McKenzie Fire & Rescue

Subject: [firebulletin] ICS 300 & ICS 400
ICS 300: April 13th (6 pm - 10 pm) 14th & 15th (8 am - 5 pm)
ICS 400: May 4th (6 pm - 10 pm) and 5th (8 am - 5 pm)   
Course Description:
ICS 300 - Intermediate ICS (Expanding Incidents & Supervisors) Required Pre

Requisites: FEMA ICS 100 and 200
Recommended: FEMA IS 700
ICS 400 - Advanced ICS (Complex Incidents, Command Staff & General Staff)

Required Pre Requisites: FEMA ICS 100, 200 & 300

Target Audiences: ICS-300, the third in a series of four Incident Command System courses, is designed for mid-level management personnel who will be serving in the following positions: Command Staff, Section Chiefs, Strike Team Leaders, Task Force Leaders, Unit Leaders, Division/Group Supervisors, Branch Directors and Multi-Agency

Coordination System/Emergency Operations Center staff.   

The target audience is all emergency responders including Fire, EMS, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Public Health, Public Works and other emergency support personnel as designated. 

Objectives:

*Explain how the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents.
*Describe the incident/event management process for expanding incidents and supervisors as prescribed by the Incident Command System.
*Implement the incident management process on a simulated Type 3 incident.
*Develop an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident.
      
ICS-400, the final course in the Incident Command System series, is specific to personnel who will be serving in the following positions:

Command or General Staff in an ICS organization, select department heads with multi-agency coordination system responsibilities, Area Commanders, Emergency Managers and Multi-Agency Coordination System/Emergency Operations Center Managers.

The target audience for ICS-400 is all emergency responders including Fire, EMS, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Public Health, Public Works and other emergency support personnel as designated.

Objectives:
*Describe how Unified Command functions on a multi-jurisdiction multi-agency incident.
*Define the advantages of the Unified Command and the kinds of situations which may call for Unified Command.
*List the major steps involved in the planning process.
*Dissect issues that influence incident complexity and the tools available to analyze complexity.
*Review the primary guidelines and responsibilities of the command and general staff positions.
*Describe the purposes and responsibilities of agency representatives or technical specialists, reporting relationships and how they can be effectively used within the incident organization.


Training Location: Independence Police Department, 555 S. Main St, Independence OR.  97361
Instructor:  Steve Roehl, Fire Program Training Coordinator, Training Division
  
                       DPSST - Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
                          http://www.oregon.gov/DPSST/index.shtml

Cost: FREE

Hosted by: Independence Police Department & Polk County CERT
Registration: Is Required
*Space is limited to 30 seats per course
*Registration Deadline is Monday, March 5th, 2012.  Priority will be given to agencies within Polk County through December 10th, 2012:  all other agencies will be placed on a non-county agency waiting list and will be given spaces on a first come first served basis after December 10th.

*Please provide the following RSVP information via email to:

Kimber Townsend, Polk County CERT Program Coordinator Independence Police Department polk.cert@yahoo.com *Name of Student *Agency Represented *Contact info (email & phone)

*Course(s) Requested
*Electronic Copies of Pre-Requisite Course Completion