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
Please check with your organization or Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) to determine if you need a take any pre-requisites before this course.
Comparable course(s)
NWCG L-481
Next steps
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