This 3-day course provides participants with coursework and hands-on training for the position of Situation Unit Leader on a Type 2 Incident Management Team. It covers the role and responsibilities of a Situation Unit Leader and the relationship of the Situation Unit Leader to other personnel within the Incident Command System (ICS). The student will become familiar with the various incident-related documents and software programs that may be used by the Situation Unit Leader.
Instructional methods include lectures, videos, class discussions, graded evaluation and group exercises. Graded evaluations will be given at the end of each instructional unit and there will be a final evaluation. A certificate of course completion will be awarded to those students who have 100% attendance and who obtain a total course score of 70% or higher.
This course is intended for U.S. EPA and U.S. Coast Guard personnel who have completed the Incident Command System courses I-100, 200, 300, and 400 and IS-700b and IS-800d, and who have been identified to be part of an Incident Management Team.
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the Situation Unit's mission and function.
- Understand the management and leadership function of the Situation Unit Leader.
- Describe the positions in the Situation Unit and the duties of each position.
- Define the interactions of the SITL with other functional positions in the incident management team.
- Describe the types of and sources of information that the Situation Unit utilizes.
- List the products that the Situation Unit prepares or assists in preparing.
- Complete a Situation Report (SitRep).
The classroom version of this course is delivered over three days (24 hours).
The virtual version of this course is delivered over four 4.5-hour days via MS TEAMs.
Continuing Education Units: 2.4
In compliance with Executive Order 13589 - Promoting Efficient Spending, Section 5; the ERTP will not be regularly printing or providing students hard copies of the course manual. A link to an electronic copy of the student manual for personal printing or e-reading has been provided in the Courses Materials section of this page.