Maricopa Community Colleges  TDP102   20042-20075 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 02/24/04
TDP102 20042-20075 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Basic Concepts for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Incidents
Designed to give participants a basic awareness of the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and manage a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) incident through the roles and responsibilities of the incident command system (ICS) , using the eight functions of command. Use of a multidiscipline approach to ICS, integrating the local unified command system to approach and manage a WMD incident. Includes community response strategies and risk management plans for the protection of the community.
Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
TDP102   20042-20075 Basic Concepts for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Incidents
1. Describe the development of the Incident Command System (ICS). (I)
2. Identify the need for an ICS. (I)
3. Describe the roles and responsibilities of the Incident Commander (IC) . (I)
4. Describe and explain how to implement the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for a specific business of choice. (I)
5. Describe the eight functions of command. (I-IX)
6. Initiate command within a scenario. (II)
7. Select proper command mode. (II)
8. Confirm command assumption with standard radio report. (II)
9. Set up command post within a scenario. (II)
10. Conduct a rapid, systemic, and accurate size up. (III)
11. Describe fixed and variable incident factors. (III)
12. Explain form of communications. (IV)
13. Describe the communication order model. (IV)
14. Maintain a clear, controlled, and well-timed radio voice. (IV)
15. Explain communication difficulties from complex operating positions. (IV)
16. Describe local resource response, amounts, and capabilities. (V)
17. Describe staging assignments by the IC and accountability. (V)
18. Explain appropriate tactical reserve. (V)
19. Describe the declaration of strategy. (VI)
20. Manage and control operations within the basic strategy for a scenario. (VI)
21. Prepare tactical priority benchmarks as the action plan to match the overall strategy. (VI)
22. Include strategy, location, function, and objective in the Incident Action Plan (IAP). (VI)
23. Identify system requirements for ICS. (VII)
24. Describe the balance of command organization relative to the size, structure, and complexity of the operating resources. (VII)
25. Describe operations at the strategic, support, and task levels. (VII)
26. Explain resource allocator to sections, branches, and sectors. (VII)
27. Use a standard action plan review as a checklist for revisions. (VIII)
28. Describe command safety. (VIII)
29. Develop and support an organization that outlasts the event. (IX)
30. Describe the information chain of command. (IX)
31. Explain the reduction of command structure as a part of the ending stages on incident operations. (IX)
32. Complete a written exam with no less than 70% proficiency. (X)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
TDP102   20042-20075 Basic Concepts for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Incidents
    I. Overview of the ICS
        A. Fire department development
        B. Adaptation to fit the need of local jurisdictions
        C. IC roles and responsibilities
        D. The IAP
        E. Development of SOPs
        F. Eight functions of command
      II. Assumption, Confirmation, and Positioning of Command
          A. Central command
          B. Assumption of command
          C. Confirmation of command
          D. Command post
        III. Situation Evaluation
            A. Size-up
            B. Incident factors
          IV. Communications
              A. Forms of incident communications
              B. Communication order model
              C. Maintaining communications
              D. Controlling communications
              E. Communication command safety
            V. Deployment Management
                A. Incident deployment management
                B. Request for service
                C. Resources
                D. Staging
                E. Decentralized resource areas
              VI. Identify Strategy/Develop IAP
                  A. Stratagem
                  B. Tactical priority
                  C. Incident action planning
                VII. Organization
                    A. System requirements
                    B. Small and large scale
                    C. Sections
                    D. Branches
                    E. Sectors
                  VIII. Review, Evaluation, and Revision
                      A. Action plan revision
                      B. Command safety
                    IX. Continuing, Transferring, and Terminating Command
                        A. Continuing command factors
                        B. Command transfer
                        C. Terminating command
                      X. Evaluation
                          A. Written multiple choice final exam
                          B. Course evaluation by the students
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