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Certificate in Incident Command
Theoretical Foundations of Incident Command: Thinking
This course is designed for fire officers who have experienced incident command. It introduces research and theory developed over the last 20 years that attempt to explain how the size up is conducted through recognition primed decision making. Also studied are high reliability organizations that respond to high stress emergency, and Normal Accident Theory. This research helps to understand incident command, training for incident command, and helps to develop a professionalized fire service.
Theoretical Foundations of Incident Command: Acting
PrerequisiteTheoretical Foundations of Incident Command: Thinking
This second course introduces the more social and political aspect of incident command research, building on the psychological aspects developed in the first course. This course relies heavily on incident command research developed for forest fire command practices. Much of the research is international in scope, arising from Australia, the United Kingdom, Sweden and the United States. Key concepts include crew cohesion and leadership style.
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