Sep 2024 Offering

Course

L-0954 - AHIMT Safety Officer Course

Date & Times

Sep 23 - 27, 2024 from 9:30 AM - 5:30 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 goal of this professional development course is to provide federal, state, and local-level emergency responders with an overview of key duties and responsibilities of a Safety Officer 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. This 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:

Explain the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards to response operations.

Explain the role and responsibilities of the Safety Officer in assuming the position and creating an attitude of safety on an incident.

Identify the information that the Safety Officer must obtain when beginning work on an incident and potential source for obtaining that information.

Contrast between a hazard and a safety risk.

Identify techniques used to prioritize hazards for mitigation, as well as several types of mitigation and accident prevention.

Develop an ICS Form 215A, Incident Action Plan Safety Analysis, given a scenario.

Create an ICS Form 208 HM, Site Safety and Control Plan.

Apply multiple methods of communicating safety risks and mitigations through the Incident Safety Plan, Assistant Safety Officers, Safety Messages, and Safety Briefings.

Explain the Safety Officer's interactions with the Logistics Section (and its various sub-units) to ensure that personnel needs are safely met.

Identify common unsafe actions, operations, situations, and safety risks during an incident.

Explain the Safety Officer's responsibility in managing accidents and special situations that may occur during an incident.

Explain the Safety Officer's role in disbanding the Safety Unit during incident demobilization and Closeout.

Hours

40

Max Attendance

18 (5 Open Seats)

Region

4

Locations

Calcasieu EOC

901 Lakeshore Dr. Suite 200
Lake Charles, LA 70601

POST Approved

No

Target Audiences

Emergency Management, Emergency Management Director, FEMA, Fire, First Responders, Government Administrative, HAZMAT, Law Enforcement, Probation/Parole Officers, Public Safety Communications (911), and Security and Safety

Availability

Open To The Public

Prerequisites

IS-200 OR IS-200.b OR IS-200.c
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-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 Safety Officer Class is scheduled according to Mountain time because the Hub Classroom is in Colorado. Class time will be from 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM.