Course Description - D-510 Expanded Dispatch Supervisory Dispatcher

Session #1: March 31 -- April 4, 2008
Session #2: April 7 -- April 11, 2008

Note: D-510 is a one-week course. For 2008, two sessions are planned. Nominees should be prepared to attend either session.

Target Group

This course is designed to train individuals who will be called upon to establish and supervise an expanded dispatch organization and who have met prerequisite training and experience at the Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher (EDSD) level.

Prerequisites

• Qualified as Expanded Dispatch Support Dispatcher. Recommend experience in all functional areas (Overhead, Crews, Equipment, Aircraft, and Supply).
• Successfully completed a pre-course pass/fail test that takes approximately 40 hours to complete. The pre-course test will be available on the NAFRI web site by November 13, 2007.
  
  PLEASE NOTE: On October 29, 2007, the D-510 Steering Committee changed the prerequisite requirement of D-312 Aircraft Dispatcher to highly recommended.

Success in D-510 will depend on the trainee’s ability in leadership and organizational knowledge as contained in the L-380 Fireline Leadership, I-300 Intermediate ICS, D-310 Support Dispatcher courses, and agency-specific supervision courses.

Objectives

Given an incident situation, a briefing from the appropriate agency management entity, incident objectives and a series of inputs from various dispatch functions, the trainee will be able to:

• Develop and manage an effective organization to meet present and future needs of an incident.
• Analyze current and predicted conditions and establish priorities with consultation with the appropriate management entity.

Course Description

D-510, Expanded Dispatch Supervisory Dispatcher (EDSP), is designed to train individuals in the function and responsibilities of an EDSP within an Incident Support Organization. Trainees selected for this course must be capable of performing as an EDSD in all functional areas of an expanded dispatch. The course will provide trainees with a working knowledge of the necessary management skills and operational procedures to successfully perform the job.

The course is intended to be an interactive experience, requiring the trainee to interact with the materials, the faculty, and fellow trainees. The course consists of a 40-hour pre-course test, discussions, exercises and final exam. It is designed to take 32 hours to present.

Each session is limited to 40 trainees.

Important Dates

Nomination Due: November 1, 2007
Pre-Course Test Mailed: November 13, 2007
Pre-Course Test Due: December 21, 2007
Notification of Selection: February 1, 2008

Nomination Process

Please see the NAFRI nomination process available at http://nafri.gov/pages/nominationprocess.htm.

Course Coordinator: Cyndie Hogg, (520) 799-8753; fax (520) 799-8785

Course Location: NAFRI, Tucson, Arizona
Tuition: None

D-510 is currently offered every other year on the even years.