MCCCD Program Description

Hazard Zone Command

Course: FSC225

First Term: 2018 Fall

Lec + Lab 5.0 Credit(s) 6.0 Period(s) 6.0 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: T Lab Load

Description: Provides the knowledge, skills and abilities for incident commanders to manage local, National Incident Management System (NIMS) Type 4 and 5 incidents. Prepares Fire Service Company and Command Officers to standardize local incident operations across their organization. The Hazard Zone Command course includes theory and simulation-based case studies. After successful completion of the course, the student will receive Blue Card certification for a period of three (3) years.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Describe the role and responsibilities of an effective Incident Commander. (I) 2. Describe resource management needs at incidents. (II) 3. Describe responsibilities in Assumption, Confirmation, and Positioning of Command. (III) 4. Describe the standard information management forms and critical factors for evaluating emergency situations. (IV) 5. Identify Incident Strategy and develop and initiate a Tactical Incident Action Plan. (V) 6. Describe communication requirements at incidents. (VI) 7. Describe Incident Organization. (VII) 8. Describe, review, evaluate, and revise of Tactical Incident Action Planning. (VIII) 9. Describe actions to continue, transfer, and terminate Command. (IX)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Incident Command System (ICS)/Incident Management System (IMS) and the 8 Functions of Command A. Strong, direct, and central command B. Incident Commander (IC) Roles 1. Command - Strategic 2. Sectors, Divisions, Groups - Tactical 3. Companies - Task C. Organizational Structure Establishment and Implementation D. Effective IC 1. Systems and People 2. Standard actions 3. Situational Awareness 4. Risk Manager 5. Delegation 6. Task 7. Logic/decisions 8. Communications E. IC Responsibilities 1. Responder safety and survival 2. Protect, remove, and provide care 3. Incident Stabilization 4. Conserve Property 5. Short-term services II. Command Function #1 - Deployment Management A. Initial and ongoing deployment of resources B. Resource allocator C. IC`s standard deployment management 1. Dispatch 2. Incident response 3. Staging 4. Sector assignments 5. Accountability 6. Work/rest cycle 7. On-Deck 9. Rehabbing 8. Recycling 10. Unit reassignment 11. Unit back into service III. Command Function #2 - Assumption, Confirmation, and Positioning of Command A. Incident management system 1. Organizational ranks and incident roles 2. Command Mode Management 3. Command Assumption 4. Command Safety 5. Managing the Command Position IV. Command Function #3 - Situation Evaluation A. Size-Up 1. Building 2. Fire 3. Occupancy 4. Life Hazard 5. Arrangement 6. Resources 7. Action 8. Special circumstances B. Strategic Decision Making Model 1. Critical fire ground factors 2. Risk Management Plan 3. Strategy 4. Incident Action Plan 5. Tactical Priorities` Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) V. Command Function #4 - Identify Strategy/Develop Incident Action Plan (IAP) A. Strategy 1. Offensive Operations 2. Defensive Operations B. Improve overall objectives C. Incident safety D. Risk Management E. Tactical priorities F. Benchmarks G. Review and Revision of IAP H. Responsibility 1. Safety of firefighting personnel 2. Rescue and treatment of victims 3. Fire control 4. Property conservation VI. Command Function #5 - Communication A. Organizational Management 1. Strategic 2. Tactical 3. Task B. Communication Model 1. Radio 2. Face to face 3. SOP`s and radio discipline C. Order Model 1. Communicate using radios 2 Decreases radio traffic 3. Eliminates freelancing and order confusion D. Reporting 1. Initial radio report 2. Follow-Up reports 3. Assigning Units - Task, Location, Objective 4. Progress reports Conditions Actions and Need (C.A.N.) 5. Strategic Shifts - Offensive to Defensive VII. Command Function #6 - Organization A. Incident Organization 1. Match and Balance 2. Size 3. Structure 4. Complexity of the operating resources B. Geographic and functional sectors/divisions/groups C. Organizational levels 1. Strategic 2. Tactical 3. Task D. Assigning sectors, divisions, groups 1. Company work areas 2. Accountability 3. Units limited to five VIII. Command Function #7 - Review, Evaluation and Revision of IAP A. Operating positions 1. Match current conditions 2. Visual size-up 3. Progress reports B. Command system in Hazard Zone C Command set up D. System Safety Requirements for any Extended Offensive Fire Operation 1. One IC 2. IC`s plan (SOP driven) 3. Required resources 4 Fire control initial action and search operations 5. Cover/assign tactical positions 6. IC in place within 5-7 minutes 7. Tactical positions in 10 minutes 8. Fire control within 10 minutes 9. Later arriving units to ON-Deck positions (layering) 10. IC continuous evaluation 11. IC IAP adjustments IX. Command Function #8 - Continue, Support, and Terminate Command A. Effective command positions 1. Fast attack mode (Company Officer) 2. Command Mode (Chief Officer) 3. Support Officer/Senior Advisor B. Command Transfer C. Chain of command 1. IAP sharing 2. IAP is current 3 Action matches conditions D. De-commitment 1. Critique 2. Strategic Decision Making Model

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: March 28, 2017

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