O-305 USFA Type 3 All Hazards Incident Management Team Training Course | Benton County Fairgrounds, Auditorium, Corvallis, OR | May 23 to May 27 (2025)

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Description-

All-Hazard Incident Management Teams (AHIMT) play an essential role in the management of, and response to, local/regional/national emergencies, natural disasters and public events. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) provides professional development support to help AHIMT members obtain the knowledge and skills needed to perform effectively as a team under stressful, dynamic conditions.

The overall goal of the Type 3 AHIMT course is to develop state, regional and tribal AHIMTs to function under the National Incident Management System during a large and/or complex incident or a major event. This course is designed for those who are assigned to function in a Type 3 AHIMT during a large/complex incident, typically extending into multiple operational periods.The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments.

Selection Criteria: Personnel who will be required to gain a certificate of training and the credentials to function in an ICS Organization, such as an IMT, as a member of the Command, General Staff or as a Unit Leader. These criteria will be verified on the student enrollment request by endorsement of the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) such as the State/Tribal Training Officer or the course manager.

Course Details-

Course Title - O-305 USFA All-Hazards Type 3 Incident Management Teams (AHIMT)

Duration in Hours - 40.0

Duration in Days - 5.0

Course Description-

This five-day course provides students with a solid foundation of the activities, processes, leadership elements, and the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) necessary to function within the framework of a Type 3 AHIMT deployed to an incident or planned event. The course is considered fast-paced, highly interactive, and challenging as the students, formed into the Command and General Staff positions on an All-Hazards Incident Management Team, navigate through multiple activities and rapidly expanding incident scenarios. The course includes a comprehensive review of the roles and responsibilities of each of the Incident Command System (ICS) Command and General Staff positions, their roles as leaders of their sections or functional areas, leadership and teambuilding, and decision-making under stress. A significant portion of time is spent explaining the Planning Process, each step within the process, the roles and responsibilities of each ICS position within the process, and the deliverables expected from them (based on their ICS position on the team) at the conclusion of each step. Multiple scenarios are used throughout the class to provide the students with opportunities to practice each st ep of the Planning Cycle, conduct the meetings and briefings, and produce multiple Incident Action Plans (IAPs).

Two of the course days include comprehensive incident scenarios that last approximately five hours and that require the team to manage current incident management operations of a rapidly expanding incident, at the same time as planning for, and completing, an IAP for the next Operational Period.

Course Objectives-

This course meets the needs of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF). The USFA O-305, Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team (AHIMT) introduction course focuses on the importance of developing and operating as a functional Type 3 AHIMT. This course will assist individual responders to perform as viable team members by:

• Learning the basic foundational KSAs necessary to perform in an ICS position on an AHIMT.

• Emphasizing the nature and purpose of a Type 3 AHIMT so that others in the community and emergency services are more willing and able to assist or participate in their local Type 3 AHIMT.

• Demonstrating the critical role that leadership and teamwork skills play in the success of a Type 3 AHIMT.

• Providing a basic framework for building and maintaining critical interpersonal communications and working together as a team member of a Type 3 AHIMT.

• Operationalizing the components of the NIMS and NRF for use in the field.

• Offering practical experience of on-scene operations through extensive exercises and simulations that provide multiple opportunities to perform as members of a Type 3 AHIMT during simulated incidents.

Mission Areas-

Prepare

Respond

Recover

Mitigation

Prerequisites-

The required prerequisites to this course are:

· IS-0100: An Introduction to the Incident Command System

· IS-0200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response

· E/L/G0300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents

· E/L/G0400: Advanced Incident Command System for Command and General Staff - Complex Incidents

· IS-0700: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS)

· IS-0800: National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction

Other recommended (not required) course:

· E/L/G 0191 Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface

· O 337 Command & General Staff Functions for Local Incident Management Team (US Fire Administration)

Target Audience

This course is intended to be taught at the introductory level for participation on an All-Hazards Incident Management Team. Students in this course should include all interdisciplinary emergency response personnel, such as fire protection and law enforcement personnel, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responders, staff members of departments of public works and departments of public health, emergency management, mass care, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and members of various community and tribal groups offering critical emergency response services.

The National Integration Center disciplines that are ideal include:Incident management

EducationMass care

AviationEmergency management

Search and rescueEMS

Public health/Medical

Law enforcement

Firefighting and hazardous materials responsePublic works

Animal control/Veterinary