Incident Command Team Course
Training Aim
The aim of this training course is to provide the partcipants with a comprehensive understanding of the practices and procedures of Emergency Incident Management and Command.
The course further serves to provide participants with experience of the practical application of the management process at simulated incidents and also to apply and validate their own “Standard Operating Procedures”
This course includes EXTENSIVE use of ADMS (Advanced Disaster Management Simulator)
Target Audience
The Course has been developed for organisations that have adopted or intend to adopt the Thailand Incident Management System (TIMS) or have adopted an alternative Incident Management System that is to be implemented at emergency incidents
Specific attendees from the organisation should be;
- Persons who may be required to perform a Management Team role at an incident
- Persons who may need to assist the Incident Management Team
- Persons who may be required to know the principles of the Incident Management System
Duration of Course
Two Days
“Practice makes perfect”
It is widely recognised that the transformation of “Knowledge” into “Skill” comes about by “Practice”
The course syllabus is therefore split equally into teaching the understanding of an incident command process and the “Coaching” of the practical application of that knowledge to the students by using the ADMS Virtual Reality Disaster Simulator
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to;
- Understand and implement the key principals of an Incident Command System
- Understand and implement the key functions of an Incident Management Team
- Create and implemet an Incident Application Plan
- Effectively take part as/command an Incident Management Team
- Implement and control communications
- Respond effectively to changing circumstances at an incident
- Respond effectively to emergency situations at an incident
- Provide a more effective life saving and property protection service
- Provide a safer working environment for the Incident Responders
Topics Covered
- Principles of an Incident Command System
- Functions of an Incident Command Team
- Dynamic & Specific Risk Assessments
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
- Compiling, Prioritising and Implementing an Incident Action Plan
- Incident Communications - Emergency Traffic
- Responder Accountability - Responder Rescue
Validate your own SOP
- The course content can be tailored to suit your own training aims
- The course can also serve to test and validate your existing SOPs
- Simulated incidents can be created to refelct your own workplace or any other chosen environment or location
