Sep 2024 Offering

This course has been completed.

Course
L-958 - AHIMT Operations Section Chief
Date & Times
Sep 23 - 26, 2024 from 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Description

Fall NIMS ICS Position-Specific Training Hub & Spoke Event
In a partnership with the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Colorado Wildland Fire & Incident Management Academy, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the Incident Management Teams Association (IMTA), FEMA Regions VIII and IX, and the Emergency Management Institute (EMI), we announce an opportunity for Incident Management Team (IMT) members to participate in the Fall Hub & Spoke Event. Classes will be delivered in a “hybrid format” with Hub classrooms located in Colorado and California and Spoke classrooms located across the Nation.

Course Description:

The purpose of this professional development course is to prepare local, state, tribal, and Federal emergency responders to function in the role of a T-III OSC after obtaining adequate experience. The OSC will be part of an all-hazards T-III IMT Operations Section Chief (OSC) Type III in a Type III All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT).

The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.

Selection Criteria: NIMS ICS Position Specific training shall be completed by personnel who will be required to gain a certificate of training and the credentials to function in an ICS Organization, such as an IMT, as a member of the Command, General Staff or as a Unit Leader. These criteria will be verified on the student enrollment request by endorsement of the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) such as the State/Tribal Training Officer or the course manager.

ACE: Level: Lower Division/Associate ACE: Credit Hours: 2

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Describe how to gather, organize, communicate, and share information necessary to perform as an Operations Section Chief.

Describe the purpose of the Strategy, Tactics, and Planning Meetings and the Operations Section Chief's roles and responsibilities in developing the Operational Planning Worksheet (ICS Form 215) and the Incident Action Plan.

Describe the principles of supervision, delegation, and communication as they relate to the position of the Operations Section Chief.

Identify key strategies for managing and adjusting the Operations Section.

Describe the Operations Section Chief's role in developing and maintaining relations with people internal and external to the ICS Team.

Describe the Operations Section Chief's roles and responsibilities for risk assessment and safety management.

Describe the need and process for contingency planning for an all-hazards incident.

Describe the Operations Section Chief's roles and responsibilities for demobilization.

Hours
32
Max Attendance
18 (4 Open Seats)
Region
2
Locations
St. George Fire Protection

14100 Airline Highway
Baton Rouge, LA 70817

POST Approved
No
Target Audiences
Emergency Management, Emergency Management Director, FEMA, Fire, First Responders, Government Administrative, HAZMAT, Law Enforcement, Private Sector, Probation/Parole Officers, Public Health, Public Safety Communications (911), Security and Safety, and Volunteer Organizations
Availability
Open To The Public
Prerequisites

G-0300 OR ICS-300
AND
G-0400 OR ICS-400
AND
IS-700 OR IS-700.a OR IS-700.b
AND
IS-100 OR IS-100.a OR IS-100.b OR IS-100.c
AND
IS-200 OR IS-200.a OR IS-200.b OR IS-200.c
AND
IS-800 OR IS-800.A OR IS-800.B OR IS-800.c OR IS-800.d

Registrant Notes

Please note the Start and End Times. The Operations Section Chief Class is scheduled according to Pacific time because the Hub Classroom is in California. Class time will be from 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM.