PSAF 2040 - Incident Command Strategies

1. All-hazard approach to incident management
2. Incident command post location, configuration, staffing, command, and operations.
3. Interfacing with government, media, and the community.
4. Introduction to the incident command system.
5. Multi-agency incidents.
6. Review of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
7. Role of the incident commander and staff.
8. Simulated planning, preparation, and response to natural, human-made, and terrorist incidents utilizing the incident command system and NIMS.
9. Standard operating procedures (SOP).
10. The role of non-public safety organizations.
11. Tours of EOCs.

1. Explain the all-hazard approach to incident management. (L2)
2. Identify roles and responsibilities of EOC staff. (L3)
3. Construct a plan to interface with governmental agencies, the media, and the community. (L5)
4. Discuss Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5. (L2)
5. Describe factors that may impact, challenge, or disrupt the incident management system. (L2).
6. Discuss the effective implementation of National Incident Management System. (L2)
7. Review the National Incident Management System
8. Formulate an action plan and course of action for a simulated tabletop natural, human-made, or terrorist incident. (L5)
9. Prepare standard operating procedures (SOP) that would be utilized in an EOC. (L3)
10. Compare and contrast various EOCs. (L4+6)
11. Describe daily operations of an EOC. (L2)
12. Evaluate an incident management team¿s plan, preparation, and response to a simulated tabletop natural, human-made, or terrorist incident. (L6)
13. Manage a simulated tabletop natural, human-made, or terrorist incident. (L5)

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