Water Operations Officer Development
organize / manage large or small-scale
water rescue teams
Recommended for: Emergency Services personnel leading dive and surface water response incidents
2 days (16 hours)
Course Overview
Prerequisites
Overview
This course is designed to help water rescue teams to organize and manage many of the often overlooked or forgotten tasks required to be successful. Mission readiness includes Leadership (communication and motivation), Management (budgeting, SOPs/SOGs), Training / Equipment (surface and subsurface teams) and Water Operations (on, near or under the water). Participants will complete several tabletop scenarios.
Duration
- 2 days (16 hours)
Areas of Focus:
- TEAM LEADERSHIP including motivation, meeting team and community needs, water rescue disciplines, and mission statements
- TEAM MANAGEMENT including funding, budgeting, and developing SOGs
- TEAM TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT including program development, evaluations, documentation, training manual development, communications, mutual aid, AHJs, and Incident Command
- RESCUE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS including preplanning, resources, mutual aid agreements,operations, FEMA, and demobilizing
- TABLE TOP SCENARIO TRAINING
Prerequisites:
- Member of a public safety agency
- At least 18 years old
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