 |
|
|
|
Class Schedule
 |
| For more information about this course or to schedule a class, please contact the division. This course can be scheduled to meet your specific requirements. |
Course Description
ICS100 - Incident Command System (ICS) Course and WMD Tabletop Exercise - 20.00 Hours
Prerequisites
NoneDescription
The National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC) of the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) provides Incident Command System (ICS) training. It does so in conjunction with an integrated tabletop exercise (TTX) as part of the Texas Governor’s Division of Emergency Management (GDEM) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)/Terrorism Exercise Program. This National Incident Management System (NIMS)-compliant course is delivered using a team-teaching approach in which two emergency management professionals provide instruction throughout the modules. The instructional methodology combines brief lectures, small group activities, and a tabletop exercise. The ICS/TTX Course is delivered at a time mutually agreed upon by NERRTC and the jurisdiction at a location of the jurisdiction’s choosing. NERRTC provides instructors and training materials, and the hosting jurisdiction provides the course participants and adequate classroom facilities. Additionally, participants in this course are prepared to take the FEMA ICS 200 certification test.
Topics
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to describe and identify the major elements associated with the following features of ICS:
- Primary ICS functions
- Management by Objective
- Chain of Command
- Organizational flexibility
- Span of control
- Common terminology
- Personnel accountability
- Integrated communications
- Steps in transferring and assuming command
- Their organization’s role in the ICS
- Unified Command (UC) operation structure during emergency response
- Potential terrorist threats or incidents
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) agents most likely encountered
- Major steps in the planning process.
Audience
This course brings together personnel from within a jurisdiction who would participate in prevention, management or response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosion (CBRNE)/Terrorism incident in their community. It specifically targets individuals assigned to positions within the jurisdiction’s ICS nodes during GDEM-sponsored Functional and Full Scale Exercises. Course participants represent public health, health care services, fire services, law enforcement, emergency medical services, hazardous materials response, emergency planning, emergency communications, public works, industry and private organizations.
Other Information
Additional information can be obtained from the Emergency Services Training Institute (ESTI) or NERRTC through these individuals.
- Cecil Ware (979) 458-3411 Cecil.Ware@teexmail.tamu.edu
- Jim Sachtleben (979) 458-6853 James.Sachtleben@teexmail.tamu.edu
- Ralph Staplin (979) 458-6946 Ralph.Staplin@teexmail.tamu.edu.