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STATE/LOCAL/TRIBAL FIELD
COURSES—PREPAREDNESS
EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
Selection Criteria: Local and State emergency managers
who respond to hazardous weather events.
Warning Coordination (G272)
This 1½-day field course is the latest in the hazardous
weather series of courses produced in partnership
with the National Weather Service (NWS).
Every year the United States experiences more severe
weather than any other country in the world. In
order to reduce deaths, injuries, and property losses,
emergency managers must work closely with the
NWS and the news media to provide effective warnings
that can be received and understood by people
at risk. This course is intended to help facilitate that
process.
Course topics include The Social Dimensions of
Warning Response; Developing Effective Warning
Messages; Developing an Effective Community
Warning Process; and Working with the News Media
to Create a Weather Warning Partnership. In addition
to lecture and discussion, the course includes case
studies, exercises, and an opportunity for interaction
with representatives of the local news media.
Selection Criteria: Intended for local emergency
managers.
GENERAL ICS INSTRUCTOR GUIDELINES
The National Integration Center (NIC) is responsible
for “facilitating the development of national
guidelines for incident management training and
exercises at all jurisdictional levels, while individual
agencies and organizations are responsible for establishing
and certifying instructors.” The NIC provides
guidelines for Incident Command System (ICS)
instructors.
While individual agencies and organizations are
responsible for establishing and certifying instructors,
the NIC urges those agencies and organizations
to follow these guidelines.
The NIC recommends the following general
instructor guidelines:
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Instructor Levels
• Lead instructors must have sufficient experience
in presenting all units of the course to be capable
of last-minute substitution for unit instructors.
• Unit instructors must be experienced in the
lesson content they are presenting.
• Adjunct instructors may provide limited
instruction in specialized knowledge and skills
at the discretion of the lead instructor. Adjunct
instructors must be experienced, proficient, and
knowledgeable of current issues in their field of
expertise.
Training Requirements for Lead and Unit
Instructors
Instructors should have formal instructor training
(NWCG Facilitative Instructor, M-410, EMI Master
Trainer Program, Office for Domestic Preparedness
Instructor Course, or equivalent).
Intermediate Incident Command System
(ICS) for Expanding Incidents, ICS-300
(G300)
This course provides training on and resources for
personnel who require advanced application of
the Incident Command System (ICS). This course
expands upon information covered in the ICS-100
and ICS-200 courses.
The course objectives are as follows:
• Describe how the National Incident Management
System (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 Type 3 incident.
• Develop an Incident Action Plan for a simulated
incident.