NIMS ICS-100 TRAINING : WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS

Who must take the training? All federal, state, territorial, tribal, private sector and non-governmental personnel at the entry, first line supervisor, middle management, general staff and command level of emergency management operations must complete Incident Command System—100 level training.

Approved ICS-100 level training may be developed and conducted by federal, state, local and tribal agencies as well as private training vendors however it must include the following topics and objectives.

• Purpose of ICS: Identify requirements to use ICS, three purposes of ICS and common incident tasks.

• Basic Features of ICS: Describe the basic features of ICS.

• Incident Commander and Command Staff Functions: Describe the role and function of the Incident Commander and Command Staff.

• General Staff Functions: Describe the role and function of the Operations, Planning, Logistics and Finance/Administration sections.

• Facilities: Describe the six basic ICS facilities, identify facilities that may be located together. and identify facility map symbols.

• Common Responsibilities: Describe common mobilization responsibilities and common responsibilities at an incident, list individual accountability responsibilities, and describe common demobilization responsibilities.

The United State Fire Administration, through its National Fire Programs Office, offers ICS-100 training. The courses can be accessed at www.usfa.fema.gov/training/nfa/independent/

NIMS ICS-200 TRAINING:  WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS


Responder and emergency operations personnel must take ICS-200 training  Approved ICS-200 level training may be developed and conducted by federal, state, local and tribal agencies as well as private training vendors. However the training must cover certain topics and objectives, to include:

• Leadership and Management: Describe chain of command and formal communication relationships, identify common leadership responsibilities, describe span of control and modular development and describe the use of position titles.

• Delegation of Authority and Management by Objectives: Describe scope of authority and the process by which authority is delegated. Management by objectives must be described and explained.

• Functional Areas and Positions: Identify the ICS tools to manage an incident, demonstrate the function of organizational positions within ICS and demonstrate the use of an ICS 201 form.

• Briefings: Give an Operational Briefing and describe components of field, staff and section briefings/meetings.

• Organizational Flexibility: Explain how the modular organization expands and contracts, complete a complexity analysis given a specific scenario, define the five types of incidents, and describe the importance of preparedness plans and agreements.

• Transfer of Command: List the essential elements of information involved in transfer of command and describe a transfer of command process.

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