Incident Management Team leaders strengthen Command and General Staff coordination, shared intent, and decision-making to guide integrated teams during complex incident operations.
Course overview
Incident Management Team Leadership prepares Command and General Staff personnel to function as a cohesive leadership team during complex incidents requiring strategic coordination and organizational alignment. Building on Organizational Leadership, the course emphasizes team-level decision-making, leader’s intent, shared situational understanding, and integrated incident action planning to improve Incident Management Team effectiveness across extended and high-complexity operations.
Who is this course for?
- Type 2 Incident Management Team Command and General Staff personnel.
- Experienced incident management leaders supporting complex or extended operations.
- Personnel responsible for coordinating strategy, intent, and decision-making across Incident Management Team sections.
- Responders preparing for senior leadership roles within Incident Management Teams.
Course objectives
- Explain how team value systems influence Incident Management Team effectiveness.
- Apply command climate and command presence principles across Command and General Staff functions.
- Support development of a shared team-level common operating picture.
- Develop and communicate leader’s intent throughout the incident organization.
- Apply structured critical thinking and decision-making frameworks during complex incidents.
- Use sense-making strategies to interpret evolving incident conditions.
- Apply intent-based Incident Action Planning principles.
- Strengthen coordination and interdependencies among Command and General Staff positions.
Delivery format
Activities may include instructor-led training supported by facilitated discussion, Command and General Staff coordination exercises, leadership scenario analysis, team decision-making simulations, strategic planning activities, and asynchronous learning components.
Duration
4–5 days (32–40 hours)
Recommended prerequisites
Comparable course(s)
NWCG L-481
Next steps
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