A critical incident can strike a community at any time. Depending on your staffing levels and available resources, an incident can be handled locally or may require mutual aid and assistance. Understanding the Incident Command System and how telecommunicators play a role in the success of the incident and how the incident commander handles the incident is critical. In this seminar, we will cover the role of a telecommunicator during a critical incident, the roles of on scene responders, how to interact with incident command, among many other great topics. Students will then be placed in ICS positions and challenged to gather information and use their knowledge to determine what information should be obtained from the dispatcher.
Course topics include:
Basic structure of Incident Command System
Roles of the Incident Commander
Roles of the Dispatcher
How can the dispatcher effect change during a major incident
Information gathering and dissemination
Action items for dispatchers during a critical incident
Situational awareness and the dispatcher
*It is recommended that attendees complete FEMA ICS-100 prior to the class*
Registration for course is with UCS on website, www.unitedcommsolutions.com
