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Police-Fire Incident Management Course
Program Description: The Police-Fire Incident Management Course is intended for command-level officers in the law enforcement and fire service disciplines who are responsible for responding to and working together in incidents involving a real or potential risk to life and property and who have a working familiarity with the Incident Command System (ICS). The course focuses on developing a substantive improvement in the capability of law enforcement and fire service agencies to work together in the response to critical incidents. During the training, participants are expected to demonstrate their ability to apply the concepts learned during the course to three simulated incidents, which progress from small incidents to those of major proportions. Following each simulation, comprehensive discussions occur that are intended to ensure that lessons learned from the simulations are reviewed. Participants learn underlying concepts and become able to define, explain, discuss, and provide examples of the basic tenets of ICS.
Evaluation Information: Adopted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and International Association of Fire Chiefs as a joint venture.
Annual Budget: $6,500.
Sources of Funding: Funded out of the annual operating budgets for police and fire.
Program Type: Comprehensive incident management course.
Target Population: Police and Fire Department personnel.
Setting: Communitywide.
Project Startup Date: 1995.
Contacts:
F. Wesley Dolezal
Fire Chief
Chesterfield Fire Department
P.O. Box 40
Chesterfield, VA 23832
Tel: 804-748-1360
Fax: 804-751-9022
Colonel Carl R. Baker
Police Chief
Chesterfield Police Department
P.O. Box 40
Chesterfield, VA 23832
Tel: 804-748-1266
Fax: 804-748-1239
Last Modified: Wednesday, 29-Mar-2006 12:26:31 EST