Expanded Dispatch | D-310 | May 20th - 24th
Event Description
D-310 Expanded Dispatch
This course is designed to prepare students to accomplish the duties and responsibilities of an Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher (EDSD). Through hands-on exercises that utilize the Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS), students will organize, plan, and implement a dispatch area to meet the needs of the incident(s); follow established policies and procedures using resource orders and supplemental forms, to mobilize, reassign, and demobilize resources; and demonstrate the ability to respond to changing priorities and situations.
Objectives
• Plan, organize, and implement a functional area to meet the needs of the incident.
• Demonstrate the ability to interact with other functional areas in an incident support organization.
• Follow set established policies and procedures, utilize resource orders and supplemental forms to mobilize, reassign, and demobilize resources.
• Demonstrate the ability to respond to changing priorities and situations within a functional area.
Expanded Dispatch | Cost: $175 | |
All classes on Monday May 20th will begin that day at 1230 (CT). On all other days, classes will begin at 0800 (CT). Classes are scheduled to end each day by 1700 (CT). |
Target Group
Personnel desiring to be qualified as Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher (EDSD).
Minimum Instructor Qualifications
Lead instructor must be a qualified Initial Attack Dispatcher (IADP) or Expanded Dispatch Supervisory Dispatcher (EDSP).
Unit instructors must be qualified as Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher (EDSD).
See Instructor Certification at the beginning of this Guide.
Course Prerequisites
Qualified as an Expanded Dispatch Recorder (EDRC).
Satisfactory completion of pre-course work and pre-selection assessment.
Course Level
Regional, state or area