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EmE r g E n c y ma n a g E m E n t In s t I t u t E • 2010-2011 • ca t a l o g of co u r s E s<br />

<strong>for</strong> the 100-, 200-, 300-, and 400-level ICS <strong>courses</strong>.<br />

The partner agencies and departments recognize<br />

these <strong>courses</strong> as equivalent.<br />

ICS 100- and 200-level <strong>courses</strong> are available in both<br />

a web-based Independent Study <strong>for</strong>mat and as a<br />

classroom-delivered course. These entry-level ICS<br />

<strong>courses</strong> are suitable <strong>for</strong> persons working in an ICS<br />

environment. ICS-100 and 200 are located on EMI’s<br />

Independent Study web site at: www.training.fema.gov.<br />

The 300- and 400-level <strong>courses</strong> are classroombased<br />

multi-discipline or multi-jurisdiction<br />

<strong>courses</strong> intended <strong>for</strong> persons with supervisory<br />

responsibilities, such as the Incident Commander or<br />

Planning Section Chief.<br />

community mass care management<br />

(g108)<br />

This 2-day course is intended to equip emergency<br />

management and voluntary agency personnel with the<br />

knowledge and skills to per<strong>for</strong>m as effective mass care<br />

coordinators in a broad range of disaster situations.<br />

The course covers how to assess and size up mass<br />

care needs; how to plan <strong>for</strong> mass care; recruitment,<br />

training, and exercises <strong>for</strong> mass care personnel; and<br />

actions to take in short-term and long-term mass care<br />

operations (response and recovery).<br />

Selection Criteria: State, Tribal, and local government<br />

emergency management and voluntary agency<br />

personnel who provide mass care assistance.<br />

Incident command system/<br />

<strong>Emergency</strong> Operations center<br />

(Ics/EOc) Interface (g191)<br />

This course works best when delivered to Incident<br />

Command System and <strong>Emergency</strong> Operations Center<br />

personnel from the same community. The course<br />

provides an opportunity <strong>for</strong> participants to begin<br />

developing an ICS/EOC interface <strong>for</strong> their community.<br />

The course reviews ICS and EOC responsibilities and<br />

functions and depends heavily on exercises and group<br />

discussions to <strong>for</strong>mulate the interface.<br />

FEd E r A L Em E r g E N C y mA N A g E m E N T Ag E N C y 88<br />

Selection Criteria: Participants should be teams from a<br />

community’s ICS and EOC personnel.<br />

Prerequisites:<br />

Recommended: IS 100.a, Introduction to the Incident Command<br />

System (ICS), ICS-100; IS 200.a, Incident Command System<br />

(ICS) <strong>for</strong> Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents, ICS-200;<br />

and/or EOC <strong>Management</strong> <strong>courses</strong>.<br />

Course Length: 8 hours<br />

<strong>Emergency</strong> planning and special needs<br />

populations (g197)<br />

This 2½-day course is intended to provide those with<br />

responsibilities <strong>for</strong> providing emergency planning<br />

or care of seniors, people with disabilities, and/or<br />

special needs groups with the skills and knowledge<br />

they will need to prepare <strong>for</strong>, respond to, and recover<br />

from emergency situations.<br />

Selection Criteria: The target audience <strong>for</strong> this course<br />

includes emergency managers, senior first-response<br />

personnel, special needs coordinators, human<br />

services organization personnel, facility planners,<br />

community-based organizational personnel,<br />

advocacy group personnel, elected officials, public<br />

health personnel, and Voluntary Organizations Active<br />

in Disaster (VOAD) personnel.<br />

workshop: amateur radio resources<br />

(g250.6)<br />

This 3- to 4-hour workshop is designed to provide<br />

State and local elected officials, emergency managers,<br />

and other public officials an understanding of<br />

how these volunteer communication groups can<br />

help in supplementing telecommunication and<br />

warning systems.<br />

Selection Criteria: State and local elected officials,<br />

emergency managers, and other public officials.

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