First Time for Everything
First Time for Everything
K Lamb Associates Ltd experienced two firsts last week. Humberside Fire commissioned KLA to deliver our SFJ Awards Level 7 Award in Revalidation of Strategic Incident Command. Hosting the day, HFRS wanted it to be as realistic as possible and son invited along a strategic advisor (LRF) a loggist and a tactical advisor in the form of a National Inter-agency Liaison Officer (NILO). KLA provided the course director, role players and one of strategic assessors. A fascinating day as CFO Phil Shillito and DCFO Niall Mckinnery both used their vast experience to each successfully chair a strategic coordination Group (SCG) meeting with a backdrop of a significant incident in their service area.
The other first was the commission from Lincolnshire Fire (LFRS) for KLA to deliver our whole day of SFJ-Effective Command-Incident Command Level 4 (ICL4 Tactical) Revalidation Assessment. ACFO Steve Topham and AM Dave Lynch, both immersed themselves in 2 very challenging scenarios replicating risks in their service area. Fantastic support was provided by the LFRS Incident Command Training Team and several flexi-duty officers, made the day a huge success. We look forward to returning to LFRS soon.
Whilst our delivery team was in the region, we also managed to deliver a second day of SFJ-Effective Command-Incident Command Level 4 (ICL4 Tactical) Revalidation Assessment for County Durham & Darlington Fire. Always a great place to work, we were made to feel very welcome as again, supported by their ICT Team, the candidates were placed in a familiar surrounding however it was no less challenging because of the thought that goes into building our bespoke scenarios.
In Devon & Somerset Fire (D&SFRS) our partner Strategic Trainer/ Assessor Joe Hassell, delivered yet another excellent Group Decision-Making Exercise this time for tactical commanders. Forming part of a series of Command Hour Continuous Professional Development (CPD) sessions, D&SFRS once again demonstrate their commitment to developing their officers.
Finally, Northamptonshire Fire asked KLA to deliver a day's XVR Simulation Training. Recognising that their team Incident Command Training Team has gone through a period of change, they identified that some expertly delivered training was required to ensure consistency across the team. KLA were glad to oblige on this occasion.
Are you a Strategic Leader in your service interested in the consolidation or development of your strategic command knowledge? Katherine Lamb's next coveted SFJ Awards Level 7 Award in Strategic Incident Command Course (Phase 1) takes place on 27th-28th March 2025. If you would like to know more about this course or the wide range of Incident Command products that KLA deliver, please visit our website and get in touch to speak to one of our team.
