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Practice the first minutes of incident command: assess conditions, set priorities, assign resources, and communicate as the incident changes.
Program brief
This program combines brief preparation, decision stations, scenario work, evaluator feedback, and after-action review so participants can strengthen how they lead when information and conditions change.
Program focus
Company Officer Foundations develops the broad company-officer role. Command Labs concentrates on applied incident-command decisions in changing conditions. Compare all CTS Learn programs, including Incident Safety Officer training in development.
Build the knowledge, judgment, supervision, policy, and professional-practice foundation required across the company-officer role.
Strengthen early incident-command decisions through timed stations, scenarios, evaluator feedback, and after-action review.
Course fees
Fees cover the full 10–12 hour Lab, assigned practical exercises, evaluator feedback, and after-action review. Contact CTS to confirm dates and booking arrangements.
$449
Includes the complete 10–12 hour lab, assigned practical exercises, evaluator feedback, and an after-action review with a follow-up improvement activity.
One-time program price. CTS confirms current availability, schedule, and participation details.
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Request a department quoteCourse outline
Use dispatch information, the initial size-up, and incoming reports to identify hazards and set priorities.
Exercise: A brief size-up, stated priorities, and evaluator feedback.
1.5 hours
Choose an initial command approach, explain your decision, and state what would require a change in the plan.
Exercise: A command decision, a radio message, and conditions for changing the plan.
1.5 hours
Assign available companies, request additional resources, and adjust priorities when help is delayed.
Exercise: Company assignments, resource requests, and an explanation of priorities.
1.75 hours
Prioritize incoming reports, give clear radio assignments, and brief an incoming Incident Commander.
Exercise: Radio messages and a verbal transfer-of-command briefing, followed by classroom review notes.
1.5 hours
Recognize deteriorating conditions, revise the plan, and communicate changes to operating companies.
Exercise: Decisions and radio messages in response to changing incident conditions.
1.75 hours
Command a complete scenario, review your performance with an evaluator, and practice an agreed improvement.
Exercise: A TACTRIUM™ final scenario, evaluator feedback, and a verified follow-up improvement.
2–3 hours
What participants will do
Each stage asks participants to make a decision, communicate it clearly, examine the result, and carry the learning into the next decision point.
Use the available reports to describe the incident, identify what you still need to know, and set priorities.
Choose an initial command approach and assign the available personnel and resources.
Act on new reports, communicate revised assignments, and adjust when resources or conditions change.
Discuss what happened, identify an improvement, and test it in a later exercise.
Completion requirements
Evaluators review your priorities, company assignments, radio messages, and response to changing conditions against the course criteria. Exercise worksheets support the review after the scenario; they are not paperwork required for a routine fireground command transfer.
Scenario practice
Scenario work for the Lab is conducted in a dedicated TACTRIUM™ experience built for decision practice, evaluator observation, and after-action review.
Plan your training
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