Course Overview

Establishing the essential core competencies required for performing the duties of the Situation Unit Leader (SITL), ICS-346 addresses all responsibilities appropriate to an SITL operating in a government and private industry Incident Management Team (IMT). These responsibilities include processing information and intelligence and developing displays. This course is an instructor-led training that supports learning through discussion, lecture, and active participation in multiple exercises that provides a realistic, hands-on approach to mastering the skills required of an SITL.

Specific Course Topics

• Roles and responsibilities of the Situation Unit Leader
• Determining level of effort (staffing) needed to provide necessary services
• Establish and maintain Information flow between IMT positions and the Situation Unit Leader
• Managing Field Observers
• Establishing and maintaining Status Boards
• Maintaining situational awareness
• Provide projections and modeling services
• Identifying target groups and conducting situation briefings
• Working with technical data
• Information reporting both internal and external to the incident
  

Target Audience

Responders designated to fill the Situation Unit Leader position during all-hazard response

Duration

Duration: Two days (16 hours) 

Pre-requisite (recommended)

Successful completion of ICS-300 

This Course may be Taught in Conjunction With

• ICS-348 Resources Unit Leader (ICS 346/346)
• ICS 347 Demob Unit Leader/348 RESL (ICS346/347/348)
• ICS-248 Status/Check-in Recorder (ICS 248/346)
• ICS-245 Display Processor (ICS-245/346)
• ICS-245 and ICS-248 (ICS-245/248/346)
  

Equivalencies

• FEMA/EMI E/L0964
• NWCG S-346
• USCG ICS-346