TOPIC OF INSTRUCTION INCLUDE:
The three-day Field Force Operations (FFO) course provides law enforcement and security officers with instruction in protest types and actions, legal considerations, responsibilities of mobile field force teams, and crowd-control methods. The course culminates with a series of hands-on activities that allow responders to practice all of the learned skills (baton-holding positions, mass-arrest procedures, and riot-control formations) in a realistic context.
OBJECTIVES:
- Identify considerations of a protest situation.
- Use equipment to control crowds.
- Execute positions in crowd-control squad formations.
- Position yourself within a mass-arrest team to apprehend, search, and detain a subject.
PREREQUISITES:
- Certified Law Enforcement Officer.
- Must have successfully completed:
- IS-100.b, Introduction to the Incident Command System, IS-100, or any of the available ICS-100 series.
- IS-700.b, National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction.
- Students must be physically capable of standing for long periods; walking and marching for long periods; employing a baton in the performance of crowd-control actions; and performing lifts and carries required in the performance of mass-arrest carries.
REGISTRATION PROCESS:
Have your need a FEMA SID number and password. You must have a FEMA SID number before you can apply for the class.
- If you need a FEMA SID number, go to: https://cdp.dhs.gov/FEMASID and click “Register for FEMA SID" or click “Forgot FEMA SID?" if you have forgotten your FEMA SID.
- Registering for a FEMA SID number does not register you for this class. You must apply for the class separately.
Click this link to apply for the class: https://cdp.dhs.gov/apply/to/24N-0483%20FFO
- Enter your FEMA SID and password
- A CDP Training Registration System (TRS) application for 24N-0483 FFO will open.
- Complete the required fields.
- Click the “Review and Submit Application Now" button.
- Complete the application process by clicking the affirmation checkbox and providing your digital signature by entering your name and FEMA SID password.
- If you have trouble with the link, go to https://cdp.dhs.gov/students FFO in the “Have a Promo Code?" box. You must enter the promo code exactly as it appears here to successfully apply).
If you encounter any errors, please do not attempt to bypass or skip through them. Please document the error with as many details as possible and/or screen shots (print screen) and submit to FEMASIDHELP@dcpemail.dhs.gov so the error can be documented and addressed by the development team. Once the error has been reported, then proceed.
Register for the course through the Wisconsin State Patrol using the link below.