Training · Exercises · Studies · Field Tools
Project Z Consulting trains and exercises the people who run incidents, supports emergency managers and their EOCs, writes the studies and plans that guide local decisions, and builds the field tools teams use to put an Incident Action Plan together.
ICS-300, ICS-400, O-305, G-402, EOC, and Functional Incident Management.
ExerciseHSEEP tabletop through full-scale exercises, with after-action reports.
AdviseFire department studies, emergency management consulting, and emergency plans.
EquipThe PZC IAP Builder and ICS 214 log for incident management teams.
Course catalog
Every course pairs instruction with scenarios drawn from your community, so participants practice on incidents they could actually face.
The week-long course for responders preparing to serve on a Type 3 IMT.
Expanding and complex incidents, from the planning process to multi-agency coordination.
ICS and unified command applied to active violence and other multi-agency incidents.
PZC IMT Field Tools
Most teams still build an Incident Action Plan across spreadsheets and Word files. The PZC IAP Builder lets the whole team work in one plan: enter information once and it fills every ICS form.
Exercises & studies
HSEEP exercises that put your command staff to work, and fire department studies that give your board clear options.
Training
From the officials who set policy to the team members who write the plan, our courses mix instruction with scenarios, command boards, and group work so participants leave ready to use what they learned.
Roles, the planning process, and IMT operations, built around a multi-day scenario.
Incident objectives, the planning process, and resource management as incidents grow.
Command and general staff roles, area command, and multi-agency coordination.
What elected and appointed officials need to know about NIMS, ICS, and the EOC during a major incident.
EOC activation, organization, position roles, situational awareness, and support to the incident.
How the incident command post and the EOC share information, resources, and decisions during an incident.
EOC structure, activation, staffing, and the planning cycle, with hands-on EOC scenarios.
Position checklists and job aids for your EOC, taught in your EOC, with a short drill to finish.
ICS and unified command for complex, multi-agency incidents, with active violence scenarios.
Size-up, radio reports, and scene management on structure fires, MCIs, and working incidents.
The Planning P in practice, with your team building a live IAP in the PZC IAP Builder.
Training built around your policies, apparatus, and response area.
Emergency management consulting
Many communities have one emergency manager, often part time. We work alongside your program to build the plans, the EOC, and the training and exercise schedule that keep it ready.
A review of your emergency management program against national standards, with a prioritized list of what to fix first.
Room layout, activation levels, position checklists, forms, and the call-out process for your EOC.
Emergency operations plans, annexes, continuity of operations, and hazard mitigation plans.
A multi-year Integrated Preparedness Plan that ties your training and exercises to your risks and gaps.
Planning, training, and exercise work scoped to EMPG and other preparedness grant requirements.
On-call EOC and planning support during an incident, and after-action reviews once it is over.
Exercises
We design, conduct, and evaluate HSEEP-consistent exercises for single agencies and multi-agency partners. Each one is scoped to your objectives, core capabilities, participants, and budget.
The HSEEP building-block approach
Most programs start with discussion-based exercises and build toward operations-based ones as plans and people mature.
Emergency management
For emergency managers, a single exercise works best as one step in a larger plan. We facilitate your Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop, build the multi-year schedule of training and exercises, and make sure each exercise tests the EOC as well as the field.
Every exercise includes
Studies & consulting
Each engagement is scoped to your community's size, budget, and the decision in front of you. We work through the findings with your staff and officials so the recommendations are understood and usable.
NFPA 1710 / 1720 · ISO PPC
An objective look at how your department operates today and what it needs next, with hands-on support for chiefs and boards working through those decisions.
NIMS · CPG 101 · EMAP
Plans written in plain language and structured to meet federal and state requirements, plus hands-on support for the emergency management program behind them.
Highway · Rail · Pipeline · Fixed facility
What hazardous materials move through your jurisdiction, by what route and in what volume, and what that means for response planning and training.
How a study works
Confirm the questions the study must answer.
Run data, records, site visits, and interviews.
Measure against national standards and peer communities.
Final report and a presentation to your board.
PZC IMT Field Tools
A set of apps for incident management teams, built from our own deployments and classroom work. They run in a browser on a laptop, tablet, or phone, and keep working when the connection drops.
One shared plan the whole team builds together, the way teams already use shared spreadsheets, with every ICS form filled from a single entry.
A fast way for every position to keep its unit log on deployment, from the phone in your pocket.
In development
Track time and cost for every agency on the incident, grouped by agency.
Rates loaded and updatable, so costs line up with reimbursement.
Run cost reports, calculate burn rates, and export to Excel.
About us
Project Z Consulting, LLC provides training, exercises, studies, and emergency management consulting to fire departments, public safety agencies, and local governments.
Our team is made up of fire service personnel, EMS providers, emergency managers, incident management team members, and hazardous materials technicians. These are the disciplines that come together at every significant incident, and they are the same disciplines that shape our work.
Because our members serve in these roles, our courses reflect how incidents are actually managed, our exercises are built around realistic decisions, and our recommendations account for the staffing, budgets, and political realities that agencies face.
Training · Exercises · Studies · Field Tools
Our team
Each engagement draws on the members whose experience best fits the work, so the people teaching, evaluating, or advising understand your operation.
Career and combination fire service personnel, including company and chief officers, with experience in operations, staffing, deployment, and department administration.
Fire department studies · Fireground command · Policy review
EMS providers and supervisors with experience in patient care, mass casualty incidents, and the integration of EMS into fire and public safety systems.
EMS reviews · MCI exercises · Operational reviews
Emergency management professionals with experience in planning, EOC operations, preparedness grants, and coordination with local, state, and federal partners.
Emergency operations plans · EOC training · Program assessments
Members of all-hazards incident management teams with command and general staff experience on planned events and deployed incidents.
O-305 · ICS-300/400 · IAP Builder · Functional exercises
Hazardous materials technicians with response experience in identification, risk assessment, and the planning that supports hazmat operations.
Commodity flow studies · Hazmat exercises · Response planning
How we work
Every course, exercise, and study is built for the agency in front of us.
Our members currently serve in fire, EMS, emergency management, IMT, and hazmat roles. What we teach and recommend is what we practice.
Training and recommendations sized to your staffing, budget, and community, with steps your agency can carry out.
Our findings follow the data and national standards. We have no equipment or products to sell.
Reports, plans, and presentations written so your members, elected officials, and residents can understand them.
Who we serve
Fire departments · EMS agencies · Law enforcement · Emergency management agencies · Townships, cities, and counties · Dispatch centers · Incident management teams
Contact
Tell us what you need and we'll follow up to set up a short call.