111 - Incipient Level - Incident Management

Incident Management is one of the command focused titles in Action Training Systems' 12 part Incipient Level series for industrial fire brigades, and SkillsTrain supplies it locally as ATS's authorised distributor. Action Training Systems (ATS) is a United States training producer that has made fire and industrial training content since 1988, and SkillsTrain supplies it across South Africa as ATS's authorised distributor.

The module describes the basic components of incident management and the common terminology and concepts used under the NIMS Incident Command System, the structured command framework that lets different responders work to one plan. It covers procedures for emergency incident communications, how command is formally transferred from one person to another as an incident grows or senior staff arrive, radio communications discipline, and the control zones that keep people at the right distance from a hazard.

It belongs to ATS's Incipient Level pathway, which is built to NFPA 1081 and NFPA 600. NFPA 1081 is the United States National Fire Protection Association standard for industrial fire brigade member qualifications and NFPA 600 is its standard for facility fire brigades, so the content maps to recognised benchmarks rather than one supplier's view. Like every ATS title it uses a teach, test and track method: the learner is tested as they go, and a wrong answer stops the video and replays that section before letting them continue, rather than simply marking it wrong.

It is available on its own or as part of the full 12 title Incipient Level series, on USB, DVD, streaming video or through the ATS interactive online catalogue, and a facilitator guide with editable PowerPoint slides is available separately for instructors running a classroom programme. Who it is for: industrial fire brigade members who need to slot into a command structure, and training officers preparing brigade leaders and incident commanders.