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Course Description


IMS400 - ICS-400 Advanced Incident Command System for Command and General Staff, Complex Incidents and MACS - 12.00 Hours

Prerequisites

ICS-300 or IM/UC Mgt313. Preregistration is necessary. For registration questions call 979-458-3536.

Description

This course is intended to serve as a vehicle to share proven incident management strategies and practices as well as to enhance teamwork and coordination among all response agencies' officers directly responsible for emergency response to a WMD/terrorism incident or other "Incident of National Significance". The course is specifically intended for those emergency response personnel who have duties that require that they be directly involved in incident management or command at either a "field" Incident command post (ICP) or in a city, county, or regional emergency operations center (EOC).

Topics

Topics covered in this course include:

  • Incident Command System review for Command and General Staff
  • Major and / or Complex Incidents/Event Management
  • Area Command
  • Multi-Agency Coordination
  • Audience

    General staff, agency administrators, department heads, emergency managers, area commanders, Multi-Agency Coordination System/Emergency Operations Center managers from the following disiplines/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 compliant with NIMS; specifically, as found in the "NIMS National Standard Curriculum Training and Development Guidance", issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Oct 2005) at the ICS-400 level in all respects. This course meets (or exceeds) the FY-2007 NIMS ICS-400 training compliance requirements.

    Instructor qualifications: ALL TEEX NIMS/ICS instructors are certified Department of Homeland Security NIMS/ICS instructors and meet/exceed all requirements to teach the IMS-400 course.


    Course point of contact Steve Irey at 979-846-6586 Email: steven.irey@teexmail.tamu.edu

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