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EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
Incident Command System (ICS) Overview
for Executives and Senior Officials, ICS
402 (G402)
This course provides executives and senior officials
(including elected officials, city/county managers,
agency administrators, etc.) an orientation to the
Incident Command System (ICS).
This course replaces G194, Incident Command System
for Public Officials. EMI developed this and all of its
new ICS courses collaboratively with the National
Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), and the
United States Fire Administration (USFA).
Selection Criteria: Executives and senior officials,
including elected officials, city/county managers,
agency administrators, etc.
Course Outline
• Part 1:What is ICS?
• Part 2: ICS Organization and Features
• Part 3: Unified and Area Command
• Part 4: Coordination and Incident Management
Assessment
• Part 5: ICS Preparedness
How can I get this course? You can download the
course materials from http://training.fema.gov/stcourses/
crsdesc_spec.asp?courseid=G402. You can also contact your
State Training Officer. This web site provides contact
information for the State emergency management
offices: https://www.fema.gov/about/contact/statedr.shtm.
Course Length: 2 hours
101
Homeland Security Planning for Local
Governments (G408)
This course teaches participants to evaluate, revise,
or develop a homeland security appendix to their
jurisdiction’s existing Emergency Operations Plan
(EOP). The course addresses such key issues as
vulnerability analysis and command and control for
homeland security events. In keeping with recommendations
of the Gilmore Commission, this course
builds on existing emergency response systems as
articulated by the local EOP.
Participants must bring a current copy of their EOP and
a map of their jurisdiction to the training.This course
supplements EMI’s Emergency Planning Workshop.
Selection Criteria: Ideally, Local Emergency Planning
Teams that include one person from: emergency
management; public works; law enforcement; fire
service; public health/medical service.
NOTE: While this course targets local governments, State
personnel involved with assisting local planners are encouraged to
apply.
Prerequisites:
Required: Participants should have a working
knowledge of emergency planning (as articulated
in FEMA’s Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations
Planning), the Incident Command System, and/or
EOC operations.
Course Length: 3 days
CEUs: 3.2
Rapid Needs Assessment (G557)
Communities can use the Resource Guide for
developing a plan and procedures for rapidly and
efficiently collecting disaster intelligence immediately
following a disaster. This intelligence is used
to prioritize response activities, allocate available
resources, and specifically request resources from
other sources to save and sustain lives.
Selection Criteria: Any community working to improve
its disaster intelligence collection procedures.
FEdErAL EmErgENCy mANAgEmENT AgENCy
STATE/LOCAL/TRIBAL FIELD
COURSES—PREPAREDNESS