Incident Command Classes

DHS INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM 100

ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

The Emergency Management Institute developed its ICS courses collaboratively with:

  • National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • United States Fire Administrations National Fire Programs Branch

Primary Audience: Persons involved with emergency planning, response or recovery efforts.

NIMS Compliance: This course is NIMS compliant and meets the NIMS Baseline Training requirements for I-100.

DHS INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM 200

ICS 200 is designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event within the Incident Command System (ICS). ICS-200 provides training on and resources for personnel who are likely to assume a supervisory position within the ICS.

The Emergency Management Institute developed ICS its ICS courses collaboratively with:

  • National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • United State Fire Administration’s National Fire Programs Branch

Note: IS-200.b is an updated version of the IS-200 course. If you have successfully completed IS-200 or IS-200.a, you may want to review the new version of the course. For credentialing purposes, the courses are equivalent.

Primary Audience: Persons involved with emergency planning, response or recovery efforts.

NIMS Compliance: This course is NIMS compliant and meets the NIMS Baseline Training requirements for IS-200.

Prerequisites:

  • IS-100 Introduction to the Incident Command System is required.
  • Completion of IS 700.A, National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction is recommended.

DHS INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM 300

This course provides training on use of multiple resources for personnel who require application of the Incident Command System (ICS) during expanding incidents. This course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses.

Target Audience: State, county, local officials and volunteers who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents.

Prerequisites & Other Information:

  • IS-700 (Introduction to NIMS)
  • ICS-100 (Introduction to ICS)
  • ICS-200 (Basic ICS).

Hospital Emergency Response Training: Basic, Indirect Delivery (AWR-901-2)

Target Audience: The target audience for Hospital Emergency Response Training: Basic, Indirect Delivery course includes employees of a healthcare facility and hospital staff who may comprise a HERTF, including physicians, nurses, administrators, security personnel, environmental staff, and other staff. Course Description: To be eligible to attend the Hospital Emergency Response Training: Basic, Indirect Delivery course, candidates must be employed by a healthcare facility or hospital and have successfully completed:

  • AWR-160 Standardized Awareness Authorized Training Program or another certified awareness training course;
  • IS-100.HCb Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals or any of the available IS-100 or ICS-100 series;
  • IS-200.b ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents or any of the available IS-200 or ICS-200 series;
  • IS-700.a National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction; and
  • IS-800.b National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction.

Prerequisites: The Hospital Emergency Response Training: Basic, Indirect Delivery course is a 1-day, 8-hour training course designed to provide guidance to hospital staff and healthcare facilities that may be required to support a hospital’s response to an MCI involving contamination. The course teaches learners the applicability of the NRF and the NIMS to the HICS response to an MCI. The course concentrates on criteria for identifying where a HERTF should be located. In addition, the importance of the units assigned to a HERTF are examined and explained. This course will help hospitals, healthcare facilities, and agencies prepare to safely and effectively assist with the processing of MCI casualties. Topics in the modules of this course include the following: National Response and the Hospital Incident Command System, Hospital Emergency Response Task Force, Health Effects of CBRNE Materials, Personal Protective Equipment, Hospital Decontamination Procedures, Emergency Treatment Area, and Triage.

Terrorism Awareness Classes (restricted registration)

Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings (IRTB) Course Description

The four hour performance level IRTB course provides basic information on explosive and incendiary devices that could be used as terrorist weapons. Classroom topics include:

  • Understanding the terrorist threat
  • Improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
  • Safety issues
  • Departmental or agency policies to ensure compliance with local requirements

Prevention of and Response to Suicide Bombing Incidents (PRSBI) (restricted registration)

The four-hour performance level PRSBI course provides basic information on explosive and incendiary devices that could be used as terrorist weapons. Classroom topics include:

  • Understanding the terrorist threat
  • Improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
  • Safety issues
  • Departmental or agency policies to ensure compliance with local requirements

Understanding and Planning for School Bomb Incidents (UPSBI) (restricted registration)

Awareness Level Training

  • Department of Homeland Security certified and sponsored – no cost to participants
  • Designed for First Responders and school personnel who may respond to school-based incidents
  • Four-hour online course consisting of five modules – participants may start and stop the course at their convenience
  • Course methodology includes study text, multimedia participant activities, and end-of-module assessments
  • Participants who successfully complete four assessments may immediately print a certificate of completion. Successful applicants earn 0.4 Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)
  • Multiple resources on threat assessment, school security, and critical response actions

Scope of Course

  • Course Overview: introduces the course.
  • Understanding the Threat: discusses components of a school response plan including a bomb incident response plan. The section on threat and threat assessment includes warning signs of aggressive student behavior.
  • Responding to the Threat describes the types of threats and defines critical actions for documenting and responding. In addition, types of incident scenarios, critical response actions for each type of scenario, and the factors to consider in determining the most appropriate evacuation action are defined and described. The concepts of time, distance, and shielding discussed in the module are applicable to a wide variety of school incidents.
  • Recognizing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) explains the major components of an IED and safety measures to consider with a suspicious device.
  • Developing Preventive Measures discusses the importance of prevention and mitigation. Prevention includes school security assessments and security measures that serve to increase security and safety. Mitigation is what schools do to reduce or eliminate risk and includes implementing critical components of a bomb response plan such as training and exercising the plan.

Course Resources

  • Early Warning, Timely Response, US Department of Education
  • Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools of the US Department of Education
  • Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence, International Association of Chiefs of Police
  • Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates, US Secret Service and US Department of Education
  • Multiple reporting forms for customization by individual districts or schools