Training: ICS 402 Incident Command System

Course objectives:

• Describe the Incident Command System (ICS) and the various ways ICS can be applied.
• Define the role of an Executive/Senior Official relative to ICS.
• Describe major responsibilities of an Executive/Senior Official.
• Demonstrate basic familiarity with ICS terminology.
• Describe the basic organizations of ICS and know the functional responsibilities of the Command and General staffs.
• Describe issues that influence incident complexity and the tools available to analyze complexity.
• Describe the difference between on-incident ICS organizations and activities and the activities accomplished by Emergency Operations Centers (EOC), Area Commands and multi-agency coordination (MAC) systems.
• Explain the administrative, logistical, financial and reporting implications of large incident operations.
• Describe the sources of information regarding the incident and how to access them.
• Describe types of agencies, policies and guidelines that influence management of incident or event activities.

Registration: Required; class seats limited - minimum of 15 students with maximum of 25

Tim Malott, Cedar County EMA (563)886.3355 or ema@cedarcounty.org