WATER INCIDENT MANAGER

Revised DEFRA Flood Rescue Concept of Operations Module 5 for incident management

Outreach Rescue
Announces a New Water and Flood Incident Manager Course

We are delighted to announce the arrival of our new Water and Flood Incident Manager
Course.  This course meets the learning outcomes of the revised DEFRA Flood Rescue Concept of Operations Module 5 for incident management.  The new course is now held for the prescribed 4-day duration and is aimed equally at those delegates who may be required to command or advise at both operational and
tactical levels. 

The first two days are focused on the operational level of command and deals with all aspects
of risk management for single-site multi-agency incidents as well as operational level flood rescue command and coordination.  A range of learning approaches is utilised including video-based case studies, group and individual decision-making and experience sharing from a range of sources.  The key focus here is the use of the JESIP protocols to fully embed the multi-agency nature of water rescue.

The second two days are focused on wide-area flood management at tactical level and includes a
focus on using local plans to develop a tactical plan for the coordination of
local and national mutual aid assets.  We show delegates how to access key information to predict likely hazards, to understand the key rescue capabilities from a range of organisations, how to
construct a command and communications structure for wide-area flooding, how to
manage risk and safety in a multi-agency context and how to manage incoming mutual aid.

A variety of methodologies are used to assess delegates and embed knowledge including
pre-course learning, knowledge conformation tests, individual decision-making
and the ability to draft and present METHANE and IIMARCH briefings.  For courses delivered at the client’s
premises, table-top exercises are geared to local risks.

This revised DEFRA FRCO Module 5 course is delivered by Paul Amos and Terry Webb, two
experienced flood and water rescue instructors and the first course will be
delivered in July.  If you would like further information please contact the office, alternatively contact Paul Amos on 07718882964 or paul.amos@outreachrescue.com

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Our Instructors

Paul Amos: Paul is a retired area commander from Hereford and Worcester FRS with extensive flood rescue experience. As the former CFOA lead for technical water rescue and a member of the original
project team that researched and developed the current national standards, Paul was a co-author of the previous FRCO.  He currently teaches all our current WIM courses and is a lecturer on the undergraduate and post-graduate disaster management courses at Coventry University.

Terry Webb: Terry is a retired divisional officer from Essex County FRS, again with extensive flood rescue experience.  Terry is a serving NRAT flood rescue tactical advisor and a high-level coordinator and senior instructor for the EU Civil Protection Mechanism having attended disasters around the world.  He is also a RNLI coxswain and a member of the institution’s flood rescue response team.