ICS-400: Advanced ICS
Category: ICS - Fundamentals
Prerequisites:
This course is intended for U.S. EPA and U.S. Coast Guard personnel that have successfully completed Incident Command I-100, 200, 300, 700 and 800 level training and who will hold supervisory positions within an ICS organization.
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Course Description:
This 2-day course meets all the requirements and training needs of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) for Advanced Incident Command System training.
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normal">The classroom version of the course may require more than one room.
The virtual classroom version of this course is
delivered over 3 (5.5-hour) days via MS TEAMs.
This course is intended for U.S. EPA and U.S. Coast Guard personnel that have successfully completed Incident Command I-100, I-200, ICS-300, IS-700b and IS-800C level training and who will hold supervisory positions within an ICS organization.
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Summarize principal responsibilities for each Command and General Staff member
- Describe the roles of deputies and assistants in incident management
- Describe the purposes and responsibilities of agency representatives, reporting relationships, and how they can be effectively used within the incident organization
- Describe areas of cost sharing which might apply under a Unified Command structure
- List the principal factors often found in, or related to, major and / or complex incidents
- List the four expansion options for incident organization, and describe the conditions under which they would be applied
- Define Area Command
- Identify differences between Area Command, Unified Command, Multi-agency Coordination Systems, and Emergency Operations Centers
- 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