Incident Management System

Duration :  10 Days

Target Group:  This course is beneficial to operational team leaders involved in emergency rescue operations

Related Competencies:

•        Fire and Safety Policy and strategy  planning and risk management

•        Incident Management

OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

·         Lead an emergency response team during an incident

·         Control and command the team effectively

·         Effective Communications and Telecommunications 

PROGRAM CONTENT:

•        Background on an Incident Command System (ICS)

•         Factors Affecting an Emergency Management System

•         Emergency Operations, Strategies and Tactics

•         Preplanning of emergency operations

•        Emergency incident size-up and evaluation

•            Issues involved in responding to terrorism incidents

•         Structure and Functions of an ICS

•          Roles and responsibilities of an incident commander, executive and command staff

•          Effectiveness of an ICS

•          Multi-agency operations

•         Maintaining control of the emergency and incident site

•         Planning and operations

•        Logistics and finance