Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:

• Identify the importance of an effective disaster response preparedness
• Identify the roles and responsibilities of Emergency Response Team( ERT) and Incident Command System (ICS)
• Effectively implement a disaster communication plan
• Show high performance responding to major fires
• Thoroughly identifying  and communicating the learned lesson

Introduction to Disaster Preparedness

• Definitions
• Overview of the disaster management system
• Roles and responsibilities of Emergency Response Team ERT
• ERT competencies and training
• Introduction to Incident Command System
• ICS organizational structures
• ICS center
• Allocation capabilities (Example: JAMAA –YAMMA)
• Video: Emergency Preparedness (the most problematic issues with it)

Disaster communication

• Pre-disaster communication
• During disaster communication
• Aftermath communication
• Case studies: Exxon Valdez

Responding to Disastrous Fires

• Introduction to fire risk assessment
• Types of Building Construction
• Fire development
• Factors Affecting Fire Development
• Effects of Fire on common building materials
• Indicators of building collapse
• Firefighting strategies
• Firefighting tactics (rescue – ventilation – forcible entry – salvage and overhaul …….)
• Fire initial report and size up
• Fire Behavior Indicators (FBI)
• Videos: fire tactics

Fire Scene

• Factors that affect the fire scene
• Establishing control zones
• Communication on the fire scene
• Communication guidelines

Incident Investigation

• Why incident investigation
• Incident investigation team
• Incident investigation process
• Identifying immediate, underlying and basic causes
• Communication the learned lesson
• Case study: investigating a major fire incident