L969: All-Hazards Position Specific Communications Unit Leader

Course Overview

This course helps participants establish the essential core competencies required for performing the duties of the Communications Unit Leader (COML) in an all-hazards incident. This course addresses all responsibilities appropriate to a COML operating in a local-or state-level All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT). These responsibilities include the collection, processing, and dissemination as needed to facilitate Operations of Command, General Staff, and Unit Leaders within the confines of a Type 3 AHIMT.

This course is an instructor-led training that supports learning through discussion, lecture, and active participation in multiple exercises that provides a realistic, scenario-driven approach to mastering the skills required of a COML.

Program Area(s)

  • Incident Command System
  • Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning
  • Response and Recovery
  • Universal Emergency Preparedness
  • FEMA Logistics
  • FEMA Employee Training

Target Audience

NIMS ICS All-Hazards training should be completed by personnel who are regularly assigned to Functional, Support, or Unit Leader positions on Type 3 or 4 AHIMTs, or by those persons who desire to seek credentials/certification in those positions.

Duration

Duration: Three days (24 hours)

Required Pre-requisites

Recommended Pre-requisite

  • E/G0400, ICS-400: Advanced Incident Command System for Command and General Staff—Complex Incidents

Materials

CEU/ACE Credit

  • CEUs: 2.1
  • ACE: Level: Lower Division/Associate
  • ACE: Credit Hours: 2
  • ACE: Curriculum: Emergency Management or Public Administration