Mastering Fireground Command – Calm the Chaos

32-Hour Self-Paced Online Course

Mastering Fireground Command – Calm the Chaos is an intensive, self-paced, online 32-hour workshop. Engaging video lessons, command post footage, graphics, exercises, interactive simulations, and quizzes all comprise the latest in online learning management systems. 

Based upon the national best-selling series from Fire Engineering, this NIMS-compliant curriculum follows NFPA and other industry standards for incident command.

The outline below gives you an overview of the main course. A 100-Simulation Sets and Reps Lab is included for added repetition and practice.

Whether as an individual, whole fire department, or entire region, this program will give you the latest training curriculum and methodology for commanding and managing Type 4 and 5 incidents to ensure you are safe, effective, efficient, and consistent in your operations. The course has the following objectives:

• To perform more thorough size up and victim profiling
• Ensure clearer communications with less radio traffic
• Set up proactive and decentralized incident command for active ongoing and accurate accountability of resources and personnel
• Provide for rapid and agile deployment of ICS to maintain a manageable span-of-control and stay ahead of the incident power curve
• Bridge the Tactical Gap to prevent the NIOSH 5 LODD causes from coming into alignment
• Balance Risk/Gain Management for more life safety of firefighters and civilians
• Enhance tactical decision-making for structure fires, vegetation fires, MCI, and hazardous materials incidents
• Achieve more civilian rescues
• Ensure no firefighter fatalities
• Eliminate significant firefighter injuries
• Allow fewer minor firefighter injuries
• Reduce loss of life and property
• Provide better service to the community
• Develop more robust and modern succession planning and promotional training to current and future officers