Contingency Preparedness

    Welcome to the Contingency Preparedness and Response Management School. The school was established in 1988 as the Coastal Defense School to support the increased emphasis on military readiness planning. In 1995, the school was temporarily closed for restructuring and then renamed the Contingency Preparedness School. During that time, the instructor staff revised and developed new curriculum to teach contingency planning skills and response management with emphasis on all hazards. In the summer of 1996, the school reopened for business and now instructs deliberate and crisis action planning skills for contingency and exercise planners at the port, District, Area, and Headquarters levels. The school also provides a Command and Control course for Commanding Officers, Executive officers, and staff officers from Districts and Area offices.  For the latest class convenings, visit TQC.

What our School can prepare you for:

• Understanding the basics of Command & Control issues.
• Understanding core doctrine to include: terminology and use of “Best Response”, critical success factors, key business drivers, and key elements to accomplish assigned missions or objectives.
• What is a contingency? A contingency involves a response situation that requires a level of activity that exceeds a unit’s scope of normal operations. Contingencies our School can prepare you for:

1. Military Outload
2. Oil and Hazardous Substance
3. Maritime Anti/Counter-Terrorism
4. Marine Disaster
5. National Security and Defense
6. High Capacity Passenger Vessel SAR/Salvage
7. Natural Disaster
8. Civil Disturbance
9. Alien Migration & Interdiction Operation

Courses taught at the Contingency Preparedness School are performance based and are as follows: 

• Contingency Preparedness Planning Exercise (CPPX)
• Contingency Preparedness Planner Senior Course (CPPS)
• Contingency Preparedness Command and Staff (CPCS)

For Coast Guard members, additional information concerning the Contingency Preparedness School can be found on TCYorktown's Intranet site under Training accessible via a Standard Coast Guard Workstation.

Distance Learning

Incident Command System 100 level and 200 level Courses

Incident Command System (ICS) Orientation (100 Level) is designed to help the student understand the principles of the Incident Command System and to briefly acquaint the student with the basic ICS structure and terminology. ICS Orientation is intended for personnel assigned to an incident or event who have a limited understanding of ICS. This course introduces the student to ICS Organization, Basic Terminology and Common Responsibilities. The student will acquire the skills necessary to perform in an ICS support role. To measure the levels of information received and retained, an examination will be administered. For additional information, see COMDTINST 3120.15.

Incident Command System (200 Level) is designed for people who have successfully completed ISC-100: After you complete ICS100, ICS200 will provide you with a more in-depth understanding of the principles necessary to ICS effectively. ICS-200 is composed of five training modules which cover topics as: management functions, unified command, span of control, resource management, types of facilities, organizational overview, and common responsibilities.

This instruction is currently available at http://training.fema.gov/ then click on "online training (NETC Virtual Campus)."