ICS-100
Introduction
to ICS
ICS-100 -
Incident Command System Training
The ICS Overview lesson introduces you to:
The background and development of ICS
ICS as the standard for emergency management across
the country
ICS as interdisciplinary and organizationally flexible
Applications of ICS
ICS as a key feature of the National Incident Management
System (NIMS)
By the end
of this lesson, you should be able to:
Identify requirements to use ICS.
Identify three purposes of ICS.
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ICS-200
Basic
ICS
Purpose This course is designed to enable
personnel to operate efficiently during an incident
or event within the Incident Command System (ICS). This
course focuses on the management of single resources.
Who Should Attend?
ICS-200 provides training on and resources for personnel
who are likely to assume a supervisory position within
the ICS.
The primary target audience is response personnel at
the supervisory level.
ICS Instructor Guidelines
The NIMS Integration Center (NIC) is responsible for
“facilitating the development of national guidelines
for incident management training and exercises at all
jurisdictional levels.” This document provides guidelines
for Incident Command
Instructor Levels
Lead instructors must have sufficient experience in
presenting all units of the course to be capable of
last-minute substitution for unit instructors.
Unit instructors must be experienced in the lesson content
they are presenting.
Adjunct instructors may provide limited instruction
in specialized knowledge and skills at the discretion
of the lead instructor. Adjunct instructors must be
experienced, proficient, and knowledgeable of current
issues in their field of expertise.
Instructor Qualifications
This training be team taught by instructors with the
following minimum qualifications:
One instructor required, two recommended.
Lead instructor successfully completed ICS-100, ICS-200,
ICS-300, ICS-400, ICS-700 and ICS-800.
Lead instructor served as Incident Commander, or on
Command or General staff in 10 incidents.
Unit instructor served as Incident Commander, or on
Command or General staff in five incidents.
Course Objectives
The course objectives are to allow course participants
to:
Describe the ICS organization appropriate to the complexity
of the incident or event.
Use ICS to manage an incident or event.
Course Background Information
Training Content
The training is comprised of the following lessons:
Unit 1: Course Overview
Unit 2: Leadership & Management
Unit 3: Delegation of Authority & Management by
Objectives
Unit 4: Functional Areas & Positions
Unit 5: Briefings
Unit 6: Organizational Flexibility
Unit 7: Transfer of Command
Unit 8: Course Summary
The below table presents the
recommended training agenda.
Unit 1: Course Overview 1 hour 30 minutes
Unit 2: Leadership & Management 2 hours
Unit 3: Delegation of Authority & Management by
Objectives 2 hours
Unit 4: Functional Areas & Positions 2 hours
Unit 5: Briefings 1 hour 30 minutes
Unit 6: Organizational Flexibility 1 hour 30 minutes
Unit 7: Transfer of Command 1 hour
Unit 8: Course Summary 1 hour
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ICS
300 Intermediate Incident Command System
This course is intended for non-first response personnel
who could fill supervisory-level positions in ICS organizations.
Topics include organizing for events and incidents,
planning for events and incidents and incident resource
management. Participants will use ICS forms.
Course Logistics Overview
Course Materials
Listed below are the materials that you will need in
order to conduct this course:
Student Manual: Secure one copy of the Student Manual
for each person attending the session.
Course Evaluation Forms: Make sure that you have one
sign in rooster, registration sheet and one copy of
the course evaluation form for each person attending
the training.
Course Equipment
The following equipment is required for conducting this
course:
Computer, Projection Device and screen
Tables and seating for the size of the class (recommend
no more than 30 students)
This course makes no use of copyrighted/proprietary
material.
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ICS-400
Advanced Incident Command System
This course is intended to train personnel who may be
assigned to large incidents in the critical aspects
of major incident management and area command. Topics
include unified command, major incident management,
area command and multi-agency coordination. Course is
equivalent to NIIMS 400 series. This is an "Elective"
course in the Advanced Professional Series (APS) program.
Prerequisite: Intermediate ICS or NIIMS
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ICS-700
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
National Incident Management System (NIMS),
An Introduction, IS-700
On February 28, 2003, President Bush issued Homeland
Security Presidential Directive-5. HSPD-5 directed the
Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer
a National Incident Management System (NIMS). NIMS provides
a consistent nationwide template to enable all government,
private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to
work together during domestic incidents.
This course introduces NIMS and explains the purpose,
principles, key components and benefits of NIMS to include:
• Key concepts and principles underlying NIMS
• Benefits of using ICS as the national incident management
model
• When it is appropriate to institute an Area Command.
• When it is appropriate to institute a Multiagency
Coordination System
• The benefits of using a Joint Information System (JIS)
for public information
• Ways in which NIMS affects preparedness
• How NIMS affects how resources are managed
• The advantages of common communication and information
management systems
• How NIMS influences technology and technology systems
• The purpose of the NIMS Integration Center (NIC)
IS-700 NIMS AWARENESS TRAINING
IN FY06: WHO MUST TAKE IT?
Who must take IS-700 NIMS before the
end of FY06? All personnel with a direct role in emergency
preparedness, incident management or response must complete
NIMS IS-700.
Who must take IS-700 in FY 2006?
Executive Level - Political
and government leaders, agency and organization administrators
and department heads; personnel that fill ICS roles
as Unified Commanders, Incident Commanders, Command
Staff, General Staff in either Area Command or single
incidents; senior level Multi-Agency Coordination System
personnel; senior emergency managers; and Emergency
Operations Center Command or General Staff.
Managerial Level - Agency
and organization management between the executive level
and first level supervision; personnel who fill ICS
roles as Branch Directors, Division/Group Supervisors,
Unit Leaders, technical specialists, strike team and
task force leaders, single resource leaders and field
supervisors; midlevel Multi-Agency Coordination System
personnel; EOC Section Chiefs, Branch Directors, Unit
Leaders; and other emergency management/response personnel
who require a higher level of ICS/NIMS Training.
Responder Level - Emergency
response providers and disaster workers, entry level
to managerial level including Emergency Medical Service
personnel; firefighters; medical personnel; police officers;
public health personnel; public work/utility personnel;
and other emergency management response personnel.
Note: Multi-Agency Coordination
System personnel include those persons who are charged
with coordinating and supporting incident management
activities. These emergency management personnel typically
function from an emergency operations center.
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ICS-800
National Response Plan (NRP)
NRP Overview
NRP Training – Course Overview
Purpose The purpose of this training is to introduce
Federal partners to the key elements of the National
Response Plan so that they can support its implementation
in their departments and agencies.
Objectives
At the end of this unit, you should be able to:
1. Describe the relationship between NIMS and the NRP.
2. Name the five components of the NRP.
3. Define “Incident of National Significance.”
4. Describe, in general terms, the function of the Incident
Command Post, Joint Field Office, and Interagency Incident
Management Group.
5. Describe the roles of the Principal Federal Official
(PFO), Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO), State Coordinating
Officer (SCO), and Senior Federal Law Enforcement Official
(SFLEO).
6. Explain the difference between “preparedness,”
“prevention,” “response,” “recovery,”
and “mitigation.”
Scope
The scope of this course will include:
Unit 1: NRP Overview
Unit 2: Roles & Responsibilities
Unit 3: Coordinating Structures
Unit 4: Field-Level Organizations & Teams
Unit 5: Incident Management Actions
Unit 6: Course Summary
Estimated Completion Time
4 hours
Final Test A Final Test is provided as part of Unit
6 of this training.
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