Managing Company Tactical Operations

Objective

• To develop the management skills needed by company officers to accomplish assigned tactics at structure fires

Prerequisite

• 18 years of age
• Must be an active member of a recognized Fire Department or an Industrial Fire

Brigade

• Firefighter Level I

Target Group

• Newly appointed Company Officers
• Experienced Company Officers (for review)
• Firefighters who may have acting Company Officer responsibilities
• Firefighters who want to become Company Officers

Methodology

• Classroom instruction and simulated exercises.

Content

• Managing the Incident
• Fire Behavior, Building Construction, and Building Occupancy
• Size?Up: Evaluation and Assessment
• Strategy
• Tactics
• Residential Scenarios
• Commercial Scenarios
• Specials Hazards Scenarios

Certification

• A “Certificate of Attainment” shall be issued upon successful completion of the course.