NS 200 - Basic
Incident Command System, ICS-200
THIS COURSE MEETS THE STANDARDS
ESTABLISHED BY THE NIMS INTEGRATION
CENTER FOR COURSES AS TAUGHT BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
(DHS).
First line supervisors, single resource leaders,
lead dispatchers, field supervisors,
company officers and entry level positions (trainees) on
Incident Management Teams
and other emergency personnel that require a higher level
of Incident Command System training.
Course Objectives:
• Describe
an Incident Command System (ICS) organization appropriate to
the
complexity of an incident or
event.
• Use
the ICS to manage an incident or event.
Course Topical Areas
and Specific Objectives:
Leadership
and Management
• Describe chain
of command and formal communication relationships.
• Identify common leadership
responsibilities.
• Describe span of control
and modular development.
• Describe the use of
position titles.
Delegation of Authority and Management by Objectives
• Describe
scope of authority.
• Describe delegation of authority process.
• Describe and explain management by objectives.
Functional Areas and Positions
• Identify the ICS tools to
manage an incident.
• Demonstrate the function of organizational positions within
ICS.
• Demonstrate the use of an ICS 201 form.
Briefings
• Give an Operational Briefing.
• Describe components of field, staff and section briefings/meetings.
Organizational Flexibility
• Explain how the modular organization
expands and contracts.
• Given a scenario, complete a complexity analysis.
• Define the five types of incidents.
• Describe the importance of preparedness plans and agreements.
Transfer of Command
• List the essential elements of information
involved in transfer of
command.
• Describe the process of a transfer of command.
NS 300 - Intermediate
Incident Command System, ICS-300
THIS COURSE MEETS THE STANDARDS
ESTABLISHED BY THE NIMS INTEGRATION
CENTER FOR COURSES AS TAUGHT BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
(DHS).
Middle management, strike team leaders, task force
leaders, unit leaders,
division/group supervisors, branch directors and Multi-Agency
Coordination
System/Emergency Operations Center staff.
Course Objectives:
• Describe how the NIMS
Command and Management component supports the management of
expanding
incidents.
• Describe the incident/event
management process for expanding incidents and
supervisors as prescribed
by the Incident Command System.
• Implement
the incident management process on a simulated Type 3 incident.
• Develop
an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident.
Course Topical
Areas and Specific Objectives:
ICS Fundamentals Review
• Describe how ICS fits into the Command
and Management Component of
NIMS.
• Match responsibility statements to each ICS organizational
element.
• Describe how incidents can best be managed by appropriate
and early
designation of primary staff
members and delegating authority
to the lowest
practical level.
• List the minimum staffing requirements within
each organizational element
for at least two incidents of
different sizes.
• List the ICS
positions which may include deputies and describe deputy roles
and responsibilities. Describe
differences between deputies
and assistants.
• Describe ICS reporting and working relationships
for Technical Specialists
and Agency Representatives.
• Describe reporting relationships
and information flow within the
organization.
Unified Command
• Define and identify the primary features
of Unified Command.
• Describe how Unified Command functions on
a multi-jurisdiction or
multi-agency incident.
• List the advantages of Unified Command.
• Given a simulated
situation, demonstrate roles and reporting relationships
under a Unified Command which
involves agencies from within
the same
jurisdiction and under multi-jurisdiction conditions.
Incident/Event Assessment and Agency Guidance in establishing
Incident
Objectives
• Describe methods and tools used to assess incident/event
complexity.
• Describe types of agency(s) policies and guidelines
that influence
management of incident or event
activities.
• Describe the five
steps in transferring and assuming incident command.
• Describe
the process for developing incident objectives, strategies and
tactics.
• As part of an exercise, develop Incident Objectives
for a simulated incident.
Incident Resources Management
• Identify
and describe four basic principles of resource management.
• Identify
the basic steps involved in managing incident resources.
• Recognize
agency specific aviation policies and procedures as they relate
to
safety.
• Describe the importance of establishing proper span
of control for aviation
resources and facilities.
• Describe how the ICS 215 Operational
Planning Worksheet is used to
manage incident/event resources.
• Describe how the ICS 215A Incident
Safety Analysis is used with the ICS
215 to mitigate hazards to
tactical operations.
• Identify the
organizational elements at the incident that can order resources.
• Describe the differences between single and multipoint resource
ordering
and the reasons for each.
• Identify 5 key considerations associated
with resource management and the
reasons for each.
Planning Process
• Identify the importance of planning for incidents/events.
• Explain the differences between planning for incidents or events.
• Discuss major planning steps including logistical concerns,
cost benefit
analysis, understanding the
situation, developing and implementing
the plan
and evaluating the plan.
• Explain the criteria for determining when the IAP should
be prepared in
writing.
• Describe the role and use of ICS forms and supporting
materials included in
an IAP for effective
incident/events management.
• Describe
the strategy meeting, tactics meeting, planning meeting, operational
briefing and team
meetings.
• Given a scenario, describe appropriate
strategies and tactics to meet Incident
Objectives.
• Using the strategies and tactics from the scenario,
conduct a tactics meeting
and complete an ICS 215
Operational Planning Worksheet and
ICS 215A
Incident Safety Analysis.
• Participate in a planning meeting
using the planning process, and develop a
written IAP for an
incident/event using the appropriate ICS
forms and
supporting materials.
• Using the IAP, conduct an operational
period briefing.
Demobilization, Transfer of Command and Close Out
• Describe
the importance of demobilization planning.
• Identify the impact
of agency specific policies, procedures and agreements
upon demobilization planning.
• Identify the ICS titles of personnel
who have responsibilities in developing
and implementing the
demobilization plan and list their duties.
• List the major sections in a demobilization plan.
• Identify
the need for transfer of command or close out.
• Identify
the processes involved in a close out meeting.
NS 400 - Advanced
Incident Command System, ICS-400
THIS COURSE MEETS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE NIMS
INTEGRATION CENTER FOR COURSES AS TAUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS).
Command and general
staff, agency administrators, department heads, emergency
managers, areas commander and Multi-Agency Coordination
System/Emergency
Operations Center managers.
Course Objectives, Topical Areas and Specific
Objectives:
ICS Fundamentals Review for Command and General Staff
• Describe
how Unified Command functions on a multi-jurisdiction or
multi-agency incident.
• Define the advantages of Unified Command
and list the kinds of situations
which may call for a Unified
Command organization.
• List the
major steps involved in the planning process.
• Describe issues
that influence incident complexity and the tools available to
analyze complexity.
• Describe types of agencies, policies, guidelines
and agreements that
influence management of incident or
event activities.
• Describe
the primary guidelines and responsibilities of the Command and
General Staff positions.
• Describe the purposes and responsibilities
of agency representatives or
technical specialists, reporting
relationships and how they
can be effectively
used within the incident organization.
• Describe the process
for transfer of command.
Major and/or Complex Incident/Event Management
• List the principal factors found in or related to major and/or
complex
incidents/events.
• List the four expansion options for incident/event
organization and describe
the conditions under which
they would be applied.
• Demonstrate,
through an exercise, how to apply the various options related
to major and/or complex
incident/event management.
Area Command
• Define Area Command.
• List the principal advantages of
using Area Command.
• Describe how, when and where Area Command
would be established.
• Describe the Area Command organization.
• Identify six primary
functional responsibilities of Area Command.
• Given a scenario,
develop an Area Command organization.
Multi-Agency Coordination
• Describe the kinds of incident/event
management problems that can occur
due to a lack of Multi-Agency
Coordination.
• Define essential
terms related to Multi-Agency Coordination.
• Identify the major
guidelines for establishing and using Multi-Agency
Coordination Groups and Systems.
• Provide examples of the different
levels at which Multi-Agency
Coordination is commonly accomplished.
• Identify the primary
components of a Multi-Agency Coordination System.
• Describe examples
of entities that may provide Multi-Agency Coordination.
• List
the responsibilities of Multi-Agency Coordination entities.
• Identify principal positions within a Multi-Agency Coordination
System.
• Identify differences between Area Command, Unified Command
and
Multi-Agency Coordination entities.
NS 402 - Incident
Command System Summary for Executives, ICS-402
THIS COURSE MEETS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE NIMS
INTEGRATION CENTER FOR COURSES AS TAUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS).
Elected officials, senior
executive, senior managers and agency administrators with
policy responsibilities, but without specific ICS or Multi-Agency
Coordination
System function/roles or responsibilities.
Course Objectives and Specific
Objectives:
• Define the role of an Executive relative to the ICS.
• Describe
the various ways ICS can be applied.
• Describe the basic organization
of ICS and know the functional
responsibilities of the Command and
General Staffs.
• Describe
basic ICS terminology.
• Identify the differences
between incident/event ICS organizations and the
activities accomplished by
area Commands, EOCs and MACS.
• Describe
the major responsibilities of an Executive as related to an
incident/event, including the agency
administrator briefing
and delegation of
authority.
• Explain the administrative, logistical, financial
and reporting implications of
large incident/event
operations.
NS 403 - NIMS
Multi-Agency Coordination System - Concepts and Principles
THIS COURSE MEETS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE NIMS
INTEGRATION CENTER FOR COURSES AS TAUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS).
This course includes the core concepts and principles
of the National Incident Mangement System (NIMS) Multi-Agency
Coordination System as taught by DHS and as defined in the NIMS
document.
The course
incorporates
the following components:
A Multi-Agency Coordination System is a combination
of facilities,
equipment, personnel, procedures and communications integrated
into a
common system with responsibility for coordinating and supporting
domestic incident management activities.
The primary functions of multi-agency coordination systems
are to support
incident management policies and priorities, facilitate logistics
support and resource tracking, inform resource allocation decisions
using incident management priorities, coordinate incident management
related information and coordinate interagency and intergovernmental
issues regarding incident
management policies, priorities and strategies.
A typical MACS may contain one or several EOCs. A typical
Multi-Agency
Coordination System may contact numerous Department Operations
Center
(DOCs). Depending upon the type and location of the emergency/disaster
various command elements, i.e., area commands, unified command
or the
incident commander, will have to coordinate activities within
an established
MACS.
The course will
describe to participants the components of a multi-agency coordination
system and establish relationships between all elements of
the NIMS. The course
will also increase the participant's knowledge of NIMS relevant
to the
multi-agency coordination system. It will increase the participant's
knowledge of the integrated nature of emergency management
throughout
the nation and advocate the adoption of the guidelines established
in the
NIMS document. The training will contain specific disaster/emergency
related examples that relate to multi-agency coordination systems
at the
local, state and federal levels of government.
At the conclusion of the training, students should be able
to:
• Define multi-agency coordination at the local, state and
federal levels of
government.
• Identify each agency involved in incident management activities
to
ensure appropriate situational
awareness and resources status
information is shared through multi-agency coordination.
• Identify typical priorities established between elements
of the multi-agency coordination system.
• Define key terms related to Multi-Agency Coordination System.
• Describe the process of acquiring and allocating resources
required by
incident management personnel in
relationship to the entire
Multi-Agency Coordination System.
• Identify typical future resource requirements for the entire
Multi-Agency Coordination System Identify
potential coordination
and policy
issues arising from an incident relative to the entire Multi-Agency
Coordination System.
NS 404 - NIMS Public
Information System - Concepts and Principles
THIS COURSE MEETS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE
NIMS INTEGRATION CENTER FOR COURSES AS TAUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS).
This course includes the core concepts and principles of
the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Public Information
System as taught by DHS and as defined in the NIMS document.
The course
incorporates
the following components:
Systems and protocols for
communicating timely and accurate information to the
public are critical during crisis or emergency situations.
NIMS' provides some basic
guidance that describes the principles, system components and procedures needed
to
support effective emergency public information. NIMS public information principles
include the following factors:
The Public Information Officer (PIO) supports Incident
Command.
The PIO supports incident command on all public information
matters
relating to the management of the incident.
The PIO coordinates public information at or near the
incident site and
serves as a link to the Joint Information System (JIS).
In a large-scale operation, the on-scene PIO serves
as a field PIO with links
to the Joint Information Center (JIC), which is typically collocated
with the
federal, state, local or tribal EOC tasked with primary incident
coordination
responsibilities.
Public information functions must be coordinated and
integrated across
jurisdictions and across functional agencies; among federal,
state, local and
tribal partners; and with private-sector and nongovernmental
organizations.
Organizations participating in incident management retain
their
independence during an incident. Incident commanders and multi-agency
coordination entities are responsible for establishing and
overseeing JICs
including processes for coordinating and clearing public communications.
In
the case of unified command, the departments, agencies, organizations,
or
jurisdictions that contribute to joint public information management
do not
lose their individual or identities or responsibilities for
their own programs
or policies. Rather, each entity contributes to the overall
unified message.
This course will describe to
participants the
components of a public information system and establish relationships
between
all elements of the system and with the multi-agency coordination
system under
NIMS. It will also increase the participant's knowledge of
NIMS relevant to
the public information system. It will increase the participant's
knowledge of
the integrated nature of emergency management throughout the
nation and
advocate the adoption of the guidelines established in the
NIMS document. The
training will contain specific disaster/emergency related
examples that relate to
public information systems at the local, state and federal
levels of government.
The course will describe and increase the participant's knowledge
of the Joint
Information System and the Joint Information Center.
At the conclusion of the training, students should be able
to:
• Define public information
systems at the local, state and federal levels
of government to include the Joint
Information System and Joint
Information Center.
• Identify each agency involved in public information activities
to ensure
appropriate situational awareness
and resources status information
is
shared through joint information system.
• Identify typical priorities established between elements
of the public
information system
• Define key terms related to public information system to
include the
relationship with multi-agency
coordination systems and the
field.
• Describe the process of gathering, verifying, coordination
and
disseminating public information by incident
management personnel
in
relationship to the entire Multi-Agency Coordination System
and the
public
information system.
• Identify typical resource requirements for the public information
system.
• Identify potential coordination
and policy issues arising from an incident
relative to the Public Information
System.
NS 405 - NIMS Preparedness
- Concepts and Principles
THIS COURSE MEETS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE
NIMS INTEGRATION CENTER FOR COURSES AS TAUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS).
This course includes the core concepts and principles
of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Preparedness
as taught by DHS and as defined in the NIMS document.
The course incorporates the following components:
Levels of Capability. Preparedness involves actions
to establish and sustain
prescribed levels of
capability necessary to execute a full range of incident management
operations.
A Unified Approach. Preparedness requires a unified
approach.
NIMS Publications. NIMS provides or establishes processes
for providing
guidelines; protocols; standards for planning, training, qualifications
and
certification; and publication management.
Mitigation. Mitigation activities are important elements
of preparedness and
provide a critical foundation across the incident management
spectrum from
prevention through response and recovery.
Achieving Preparedness. Individual federal, state, local
and tribal
organizations are responsible for implementing the preparedness
cycle in
advance of an incident and appropriately including private
sector and non-governmental organizations in such implementation.
NIMS provides the
tools to ensure and enhance preparedness through the following
areas:
• Preparedness Organizations
• Preparedness Programs
• Preparedness Planning
• Emergency Operations Plans
• Emergency Procedures
• Preparedness Plans
• Corrective Action and Mitigation Plans
• Training and Exercises
• Personnel Qualification and Certification
• Equipment Certification
• Mutual Aid Agreements
• Publication Management
NS 406 - NIMS Resource
Management - Concepts and Principles
THIS COURSE MEETS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE NIMS
INTEGRATION CENTER FOR COURSES AS TAUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS).
This course includes core concepts and principles
of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Resource
Management as taught by DHS and as
defined in the NIMS document incorporate the components below.
Resource
management involves coordination and overseeing the application
of tools, processes
and systems that provide incident managers with timely and
appropriate resources
during an incident. Resources include personnel, teams, facilities,
equipment and
supplies. Resource management involves the following four
primary tasks:
• The establishment
of systems for describing, inventorying, requesting and
tracking resources;
• The activation
of these systems prior to and during an incident;
• The
dispatching of resources prior to and during an incident; and
• The
deactivating or recalling of resources during or after an incident.
The underlying course concepts that will be included:
Resource
management provides a uniform method of identifying, acquiring,
allocating and tracking resources.
Resource management uses effective mutual-aid and donor
assistance and is
enable by the standardized classification of kinds and types
of resources
required to support the incident management organization.
Resource management uses a credentialing system tied
to uniform training
and certification standards to ensure the requested personnel
resources are
successfully integrated into on-going incident operations.
Resource management coordination is the responsibility
of the EOCs and/or
multi-agency coordination entities, as well as specific elements
of the ICS
structure (e.g., the Resources Unit).
Resource management should encompass resources contributed
by the
private-sector and non-governmental organizations.
This course will
describe to
participants the
components of resource management and establish relationships
between all
elements of resource management with the Multi-Agency Coordination
System under NIMS. These elements shall include:
• Advance Planning
• Resource Identification and Ordering
• Categorizing Resources
• Use of Agreements
• Effective Management of Resources
• Management Information Systems
• Ordering, Mobilization, Dispatching and Demobilization Protocols
• Identifying and Typing Resources
• Certifying and Credentialing Personnel
• Inventorying Resources
• Identifying Resource Requirements
• Ordering and Acquiring Resources
• Mobilizing Resources
• Tracking and Reporting Resources
• Recovering Resources
• Reimbursement
NS 407 - NIMS Communications
and Information Management - Concepts and Principles
THIS COURSE MEETS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE NIMS
INTEGRATION CENTER FOR COURSES AS TAUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS).
This course includes the core concepts and principles
of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) communication
and information management as
taught by DHS (and as defined in the NIMS Document) incorporated
with the following
components. Effective communications, information management
and information
and intelligence sharing are critical aspects of domestic incident
management.
Establishing and maintaining a common operating picture and
ensuring accessibility
and interoperability are principle goals of communications
and information
management. A common operating picture and systems interoperability
provide the
framework necessary to accomplish the following:
• Formulate and
disseminate indications and warning;
• Formulate, execute and
communicate operational decisions at an incident
site, as well as between
incident management entities across
jurisdictions
and functional agencies;
• Prepare for potential requirements and
requests supporting incident
management activities; and
• Develop and maintain overall awareness
and understanding of an incident
within and across jurisdictions.
NIMS communications and information management
principles include the following
factors:
A common operating picture accessible across jurisdictions
and functional
agencies allows incident managers at all levels to make effective,
consistent
and timely decisions.
Integrated systems for communication, information management
and
intelligence and information sharing allow data to be continuously
updated
during an incident, providing a common framework that covers
the incident's life cycle across jurisdictions and disciplines.
A common operating picture helps ensure consistency
at all levels of
incident management across jurisdictions, as well as between
various
governmental jurisdictions and private sector and on governmental
entities
that are engaged.
Common communications and data standards and related
testing and
compliance mechanisms are fundamental to an effective NIMS.
This course will establish relationships between all
elements of the
system and with the multi-agency coordination system and incident
management under NIMS. It will also increase the participant's
knowledge
of NIMS relevant to communications and information management.
It will
increase the participant's knowledge of incident management
communications and for the need to implement an effective information
management system. The training will contain specific disaster/emergency
related examples that relate to communications and information
management
systems at the local, state and federal levels of government.
The training will describe and increase the participant's knowledge
of pre-incident
information needs, information management needs to include
incident
notification and situation and status reporting, networking
information and
technology use to include geospatial information and wireless
communication.
At the conclusion of the training, students should be able
to:
• Define communications and information management at the
local, state and
federal levels of government
to include the common operating
picture,
common communications and data standards;
• Identify each agency involved in communications and information
management activities before, during
and after a domestic
disaster incident;
• Identify typical interoperability standards established
by the NIMS
Integration Center relative to
communications and information
management
to include incident notification and situation reports,
status
reports, analytical
data, geospatial information, wireless communications and
identification and
authentication issues;
• Define key terms related to communications and information
management to
include the relationship with
multi-agency coordination systems,
public
information systems and the field.
• Identify incident management communications issues relative
to the incident
command system for
individual jurisdictions and for multi-jurisdictions;
and
• Identify potential
coordination and policy issues arising from an incident
relative to communications and
information management.
NS 408 - NIMS
Supporting Technologies - Concepts and Principles
THIS COURSE MEETS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE
NIMS INTEGRATION CENTER FOR COURSES AS TAUGHT BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS).
This course includes the core concepts and principles
of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Supporting
Technologies as taught by DHS and as defined in the NIMS
document. The course incorporates the following components:
Technology and Technological systems
provide supporting capabilities
essential to implementing and continuously refining the NIMS.
These
include voice and data communications systems, information
systems and
display systems. These also include specialized technologies
that facilitate
incident operations and incident management activities in situations
that call
for unique technology-based capabilities.
The course will incorporate five
key principles:
Interoperability and Compatibility;
Technology Support;
Technology Standards;
Broad-based Requirements; and
Strategic Planning for Research and Development.
Supporting technologies enhance incident management capabilities
or lower costs
through three principal
activities: operational scientific support; technology standards
support; and research
and development
support. Training will therefore include the following concepts
for supporting
technologies:
Operational Scientific Support;
Technical Standards Support to include:
• Performance Measurements as a Basis for Standards;
• Consensus-Based Performance Standards;
• Test and Evaluation by Objective Experts; and
• Technical Guidelines for
Training Emergency Responders on Equipment Use.
Research and Development to Solve Operational Problems.
NS
700 - 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).
NS 800 - National Response Plan
(NRP), An Introduction, IS-800
This course introduces the student to the NRP, including
the concept of operations upon which the plan is built,
roles and responsibilities
of the key players, and the organizational structures used
to manage these resources. The NRP provides a framework
to ensure that we can all work together when our Nation
is threatened.
Purpose of the course is to introduce the NRP, so that students
can:
• Describe the purpose
of the NRP.
• Locate information
within the NRP.
• Describe the roles
and responsibilities of entities as specified in the NRP.
• Identify the organizational
structure used for NRP coordination.
• Describe the field-level
organizations and teams activated under the NRP.
• Identify the incident
management activities addressed by the NRP.
NS 101 - National
Incident Management System (NIMS) - What Do I Do?
This course will review jurisdictional adoption
methodologies and procedures to
assist the individual or agency with adopting the NIMS in
order
to comply with Homeland
Security Presidential Directive
(HSPD)–5,
Management of Domestic Incidents.
This course is designed to assist
the student or agency with jurisdictional
compliance and
certain aspects of the NIMS, short term and long term.
Specific areas reviewed will include:
• Incorporating NIMS
into existing training programs
and exercises.
• Incorporating NIMS
into Emergency Operations Plans.
• Promoting intrastate
mutual aid agreements.
• Institutionalize the
use of the Incident Command System.
• Establishing a timeframe
and developing a strategy for full NIMS implementation.
NS 102 - Developing
an Incident Command System (NIMS ICS)
To coordinate
the effective use of all of the
available resources, agencies
need a formalized management
structure that
lends consistency, fosters efficiency,
and provides direction during
a response. The ICS organization is built
around five major components:
Command, Planning, Operations, Logistics and Finance/Administration.
This course will examine the methodology
to incorporate a standardized on-scene incident management
system specifically to allow responders to adopt an integrated
organizational structure equal to the complexity and demands
of any single incident or multiple incidents enabling integrated
communication and planning by establishing a manageable span
of control.
Nine critical components with be review and exercised:
• Common Terminology
• Modular Organization
• Integrated Communication Plan
• Unified Command Structure
• Consolidate Action Plan
• Span of Control
• Designated Incident Facilities
• Personnel Resources
• Resource Management
NS 104 - Integrating
the National Incident Management System into Local ICS
The recent adoption of the National
Incident Management System (NIMS)
has left many agencies, organizations,
and municipalities unprepared
to address strategic
implementation, coordination, and training issues
mandated by the federal directive.
This program provides participants with a comprehensive
overview of the National Response
Plan (NRP), National Incident
Management System (NIMS), Homeland
Security
Presidential Directive (HSPD-5) - Management of Domestic
Incidents, and correlates these
to the various incident command
systems models presently in use
throughout
the country.
The program further expands insights into
suggested development and implementation models and presents
strategic roadmaps for coordinating and integrating NIMS
into your local emergency response system. This program can
be structured and modified to address specific local and
regional emergency management and operational deployment
systems, and present insights and options to assist local
officials in determination of appropriate implementation
models.
This program can also be formatted for
use in a Strategic Planning setting, for facilitating dialogue
and determining action planning for current or projected
NIMS implementation.
NS 105 - Law
Enforcement Incident Command System (LEICS)
Law Enforcement Incident Command System (LEICS)
simplifies the management of critical
incidents by organizing the response into modules. Vehicle
collisions, pursuits,
officer-involved shootings, natural
disasters, and civil disturbances represent only a few
of the incidents for which
an agency can employ LEICS. Under
those circumstances involving multiple jurisdictions, LEICS
allows agencies to provide
a singular response. As a planning
tool, LEICS designates in advance the specific duties of
all participants. Perhaps
more important, it determines who
will be in charge at the scene. Whether they require the
response of one agency or
many, critical incidents become
more manageable with LEICS. Anyone in the law enforcement
community from the chief, sheriff
or to the patrol officer can implement
LEICS into its full configuration.
The individual who initiates the ICS response
usually assumes command on the scene at the field command
post and becomes the incident commander. Unless formally
relieved, the incident commander remains in charge and provides
a single point of contact. The incident commander oversees
the entire operation through divisions, groups or branches,
which provide a manageable span of control. All components
can be collapsed, expanded, or added as needed during a specific
incident. Others may not be needed at all for an emergency
limited in scope or duration.
This course is designed to identify elements
of the Incident Command System (ICS), as well as the responsibilities
of the Incident Commander. Objectives are to define the Incident
Command System (ICS); to learn how to identify and take appropriate
actions during the stabilization phase of an incident; to
learn how to establish a command post and staging area; to
describe and apply Division and Group command structure elements;
and to describe the purpose and responsibilities of Operations,
Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration functions
within the ICS. All through a series of lectures and table
top law enforcement scenarios use to reinforce skills and
proficiency.
NS 106 - Hospital
Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS)
Introduction to ICS, setting
up command, and establishing
primary functional groups within
the command structure. Learning
how to use hospital-based ICS
worksheet to tracking hospital personnel and resources
and coordinated resource
response to and from the community. Interactive participation.
NS 107 - NIMS
and ICS - Where Do We Go From Here?
Emergency management, fire, rescue,
EMS, and law enforcement response
agencies and support organizations
may be finding themselves challenged
in disseminating
information related to the national directive of
the National Incident Management
System (NIMS) and how it translates to their local
incident command system. This
program provides a clear understanding
of NIMS and the elements and
components
that comprise and translate into the various ICS
models. This seminar presents
NIMS in the context of a comparison between the NFA
ICS Model, the Phoenix Fireground
Incident Command Model and the
Firescope ICM model and how NIMS
can assimilate into most ICM/S systems. The program
highlights key factors
and options for modifying, enhancing or retooling
existing incident management
systems.
NS 108 - Integrating
National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident
Command Management (ICS) into Corporate and Facilities
Emergency Response Plans
The National Incident Management
System (NIMS) establishes parameters
for uniformity in the manner
in which site specific emergency
response operations are conducted
and coordinated with the basis on uniformity in organization,
terminology and
incident management. This program provides insights
and guidance on the methodologies
to integrate or establish new emergency response
plans that are compliant the
National Incident Management
System (NIMS) and the elements
of the Incident
Command Management systems (ICS). This program identifies
the methods, systems and organizational
parameters that establish effective
and NIMS compliant response
plans and utilizes the elements of the Incident Command
Management systems (ICS) for
site-specific internal operations
or when they expand to require
off-site municipal resources and agency responses.
NS 109 - National
Incident Management System and Incident Command (NIMS/ICS)
for Facility Fire Marshals and Fire Wardens
This
program provides
a comprehensive
overview of the
National Incident Management
System
and the manner in which it interfaces
with the Incident Command System for incident
management. The program
focuses on the development and integration
of NIMS and ICS into a facility’s
emergency response and contingency
operations plans and the manner
in which designated fire marshals,
fire wardens and
area safety supervisory staff function
in assigned roles and interface
with
external emergency response agencies
and organizations.
NS 110 - National
Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command
(NIMS/ICS) for Corporate, Business, and Industrial Facilities
This
program provides
a comprehensive
overview of the
National Incident Management
System
and the manner in which it interfaces
with the Incident Command System for incident
management. The program
focuses on the development and integration
of NIMS and ICS into a Corporate,
Business or Industrial facility’s
emergency management, response
and contingency operations plans
and the manner in which
designated fire brigade, security or emergency
response and emergency plan staff
function in assigned roles and
interface with external
emergency response agencies and organizations.
This program provides the necessary
insights, organizational models
and methods to upgrade
or develop effective facility plans and incident management
systems.
NS 111 - NIMS
Incident Command System (NIMS ICS) - Emergency Operations
Center
This course provides an opportunity
for participants to begin developing
a NIMS ICS/EOC interface for
their community. The course outlines
NIMS ICS with
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) responsibilities and functions.
NS 112 - NIMS
Incident Command System (NIMS ICS) - Public Works
This course introduces public works personnel
to the NIMS ICS. Several scenarios are included that allow
participants
to apply NIMS ICS to public works events.
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REACT™ Response and Command Training - NIMS
Training Series Alignment
Aligned with our NIMS Training Series, the REACT™ training simulator modules
address a wide latitude of emergency management, strategic, tactical, administrative,
managerial or support functions deliveries and can be designed for delivery to
audience groups of 10 – 200 participants.
Discussion-Based and Operations-Based
Exercises
Structured under the emerging National Incident Management Systems (NIMS),
the comprehensive collection of REACT™ training simulator modules and
course content are modified and defined to meet the specific training needs
of our client and their response and command requirements. REACT training simulator
modules provide an opportunity for participants to learn or refresh on existing
ICS/ NIMMS or develop capabilities under the new NIMS command management protocols,
integrate site-specific, local or regional emergency response protocols, procedures
and deployment standards. EMAC International closes the gap between your command & emergency
management needs and the operational proficiencies expected in today’s
demanding emergency management profession. The Response and Command Training
simulator modules provide your agency or organization with the ability to transition
exiting ICS management protocols and procedures into the new NIMS systems with
a highly effective training method that integrates dynamic individual and group
participative demands, references and builds on the transition from your current
ICS protocols to NIMS and provides proficiency skill development to prepare
the student to implement these at actual incident events, effectively.
The highly structured yet interactive
REACT™ training simulator modules,
stimulate and engage participants through
sequential exercise simulations and focus
on a wide selection of skills development
methodologies for incident management and
organization protocols, expanding the initial
response for effective span of control,
implementation or integration of elements
of the National Incident Management Systems-NIMS,
address Recognition-Primed Decision-Making,
Incident Action Planning-IAP, Risk Management & Resource
Deployment & Strategic Incident Management,
including Single, Unified and Area Command
Operations. Other simulation modules can
be developed to concentrate on multiple
agency coordination, site
specific, regional or large scale emergency management
incident deployments or postulated initiating incident
events.
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EMAC International brings our REACT™ modules
directly to you location and can accommodate single client
deliveries, local, regional or multiple agency or department
program facilitations. Our programs are designed for basic,
intermediate or advanced level content, are flexible and
cost effective based upon our client’s specifications
and integrate traditional strategic, tactical and management
skills development with cutting edge hands-on training in
a controlled environment setting, with the primary objective-
to increase participant skills and capabilities for the future
incident event. learn more about REACT™
To schedule or inquire
about a course, please contact us.
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