corporate, Business,
and Industrial Facilities
This program provides a comprehensive overview of the
National Incident Management System and the manner in which it
interfaces
with the
Incident Command System for incident management. The program
focuses on the development and integration of NIMS and ICS into
a Corporate,
Business or Industrial facility’s emergency management,
response and contingency operations plans and the manner in which
designated
fire brigade, security or emergency response and emergency plan
staff function in assigned roles and interface with external
emergency response agencies and organizations. This program provides
the
necessary
insights, organizational models and methods to upgrade or develop
effective facility plans and incident management systems.
NS 114 - NIMS
Incident Command System (NIMS ICS) - Emergency Operations Center
This course provides an opportunity for participants to begin developing a NIMS
ICS/EOC interface for their community. The course outlines NIMS ICS with Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) responsibilities and functions.
NS 115 - NIMS
Incident Command System (NIMS ICS) - Public Works
This course introduces public works personnel to the NIMS
ICS. Several scenarios are included that allow participants to apply
NIMS ICS to public works
events.
NS 116 - NIMS
Incident Command System (NIMS ICS) for Public Officials
This course is designed as a briefing of the NIMS Incident Command System
(NIMS ICS) for elected and appointed policy level officials. This briefing focuses
on providing public officials with an awareness if NIMS ICS as an effective management
tool which can be adopted in managing emergency incidents.
To schedule or inquire about a
course, please contact us.
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SA 100 - Structural
Anatomy™ for the Command and Company Officer:
Surviving Combat Fire Engagement
A comprehensive presentation of risk-significant occupancies and
correlating construction and structural assemblies and systems that
directly influence company officer decision-making and risk assessment
during combat fireground engagement. Key cue-based indicators and
recognition-primed decision making will be discussed, inherent collapse
considerations of structural assemblies and systems, structural stability
and company officer considerations for tactical deployment for enhancing
firefighter survivability.
SA 101 - Structural
Anatomy™:
Wood Frame and Ordinary Construction - Fire Operations
Escalating trends in firefighter fatalities and injuries, and the
decline in structural fire incidents has impacted the current generation
of firefighters who have limited structural firefighting experience.
They will gain an understanding of inherent construction features
and hazards that directly influence effective risk management and
decisive strategic and tactical considerations.
SA 102 - Structural
Anatomy™ of Light Weight Roof and Floor Systems - Tips for Staying
Alive
The inherent dangers of light-weight roof and floor systems contribute
significantly to common causes resulting in firefighter line of duty
deaths during combat fire suppression operations. This program examines
construction systems, assemblies and elements, inherent collapse
features and their integrity considerations during combat fire suppression
operations.
SA 103 - Structural
Anatomy™ for the Company Officer:
Surviving Combat Fire Engagement in Residential and Multiple Occupancy
Structures
Residential structure fires in single and multiple occupancy dwellings
are never routine. The inherent dangers in these occupancies, along
with strategic and tactical recognition-primed decision-making factors
for tactical operations are presented to enhance operations, management
and crew integrity. Specific construction features, support and assembly
systems, building performance and case studies will be presented.
SA 104 - Structural
Anatomy™:
Floor and Roof Support Systems
The structural anatomy of floor and roof systems examines in detail
the structural support, assemblies and systems types that comprise
roof and floor systems that may be found within various occupancies
and structures. Material and assembly performance, construction techniques,
structural stability factors, fire exposure and fire dynamics affects
will be explored. This program will address system characteristics,
risk hazards and operational concerns for all five standard construction
classifications.
SA 105 - Structural
Anatomy™:
Truss Systems Awareness
The inherent structural characteristics, materials usage, performance
and supporting systems for truss construction provides students with
a defined understanding of the truss systems and their stability
and expected performance under structural fire conditions. A detailed
examination of truss systems and their various applications and uses,
methods and materials of construction, engineering features and performance
under fire conditions will be presented. Case studies will reinforce
concepts presented to provide students with a greater degree of understanding
and awareness of risk factors for deployment and operations under
fireground task assignments.
SA 106 - Structural Anatomy™ for Rapid Intervention
Team Commanders
The structural Anatomy for RIT Team Commanders provides a comprehensive
overview of strategic engineering features, structural performance,
material characteristic and assembly systems. This overview will
support a greater sensitivity and a heightened awareness of construction
features and occupancy profiles to aid RIT Team commanders with potential
deployment and intervention into the various types of structures
and occupancies. Structural floor, roof and wall systems are reviewed,
significant building features are further explored that will enhance
operational deployment for RIT commanders during assessment size-ups,
action plan formulation and intervention as emergency operations
dictate.
SA 107 - Structural
Anatomy™:
Fire Behavior and Building
Performance
This program explores the classical concepts of fire behavior and
its relationship to building performance during combat structural
fire operations. Students will gain a greater degree of understanding
of the physics of fire behavior and smoke movement, fire loading,
and fire suppression effects. They can better prepare themselves
to read and understand smoke conditions, predict with increased assurance
the current and projected growth, magnitude and severity of structural
fires in built occupancies. They will assimilate those indicators
with the recognition-primed decision-making process to develop actions
plans for tactical deployment. Regardless of rank or assignment,
this program is a prime stepping point in understanding the performance
characteristics and anatomy of compartment and structural fires.
SA 108 - Structural
Anatomy™ Ordinary Construction -
More than Brick and Joist
The anatomy of ordinary construction, typically referred to as brick
and joist construction, requires an understanding of significant
building features, such as structural supporting systems and load
bearing and load transfer elements. This will enable students to
gain a greater appreciation of the unique systems that comprise these
structures and affect nearly all fire and emergency response organizations
through out the world. These structures can be found in rural, suburban
and metropolitan locations and pose significant risks to emergency
responders who do not recognize and take into account the inherent
risk factors that formulate the basis for safe and effective combat
structural fire operations. Students will learn to recognize when
changes have been made to a structure that have altered its original
use and performance. They will learn to identify inherent structural
collapse features, age and deterioration, as well as renovations
and alternations in occupancy, and use and structural configuration.
Instructors will use numerous case studies incorporating operating
experiences and the lessons learned from numerous line of duty death
incidents to provide the student with the necessary knowledge to
conduct effective recognition-primed decision-making and size-up.
Students will be able to develop action plans to support strategic
and tactical assignments. Ordinary construction and the study of
its anatomy, is truly more than just brick and joists.
SA 109 - Structural
Anatomy™/ Building Construction:
Residential Construction
A detailed examination of residential construction, building materials,
methods of construction and technology, inherent structural deficiencies
and architectural features that provide the layout and configurations
that form the “bread and butter” of most emergency service
responses. These structures contribute to a significant number of
LODD’s and injuries to firefighters and emergency responders
annually. The current generation of residential construction and
occupancy usage poses significant hazards and risk to firefighters,
company officers and incident commanders. The structural anatomy
of residential construction provides the needed edge in awareness,
knowledge and principles to engage safely in residential compartment
and structural fire incidents.
SA 110 - Structural
Anatomy™/ Building Construction:
Balloon Frame Construction
The balloon framed structure, predominantly built up thru the early
1950’ s are prevalent throughout the United States in an extensive
variety of sizes, configurations and occupancy usage. The unique
fire and smoke behavior characteristics that contribute towards rapid
fire travel, high risk occupant hazards, exposure and significant
fire extension concerns continue to challenge deployments to structural
fire incidents. These factors coupled with the building’s structural
stability risks and inherent combustibility require a balanced understanding
of these construction features, typical floor plan configurations
and expected hazards.
SA 111 - Structural
Anatomy™/ Building Construction:
Garden Apartment and Townhouses
A comprehensive examination of the anatomy of Garden Apartment and
Townhouse layouts, construction techniques, features and arrangements.
In many areas of the country, garden apartment and townhouses, comprise
a significantly higher share of the residential settings. The challenges
posed by these multiple occupancies are significant in the areas
of rapid fire extension, structural performance, fire affects on
occupants and firefighters, and typically are resource intensive
under structural fire conditions. The structural anatomy of Garden
Apartment and Townhouse construction provides the needed edge in
awareness, knowledge and principles to engage safely in Apartment
and Townhouse compartment and structural fire incidents.
SA 112 -
Structural Anatomy™/ Building Construction:
Fire Resistive and Non-Combustible Construction
A focused analysis and examination of Fire Resistive and Non-Combustible
Construction through the use of case studies and operating experience.
Students will learn the elements of construction, materials, structural
systems, performance and integrity factors and features which contribute
toward high stakes risk assessment and fluid monitoring of these
structures during incident operations. Enhanced insights into material
performance, fabrication, assembly and construction provide familiarity
in applying these construction and material methods to the occupancies
within your jurisdiction.
SA 113 - Structural
Anatomy™/ Building Construction:
Commercial and Retail Structures
Commercial and retail structure fires are typically not the most
common of incident responses, but are the most deadly when operating
under structural fire conditions. The scale and layouts of these
occupancy types, construction features, fire loading and stability
factors create significant risks to all personnel operating at these
incidents. These types of fires include many variables such as construction
techniques, materials and support systems, coupled with the factors
of occupancy, use, arrangement, built-in protection systems, and
degree of fire loading, age, alterations and renovations. Commercial
and retail structure fires continue to have an adverse impact on
most deployed resources within the areas of command, control, resources,
suppression capabilities, safety and tactical deployment. This class
will provide the needed edge in awareness, knowledge and principles
to engage safely in commercial and retail compartment and structural
fire incidents.
SA 114 - Structural Anatomy™/ Building Construction
for the Safety Officer
The Safety Officer requires an acute and discriminating set of skills
and knowledge of building construction to base incident operational
decisions and recommendations to the Incident Commander or Command
Teams. Responsibilities for the Safety Officer include monitoring
and measuring the performance and stability of a given occupancy
during combat structural fire engagement or while operating in a
non-fire suppression operation within a structure or at a compromised
or collapse scene. This program provides crucial insights and examines
key operational elements of various building types, occupancies and
construction features to enhance or expand the Safety Officer’s
recognition-primed assessment and decision-making process to support
safe and effective incident operations.
SA 115 - LODD and Close Calls:
Structural Collapse Incidents Operating
Experience
The class features a highly dynamic and thought-provoking examination
of significant LODD and close call case studies and incident events
involving contributing or causal factors resulting from structural
collapse operations. An examination of the lessons learned that can
limit or preclude similar events will be discussed. Methods for integrating
these lessons into operation experiences for enhanced training will
be presented.
SA 116 -Structural Reconnaissance for Initial Company Operations
This course features an examination of methods and techniques for
cue-based risk assessment and profiling. Students will learn critical
reconnaissance techniques to identify inherent and distinctive
building construction hazards and challenges that may affect initial
company operations. The course will emphasize cue-based risk assessment,
size-up profiling, structural reconnaissance techniques, occupancy
risk assessment, and structural and construction systems profiling.
Students will see how these factors have a direct relationship
on initial company structural fire operations, firefighter survivability
and the incident management decision-making process. The presentation
will identify the methods and techniques to implement effective
structural reconnaissance, company safety and integrity, and will
provide indicators to enhance the performance of successfully completing
fireground assignments for suppression, search, and rescue and
tactical support functions.
SA 117 - Strategic Risk Assessment and Size Up for the Incident
Commander
What are the key incident indicators that an effective incident command
must identify, evaluate and act upon in a timely manner? This program
examines key risk assessment and size-up elements that contribute
to the strategic decision-making process. Students will gain an understanding
of recognition-primed assessment and evaluations and the decision-making
process for rapid and accurate problem identification, assessment,
prioritization, and subsequent assignment or determination.
SA 118 - Structural
Collapse During Fireground Operations - What You Don’t Know
WILL Kill You.
Structural fire suppression operations can be challenging tasks unto
themselves; however, a compromised or collapse event during combat
fire engagement can significantly affect the stability and command
management of suppression operations requiring significant changes
in the incident action plan. Recognizing subtle or obvious precursors
to collapse, inherent construction assembly factors and structural
integrity indicators will reduce risk factors and contribute toward
safer operations.
SA 119 - Building Construction Risk Assessment for Structural Firefighting
Operations
An examination of current trends and methods in building construction.
The course will emphasize the return to basics approach to occupancy
risk assessment, structural and construction systems, and their direct
relationship on structural firefighting operations, firefighter survivability
and the incident scene decision-making process. Escalating trends
in firefighter fatalities and injuries, and the decline in structural
fire incidents has impacted the current generation of firefighters
who have limited structural firefighting experience. They will gain
an understanding of inherent construction features and hazards that
directly influence effective risk management and decisive strategic
and tactical considerations.
This program examines crucial construction elements and occupancy
types and correlates building construction performance toward combat
structural fire suppression operations.
SA 120 - Principles of Structural Collapse for Rapid Intervention
Teams
The Principles of Structural Collapse for Rapid Intervention Teams
(RIT) provides a comprehensive overview of strategic engineering
features, collapse profiles, mechanisms, structural collapse performance,
material characteristics, and assembly systems. This overview will
provide RIT members with a greater sensitivity and awareness of the
interdependent collapse elements of construction and occupancy profiles.
This will aid them with coordinated deployment and intervention into
the various types of compromised structures and occupancies. The
course will review inherent structural collapse considerations, collapse
phases, operational considerations, floor, roof, and wall systems
factors. Other significant building features are further explored
that will enhance operational deployment for RIT members during assessment
size-ups, action plan formulation, team operations and intervention
as emergency operations dictate.
SA 121 - Fire Behavior and Fire Dynamics for the Command and Company
Officer
A dynamic program that provides Command and Company Officers with
specific emphasis on the classical concepts of fire behavior and
its relationship on building performance during combat structural
fire operations. The program is designed to focus upon understanding
of the physics of fire behavior and smoke movement, fire loading
and fire suppression effects from the perspective of the Command
or Company Officer. Personnel can better prepare themselves to read
and understand smoke conditions, predict with increased assurance
the current and projected growth, magnitude and severity of structural
fires in built occupancies. They will assimilate those indicators
with the recognition-primed decision-making process to develop actions
plans for tactical deployment. This program is a prime stepping point
in understanding the performance characteristics and anatomy of compartment
and structural fires.
SA 122 - Construction
Site Hazards, Operations, and Safety Considerations
The significant challenges and safety precautions necessary to operate
at construction sites are explored and discussed. This program focuses
on hazard recognition and operational safety considerations. The
instructor will address a broad-based review of construction sites,
phases of construction, hazards and risk identification, strategic
and tactical limiting factors, and recognition-primed decision-making.
Students will review case studies from real-life construction site
incidents. The program addresses command, strategic and tactical
considerations for the command, company and firefighter ranks.
To schedule or inquire about a
course, please contact us.
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TS 100 -
Taking It to the Streets™:
Strategic Risk Management, Safety, and
Operational Concerns for the Command Officer
Strategic Command Officer decision-making during structural fire
operations demands a focused and continuing assessment of structural
integrity, fire behavior and construction performance to ensure safety
and integrity of tactical company missions within the incident action
plan. Suppression, ventilation, rescue and support task assignments
require tactical executions that take into consideration specific
inherent risks associated with various construction and occupancy
types.
TS 101 - Taking It to the Streets™:
Tactical Risk Management, Safety, and Operational Concerns for the
Company Officer
Tactical Company Officer decision-making during structural fire operations
demands a focused and continuing assessment of structural integrity,
fire behavior and construction performance to ensure safety and integrity
of tactical company missions within the incident action plan. Suppression,
ventilation, rescue and support task assignments require tactical
executions that take into consideration specific inherent risks associated
with various construction and occupancy types.
TS 102 - Taking It to the Streets™:
Tactical Assignments, Safety, and Survival for the
Firefighter
A broad-based program that explores and defines the correlation of
the characteristic tactical assignments assigned during combat structural
fire operations and the impacts they may have on company level and
firefighter level safety and survivability. Exploring recent case
studies and events, this program identifies safety and survival skills
and techniques when you’re in the street ready to do fire combat.
TS
103 - Taking It to the Streets™:
Combat Structural Engagement -
in New Residential Occupancies
The focus on the newest generation of residential occupancy fires
and construction, with street level perspectives on materials,
construction and building configurations that have significantly
changed the way
engine, truck and rescue companies respond, deploy and engage within
these large volume, expansive and challenging fires.
TS 104 - Taking
It to the Street™:
Combat Structural Engagement - in Balloon Frame Residential Fires
Street tactics for quick and effective decision-making for fire deployment
to balloon frame structures. Structures can include single or multiple
occupancy residential dwellings, the 2-1/2 story wood frame, Victorian,
Queen-Anne, flats, Deckers or Triples, row-frames or row-houses.
This program provides insights for effective tactical engagement
with the emphasis on company and personnel safety.
TS 105
- Taking It to the Streets™:
Combat Structural Engagement - Garden
Apartment Fires
Tactical decision-making, multiple company coordination and understanding
inherent fire travel and building characteristics that influence
tactical assignments, resources and time pressures, are the lessons
learned and shared on effective techniques for combat fires in Garden
Apartment occupancies. The program emphasizes multiple company resource
needs and their effective deployment and assignments, action planning
and safety.
TS 106 - Taking It to the Streets™:
Combat Structural Engagement - Strip Mall Fires
Tactical decision-making, multiple company coordination and understanding
inherent fire travel and building characteristics that influence
tactical assignments, resources and time pressures, are the lessons
learned and shared on effective techniques for combat fires in Strip
Mall occupancies.
TS 107 - Taking It to the Streets™:
Combat Structural Engagement - Taxpayer Fires
Tactical decision-making, multiple company coordination and understanding
inherent fire travel and building characteristics that influence
tactical assignments, resources and time pressures, are the lessons
learned and shared on effective techniques for combat fires in Taxpayer
occupancies.
TS
108 - Taking It to the Streets™:
Combat Structural Engagement - Warehouse
Fires
Tactical decision-making, multiple company coordination and understanding
inherent fire travel and building characteristics that influence
tactical assignments, resources and time pressures, are the lessons
learned and shared on effective techniques for combat fires in Warehouse
occupancies. Special hazards, large area operations, building performance
and support protective systems impacts will be presented.
TS 109 -
Taking It to the Streets™:
Combat Structural Engagement - “Big
Box” Fire Operations
The Big-Box Commercial center fires. There are new lessons to be
learned from these occupancies which will require insights and awareness
of the unique strategic and tactical issues facing company response
and operations. These are not your everyday-routine fire response;
they require special attention, insights, protocols and company level
skills to increase surviving the tactical assignment.
TS 110 - Taking It to the Streets™:
Combat Structural Engagement - Low and Highrise
Fires
Tactical decision-making, multiple company coordination and understanding
inherent fire travel and building characteristics that influence
tactical assignments, resources and time pressures, are the lessons
learned and shared on effective techniques for combat fires in low
and high-rise occupancies.
TS 111 - Taking It to the Streets™:
Combat Structural Engagement - Horizontal “Highrise” Offices
Tactical decision-making, multiple company coordination and understanding
inherent fire travel and building characteristics that influence
tactical assignments, resources and time pressures, are the lessons
learned and shared on effective techniques for combat fires in the
newest and emerging large-scale business and corporate office park
occupancies. These occupancies expand out horizontally and may be
only 3 or 4 stories in height versus the high-rise definition, but
have similar challenges and tactical impacts.
TS 112 - Taking It to the Streets™:
Combat Structural Engagement - Truck Company Roof
Operations
Tactical Roof assignments are crucial elements to support combat
structural fires. However, the considerations and risks associated
with these tactical assignments and the benefits versus risk assessment
may not always balance. Understanding the factors for effective and
safe truck company roof operations, structural roof risk assessment
and monitoring, and the tactical options available provide useful
insights into this tactical street assignment.
TS 113 - Taking It to the Streets™:
Combat Structural Engagement - Search and Rescue
Operations
Search and Rescue assignments are high-risk, mission critical tactical
directives to support combat structural fires. However, the considerations
and potential risks to firefighters associated with these tactical
assignments, and the benefits versus risk gains may not always balance.
Firefighters must understand the survival factors for effective and
safe search and rescue operations; occupancy risks; monitoring, advancement
and progress of fire involvement; and structural stability. All of
these factors will pose challenges and require a solid understanding
of fire suppression, construction, occupancy profiles and tactical
options. Operating experience, case studies and proven street level
insights and experience can make the difference in this tactical
street assignment.
To schedule or inquire about a
course, please contact us.
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FD 100 - First-Due Command: Building Construction
Factors for Fire Fighter Safety and Survival
Combat structural fire suppression operations require decisive skills
and knowledge in assessing buildings and occupancies. Those responding
need a solid understanding of inherent collapse potential, fire behavior
and fire spread considerations. They also need command decision-making
to assure appropriate strategic incident plans are initiated. This
program will examine crucial first-due command risk assessment factors
and resource management to increase firefighter survivability under
combat structural operations. Participants will learn how to develop
mission critical objectives, risk profiles and Incident Action Plans.
The First-Due series incorporates the most current NIMS command management
protocols and organization.
FD 101 - First-Due Engine Company Operations
Participants will explore a wide variety of emergency incident responses
involving Engine Company operations. They will assess the incidents
using recognition-primed decision-making (RPD), size-up, risk priorities,
Incident Action Plan implementation and mission critical assignment
functions. Case studies and interactive activities are incorporated
within the course. The First-Due series incorporates the most current
NIMS command management protocols and organization.
FD 102 - First-Due Truck Company Operations
Participants will explore a wide variety of emergency incident responses
involving Truck Company operations. They will assess the incidents
using recognition-primed decision-making (RPD), size-up, risk priorities,
Incident Action Plan implementation and mission critical assignment
functions. Case studies and interactive activities are incorporated
within the course. The First-Due series incorporates the most current
NIMS command management protocols and organization.
FD 103 - First-Due Rescue Company Operations
Participants will explore a wide variety of emergency incident responses
involving Rescue Company operations. They will assess the incidents
using recognition-primed decision-making (RPD), size-up, risk priorities,
Incident Action Plan implementation and mission critical assignment
functions. Case studies and interactive activities are incorporated
within the course. The First-Due series incorporates the most current
NIMS command management protocols and organization.
FD 104 - First-Due Command Incident Action Planning
Participants will explore a wide variety of emergency incident responses
involving the Incident Commander or Incident Command Action Teams.
They will assess incidents using recognition-primed decision-making
(RPD), size-up, risk priorities, Incident Action Plan implementation
and mission critical assignment functions. Case studies and interactive
activities are incorporated within the course. The First-Due series
incorporates the most current NIMS command management protocols and
organization.
FD 105 - First-Due Considerations for Mass Casualty Incidents
Mass Casualty Incidents call for an in-depth understanding of the
development of an Incident Action Plan (IAP). Incident Commanders
and Incident Command Action Teams will be presented with a wide variety
of Mass Casualty Incident scenarios. They will learn how to develop
an IAP taking into consideration emergency operations, size-up, risk
priorities and recognition-primed decision-making (RPD) during a
mass casualty event. Case studies and interactive activities are
incorporated within the course. The First-Due series incorporates
the most current NIMS command management protocols and organization.
FD 106 - First-Due Considerations for EMS Command
This course targets the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Incident
Commander and members of the EMS Incident Command Action Team. They
will learn mission critical assignment functions specific to EMS
incidents. The course will emphasize the development of the Incident
Action Plan (IAP). Participants will review elements of an effective
IAP by assessing emergency operations, recognition-primed decision-making
(RPD), size-up and risk priorities for EMS incidents. Case studies
and interactive activities are incorporated within the course. The
First-Due series incorporates the most current NIMS command management
protocols and organization.
FD 107 - First-Due Considerations for the Safety Officer
The First-Due Safety Officer has a significant impact and influence
on the emergency scene. This course will review the Safety Officer’s
duties and functions and how those integrate with the Incident Action
Plan (IAP). Participants will be exposed to a variety of emergency
incident scenarios. They will evaluate the incidents using emergency
operations assessment, recognition-primed decision-making (RPD),
size-up and risk priorities. Case studies and interactive activities
are incorporated within the course. The First-Due series incorporates
the most current NIMS command management protocols and organization.
FD 108 - First-Due Considerations for Technical Rescue Incidents
This course reviews the procedures for assessing a Technical Rescue
Incident. First-Due arrivals must evaluate the safety precautions,
technical rescue risk profiles, incident management considerations
and resource elements at a Technical Rescue Incident. Participants
will practice using recognition-primed decision-making and size-up
as they develop and implement an Incident Action Plan (IAP). Case
studies and interactive activities are incorporated within the course.
The First-Due series incorporates the most current NIMS command management
protocols and organization.
FD 109 - First-Due Considerations for Collapse Rescue Incidents
This course reviews the assessment procedures that take place during
a Collapse Rescue Incident. First-due arrivals must consider safety
precautions, phases of collapse, risk profiles, and other tactical
factors. Participants will examine critical assignment functions
for Emergency Collapse Rescue Operations using recognition-primed
decision-making, size-up, and integrated collapse-rescue risk priorities.
They will learn how to develop and implement an Incident Action Plan
(IAP). Case studies and interactive activities are incorporated within
the course. The First-Due series incorporates the most current NIMS
command management protocols and organization.
FD 110 - First-Due Considerations for Disaster Incidents
The class is designed for the Disaster Incident Commander and Incident
Command Action Teams at disaster incidents. They will review a wide
variety of emergency disaster incident responses and community level
resource deployments. EOC Command operations specific to the EOC/EOF
are examined with the emphasis on Incident Action Plan development.
Participants will learn how to assess Emergency Disaster Incident
Operations using recognition-primed decision-making, size-up and
integrated disaster risk priorities. Case studies and interactive
activities are incorporated within the course. The First-Due series
incorporates the most current NIMS command management protocols and
organization.
FD 111 - First-Due Considerations for Potential Terrorism Incidents
This class uses postulated terrorism incident responses for review
by Terrorism Incident Commanders and Incident Command Action Teams.
They will learn how to assess the severity and magnitude of a Potential
Terrorism Incident and how to coordinate all agencies that respond.
They will assess the incident using recognition-primed decision-making
(RPD), size-up and integrated multi-agency incident risk priorities.
All these factors will be considered as they develop and implement
an Incident Action Plan (IAP). Case studies and interactive activities
are incorporated within the course. The First-Due series incorporates
the most current NIMS command management protocols and organization.
FD 112 - First-Due Recognition-Primed Decision-Making for Commanders
This class is designed for the Incident Commander and Incident Command
Action teams. They will learn the steps used in Recognition-Primed
Decision-Making (RPD). They will practice using RPD to analyze a
variety of emergency incident responses. They will also use size-up
and risk priorities to develop and implement an Incident Action Plan.
Case studies and interactive activities are incorporated within the
course. The First-Due series incorp