Description
Enhance your Incident Command skills, with a special focus on new concepts of the Incident Command System (ICS). The training and resources provided in this course will assist personnel who require advanced application of the ICS. The course will also benefit any person who has a responsibility to function in a command post managing an expanding incident.
This course builds upon information covered in the ICS-100, ICS-200, and ICS-300 courses and explains the roles and responsibilities of local, county, state, and federal agencies involved in managing an expanding incident.
You will participate in group activities that introduce the use of an Incident Complex and Area Command, and the interactions between Multi-Agency Coordination (MAC) entities.
Prerequisites
Recommended
Experience using concepts and principles from ICS-100, ICS-200, and ICS-300 in a response or exercise.
Topics
Special management challenges for major incidents/events+Area Command +Multi-Agency Coordination Systems (MACS)Suggested Audience
Personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an expanding incident that may require a higher level of NIMS/ICS training 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 may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents
Government Programs, Certifications and Accreditations
For DHS/FEMA Funded Courses, please contact (866) 878-8900Continuing Education & Professional Credits
Other Information
Course size
- Maximum number of participants: 40
- Minimum number of participants: 26
Instructor qualifications
All TEEX NIMS/ICS instructors are certified Department of Homeland Security NIMS/ICS instructors and meet/exceed all requirements needed to teach the MGT905 course.
