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Course Description


IMS120 - Introduction to ICS, (ICS-100) / Basic ICS, (ICS-200) FEMA Training - 16.00 Hours

Prerequisites

Participants should be entry level, or on scene personnel who work in one of the following emergency response categories listed under Audience

Description

This course describes the history, features and principals , and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident management System (NIMS). In providing this training we use the FEMA ICS-100 "Facilitators Guide", student manual, and examination.

Topics

Topics covered in this course include:

  • Purpose of ICS
  • Basic Features of ICS
  • Incident Command and Command Staff Functions
  • General Staff Functions
  • ICS Facilities
  • Audience

    Entry level personnel or on scene personnel from the following disciplines/services

    • Fire Service
    • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
    • Hazardous Materials (HazMat)
    • Law Enforcement (LE)
    • Public Health (PH)
    • Public Works (PW)
    • Emergency Management (EM)
    • Government administrative
    • Private Sector and military (if invited by the host jurisdiction)
    • County, state, and federal agency personnel who will respond with a
      local jurisdiction during a WMD/terrorism incident

    Other Information

    This course is the FEMA curriculum for ICS-100 & ICS-200. Participants will be administered the ICS-100 & ICS-200 exams at the end of the course.

    Instructor qualifications: ALL TEEX NIMS/ICS instructors are certified Department of Homeland Security NIMS/ICS instructors and meet/exceed all requirements to teach the ICS-100 and ICS-200 course and proctor the ICS-100 and ICS-200 examination.


    Course point of contact Steve Hightower at 979-845-2586 Email: steven.hightower@teexmail.tamu.edu

    Register online or use our registration form (MS Word format, the form will open in a new window), fill it out, print it, and fax it to (979)458-3453.

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