ICS-400: Advanced Incident Command System for Command and General Staff-Complex Incidents

Cleburne County

Course Description

This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in ICS 100 through ICS 300 courses, which are prerequisites for the ICS 400 course.

Selection Criteria

The target audience for this course is senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an Area Command or Multi-Agency Coordination Entity.

Course Objectives

• Explain how major incidents engender special management challenges.
• Describe the circumstances in which an Area Command is established.
• Describe the circumstances in which Multi-Agency Coordination Systems are established.

Mission Areas

• Recover
• Respond

Prerequisites

The most current versions of:

IS0100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100;

IS0200, Incident Command System for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents;

E/L/G0300, ICS 300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents;

IS0700, National Incident Management System, An Introduction; and

IS0800, National Response Framework, An Introduction

Recommended: Experience using concepts and principles from ICS 100, ICS 200, and ICS 300 and use of skills in an operational environment.

Who should take this class?

·Executive level management personnel in Federal/State/Local/Tribal/Private Sector & Nongovernmental organizations.

·Persons who will serve as command or general staff in an ICS organization, select department heads with multi-agency coordination system responsibilities, area commanders, emergency managers, and multiagency coordination system/emergency operations center managers.

Disciplines

• Emergency Management

Primary Core Capability

Operational Coordination

To register for the course you must call or email Registration at
The Alabama Fire College

1800-241-2467 or registration@alabamafirecollege.org
Seating is Limited to the First 24 Registrations