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All-Hazards Safety Officer - L954-002

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Full Description: Course Dates & Times:
May 17-21, 2027
8AM-5PM each day

Course Length: 5 days.

The goal of this professional development course is to provide federal, state, and local-level emergency responders with an overview of key duties and responsibilities of a Safety Officer in a Type III All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT).

Course Objectives
     •  Explain the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards to response operations.
     • Explain the role and responsibilities of the Safety Officer in assuming the position and creating an attitude of safety on an incident.
     • Identify the information that the Safety Officer must obtain when beginning work on an incident and potential source for obtaining that information.
     • Contrast between a hazard and a safety risk.
     • Identify techniques used to prioritize hazards for mitigation, as well as several types of mitigation and accident prevention.
     • Develop an ICS Form 215A, Incident Action Plan Safety Analysis, given a scenario.
     • Create an ICS Form 208 HM, Site Safety and Control Plan.
     • Apply multiple methods of communicating safety risks and mitigations through the Incident Safety Plan, Assistant Safety Officers, Safety Messages, and Safety Briefings.
     • Explain the Safety Officer's interactions with the Logistics Section (and its various sub-units) to ensure that personnel needs are safely met.
     • Identify common unsafe actions, operations, situations, and safety risks during an incident.
     • Explain the Safety Officer's responsibility in managing accidents and special situations that may occur during an incident.
     • Explain the Safety Officer's role in disbanding the Safety Unit during incident demobilization and Closeout.

Target Audience:
Federal, state, tribal, and local emergency responders (from a variety of agencies and functional disciplines, including fire service, law enforcement, emergency management, public works departments, as well as public health organizations, medical emergency teams, and hospitals) who may be designated as Safety Officers on their local or state Incident Management Team (IMT). NIMS ICS position specific training should be completed by personnel who are regularly assigned to function in a command staff or unit leader position on Type III or IV Incident Management Teams or by those or by those persons who desire to seek credentials/certification in those positions.

**NOTE** The following prerequisites are mandatory and must be completed before requesting enrollment. Waivers will not be granted under any circumstance. Certificates of completion or FEMA transcript must be uploaded during registration.

     • G300: Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS)
     • G400: Advanced Incident Command System (ICS)

Other recommended (not required) courses:
     • G191 Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface
     • O305 Type 3 AHIMT Training Course (US Fire Administration)
     • O337 Command & General Staff Functions for Local Incident Management Team (National Fire Academy)

Completion of this class is a requirement for credentialing for some positions through the Arizona Qualification System (AQS).

Training Dates: 05/17/2027 - 05/21/2027

Training Times: 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM

Prerequisites: G400 - Advanced Incident Command System (ICS)
G300 - Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS)

Registration Dates: 11/18/2026 - 05/18/2027

Available Seats: 30

Hours: 40h 0m

Fee: None Specified

Training Location: City of Phoenix Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
2425 W. Lower Buckeye Road
Phoenix, AZ 85009

Reporting Instructions: None Specified

Signup Details: *Enrollment Policy: Students must have the status of “Enrolled” to attend any class or event. Students who are “Waitlisted” or “Pending Approval” will not be allowed to attend the class. If a student needs to cancel enrollment, please do so as early as possible to allow someone on the waitlist to be enrolled.

*Attendance Policy: Students must attend at least 90% of the class to be able to receive credit. Should a student need to miss any portion of the class, they must contact the DEMA Training Branch beforehand for further information.

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