EPT-EPT7301 - NIMS: ICS-300

Course Description

This course provides greater description and details of the Incident Command System (ICS) organization and operations, including application of essential principles and description of air operations. There are five modules: Organizations and Staffing, Organizing for Incidents and Events, Resources Management, Air Operations and Incident and Event Planning. This course includes a final exam. Prerequisites: ICS-100, ICS-200, and ICS-700. This course must follow all current Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guidelines.

Course Outline

The course objectives are as follows:

Describe how the NIMS Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents.
Describe the incident/event management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the Incident Command System (ICS).
Implement the incident management process on a simulated expanding incident.
Develop an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident.

The training is comprised of the following lessons:

Unit 1: Course Overview
Unit 2: ICS Fundamentals Review
Unit 3: Unified Command
Unit 4: Incident/Event Assessment and Agency Guidance in Establishing Incident Objectives
Unit 5: Planning Process
Unit 6: Incident Resource Management
Unit 7: Demobilization, Transfer of Command, and Closeout
Unit 8: Course Summary

The table on the next page presents the recommended training agenda.

Learner Outcomes

The course objectives are as follows:

Describe how the NIMS Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents.
Describe the incident/event management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the Incident Command System (ICS).
Implement the incident management process on a simulated expanding incident.
Develop an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident.

The training is comprised of the following lessons:

Unit 1: Course Overview
Unit 2: ICS Fundamentals Review
Unit 3: Unified Command
Unit 4: Incident/Event Assessment and Agency Guidance in Establishing Incident Objectives
Unit 5: Planning Process
Unit 6: Incident Resource Management
Unit 7: Demobilization, Transfer of Command, and Closeout
Unit 8: Course Summary

The table on the next page presents the recommended training agenda.

Prerequisites

ICS 100, 200, 700