Anyone running ICS-200 refreshers tailored to ACOs? We cut our average bite-call arrival from 22 to 14 minutes after a March radio/triage drill, but I want to formalize it and lock in safer perimeters and faster scene handoffs — what CE courses have measurably improved your public-safety response?
Biggest gain for us came from running IS-200.c as a 45‑minute monthly micro‑drill where first-in ACO reads a short ‘transfer of command’ script and we cone a warm zone before any contact; it cut handoffs about 5 minutes and tightened perimeters, but it only stuck after a two‑minute hotwash using the same checklist every time. If you want the script, we based it off this: FEMA - Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Course | IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS-200 — want a copy?
Quick example: we switched to a 15‑minute “arrival‑to‑handoff” drill built around a 60‑second CAN report and a one‑page ICS‑201 cheat sheet — like setting the table before dinner — and it tightened perimeters and cut the dead time at transfer. For CE, TEEX’s AWR‑328 All Hazards Preparedness for Animals in Disasters mapped cleanly to ACO ops and gives solid injects you can plug into ICS‑200 refreshers: https://teex.org/class/AWR328/. Have you tried pulling in dispatch for the drill so unified command starts on the first transmission?