Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NNFA-0044
Organization's ID:
R0308
Organization:
U.S. Fire Administration - National Fire Academy (NFA)
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
10 days (60 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Public Safety
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan effectively for significant natural and man-made disasters, command the response to several simulated incidents, and integrate their systems into events requiring specialized resources, preparation and/or a multiagency response in compliance with National Incident Management System (NIMS) guidelines.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify the roles of the National Response Framework (NRF), the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the Stafford Act in the management of domestic incidents of a catastrophic nature
  • Develop the tools necessary to complete a critical infrastructure (CI) Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)
  • Relate how Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) function
  • Distinguish challenges associated with joint tactical operations specific to incidents involving active assailants
  • Organize resources while using an Incident Action Plan (IAP) to manage a major flood disaster
  • Organize resources while using an Incident Action Plan (IAP) to manage a major hurricane disaster
  • Describe the roles of the various Command and General Staff positions of an Incident Management Team (IMT)
  • List the challenges specific to wildland firefighting
  • Manipulate T-cards as a tracking procedure for assigned resources used on a particular incident
  • Apply the planning process during a simulated major disaster
  • Organize resources while using an Incident Action Plan (IAP) to manage a major terrorist disaster
  • Assemble information on the level of damage within an assigned area by using the Damage Assessment (DA) form
  • Organize resources while using an Incident Action Plan (IAP) to manage a major tornado disaster
  • Act as a member of an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to manage a major earthquake disaster
  • Prioritize the key issues to be addressed as an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during the recovery process after a major disaster

General Topics:

  • National response framework, national incident management system, and the Stafford Act
  • Community risk analysis and threat and hazard identification and risk assessment
  • Incident command system/national incident management system overview
  • Emergency operations center and incident management team/emergency operations center interface
  • Wildland firefighting overview
  • Overview of fire and emergency medical services roles in active assailant incidents
  • Using t-cards as a tracking process
  • Managing disasters: terrorism, flood, tornado, earthquake, and hurricane simulations
  • Damage assessment
  • Earthquake recovery
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials