Service Providers for the
"Utopia-Vanderpool-ESD"

Training

Training for MEMBERS of the FIRE and EMS Departments ONLY.
Any training offered to the public will be listed on the respective FIRE or EMS webpages.

 REQUIRED by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
Office of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
 

These courses should be taken in the order presented below...
 

It is important to recognize that NIMS implementation will not end. NIMS is a dynamic system and the doctrine and implementation requirements will continue to evolve as our prevention, preparedness, response and recovery capabilities improve and our homeland security landscape changes. New personnel will need NIMS training and NIMS processes will have to be exercised in future years.

The successful implementation of NIMS depends on the participation and integration of all state, territorial and community-based organizations, including public, non-governmental and private organizations that may have a role in preparing for or responding to an incident.

States, territories, tribes and local jurisdictions should consider and include appropriate organizations in their NIMS implementation efforts, including private sector emergency medical and hospital providers, transportation systems, utilities and special facilities such as industrial plants, nuclear power plants, factories, military facilities, stadiums and arenas.

Full NIMS implementation is a dynamic and multi-year process with important linkages to the National Response Plan (NRP), the Homeland Security Presidential Directive - 8 (i.e. the “National Preparedness Goal”) and the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. Future refinement to the NIMS will evolve as policy and technical issues are further developed and clarified at the national level. This may well result in additional requirements as to what constitutes continuous full NIMS compliance in years ahead.

IS-700 NIMS: An Introduction
All personnel with a direct role in emergency preparedness, incident management or response must complete this training. IS-700 NIMS: An Introduction is a Web-based awareness level course that explains NIMS components, concepts and principles. Although it is designed to be taken online as an interactive Web-course, course materials may be downloaded and used in a group or classroom setting. To obtain the IS-700 course materials or take the course online go to http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/is700a.asp.

Who should take IS-700? All personnel with a direct role in emergency preparedness, incident management or response must complete the training. Included below are additional guidelines to assist you in determining the type of individual by position who should take the IS-700 training.

Executive Level – Political and government leaders, agency and organization administrators and department heads; personnel that fill ICS roles as Unified Commanders, Incident Commanders, Command Staff, General Staff in either Area Command or single incidents; senior level Multi-Agency Coordination System personnel; senior emergency managers; and Emergency Operations Center Command or General Staff.

Managerial Level – Agency and organization management from first level supervision to executive level; personnel who fill ICS roles as Branch Directors, Division/Group Supervisors, Unit Leaders, technical specialists, strike team and task force leaders, single resource leaders and field supervisors; mi-level Multi-Agency Coordination System personnel; EOC Section Chiefs, Branch Directors, Unit Leaders; and other emergency management/response personnel who require a higher level of ICS/NIMS Training. 

IS-800 National Response Plan (NRP): An Introduction is a Web-based awareness level course that introduces the key elements of the National Response Plan so that its implementation can be supported at all levels of government. The following topics are covered in this training:

• National Response Plan Overview (and correlation to NIMS);
• Roles and Responsibilities of federal, state, local and tribal governments and private sector organizations;
• Coordinating structures in the field and at the regional and national levels;
• Field-level organizations and teams that support an incident; 
• and Incident management actions, including notification and assessment, activation, deployment and demobilization.

The course is designed to be taken online as an interactive Web-course; course materials may be downloaded and used in a group or classroom setting. To obtain the IS-800 course materials or take the course online see http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is800b.asp.

Who should take IS-800? As stated above all federal, state, territorial, tribal and local emergency managers or personnel whose primary responsibility is emergency management must complete must this training. Included below are additional guidelines to assist you in determining the type of individual by position who should take the IS-800 training.

Federal Level – Officials in federal government departments and agencies with emergency management responsibilities under the NRP.

State/Territorial Level – Officials in state and territorial governments with emergency management responsibilities to include personnel from state and territorial emergency management agencies and from agencies who support and interact with the 15 Emergency Support Functions (ESF) in the NRP.

Tribal/Local Level – Officials in tribal and local jurisdictions with overall emergency management responsibilities as dictated by law or ordinance; those officials with overall emergency management responsibilities through delegation; and those officials primarily involved in emergency planning.

IS-100: An Introduction to ICS  - IS-200: Basic ICS
All federal, state, territorial, local, tribal, private sector and non-governmental personnel at the entry level, first line supervisor level, middle management level, and command and general staff level of emergency management operations must complete ICS-100 training.

All federal, state, territorial, local, tribal, private sector and non-governmental personnel at the first line supervisor level, middle management level, and command and general staff level of emergency management operations must complete ICS-200 level training.

Training developed and conducted by federal, state, local and tribal agencies, and training vendors at the ICS-100 level must include at a minimum the following topics and specific objectives.

• Purpose of ICS: Identify requirements to use ICS, three purposes of ICS and common incident tasks.

• Basic Features of ICS: Describe the basic features of ICS.

• Incident Commander and Command Staff Functions: Describe the role and function of the Incident Commander and Command Staff.

• General Staff Functions: Describe the role and function of the Operations, Planning, Logistics and Finance/Administration sections.

• Facilities: Describe the six basic ICS facilities; identify facilities that may be located together and facility map symbols.

• Common Responsibilities: Describe common mobilization responsibilities and common responsibilities at an incident. List individual accountability responsibilities and describe common demobilization responsibilities.

The course is designed to be taken online as an interactive Web-course; course materials may be downloaded and used in a group or classroom setting. To obtain the IS-100.a course materials or take the course online see http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is100a.asp.

Training developed and conducted by federal, state, local and tribal agencies, and training vendors at the ICS-200 level must include at a minimum the following topical areas along with the specific objectives noted.

Leadership and Management: Describe chain of command and formal communication relationships, identify common leadership responsibilities, describe span of control and modular development and describe the use of position titles.

Delegation of Authority and Management by Objectives: Describe scope of authority, delegation of authority process and describe/explain management by objectives.

Functional Areas and Positions: Identify the ICS tools to manage an incident, demonstrate the function of organizational positions within ICS, and demonstrate the use of an ICS 201 form.

Briefings: Give an Operational Briefing and describe components of field, staff and section briefings/meetings.

Organizational Flexibility: Explain how the modular organization expands and contracts. Given a scenario, complete a complexity analysis; define the five types of incidents and describe the importance of preparedness plans and agreements.

Transfer of Command: List the essential elements of information involved in transfer of command and describe the process of a transfer of command.

The course is designed to be taken online as an interactive Web-course; course materials may be downloaded and used in a group or classroom setting. To obtain the IS-200.a course materials or take the course online see http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is200a.asp.

Who should take ICS-100 and ICS-200? All federal, state, territorial, local, tribal, private sector and non-governmental personnel at the entry level, first line supervisor level, middle management level and command and general staff level of emergency management operations must complete ICS-100 level training. All federal, state, territorial, local, tribal, private sector and non-governmental personnel at the first line supervisor level, middle management level, and command and general staff level of emergency management operations must complete ICS-200 level training. Following are additional guidelines to which employees by position and function should take ICS-100 and ICS-200 training.   

 A COPY OF YOUR "CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION" OF EACH COURSE
 SHOULD BE GIVEN TO YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD
FOR INSERTION INTO YOUR TRAINING RECORDS.