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Course Description

This course provides emergency responders with an overview of key duties and responsibilities of a Situation Unit Leader in a Type III AHIMT.

Delivery and Length

This classroom-based Instructor facilitated course requires 25 student contact hours, not including scheduled breaks. It is recommended that this course be delivered over 4 days.

Prerequisites:

ICS 300

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify course objectives and position-specific resource materials

• Describe the function of the Planning Section and the roles and responsibilities of the Situation Unit Leader

• Describe the function of the Situation Unit and the roles and responsibilities of the Situation Unit Leader

• Identify how to obtain, analyze, and disseminate necessary incident intelligence

• Identify how to select and use appropriate methods to display incident intelligence

• Demonstrate how to use advanced technology to develop and display incident intelligence

• Explain how to effectively establish and maintain the Situation Unit

• Participate in a Planning Meeting and Operational Briefing

• Demonstrate the ability to complete required documents to support the incident

Target Audience:

Agencies and organizations are responsible to determine who within their organizations requires ICS Position Specific training, based on local incident management organizational planning.

The audience may include students from a variety of agencies and functional disciplines, including fire service, law enforcement, emergency management, public works departments, as well as public health organizations, medical emergency teams and hospitals.