Incident Leadership

L-381
32 Hours

Course Description

This is a leadership development training recommendation for incident response personnel who will function in fireline command roles. The design and delivery process used to meet this training recommendation will need to be determined by the agency. It can be part of an agency-provided curriculum or contracted from a vendor.

THIS IS NOT A COURSE PACKAGE AVAILABLE IN THE N.W.C.G. PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

Minimum course length is 32 hours and the training should be designed to provide at least 50% of the delivery time as exercises and simulations. Low student to instructor ratios are necessary for successful exercise/simulation based training delivery. A dedicated cadre of at least three instructors is recommended for class sizes in the range of 18-25 students. Selected course materials should address these topic areas:

  • Command presence/climate
  • Leaders intent
  • Rapid team building
  • Communicating in high stress situations
  • Detecting decision errors
  • Operational tempo awareness

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Goal

The intent of this training recommendation is to provide future leaders of Divisions, Groups, and Type 3 incidents with the leadership tools to effectively exert command and control over a quickly assembled team in a time constrained and rapidly changing incident environment.

Target Group

Personnel desiring to be qualified as Division/Group Supervisor or Incident Commander Type 3.

Instructor Qualifications

The combined cadre should have career backgrounds and expert level knowledge in principle-centered leadership, emergency incident operations, human factors and decision-making. All instructors should be facilitative instructor qualified, and able to execute field simulations, role-playing, and classroom exercises in order to maximize the impact and learning in the course.

Refer to the NWCG instructor levels and requirements in the Field Managers Course Guide online at http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/training/training.htm

Course Prerequisites

Qualified as any Strike Team Leader or Task Force Leader or Incident Commander Type 4.
or
Completion of L-280 Followership to Leadership.

Completion of pre-course work assignment.

Course Level

Regional, state, or area