Fact Sheet
Revised: March 2007
NIMS Integration Center
202-646-3850
www.fema.gov/emergency/nims
NIMS-Integration-Center@dhs.gov


NIMS ICS-100 TRAINING:  WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS

All Federal, State, territorial, tribal, private sector and nongovernmental personnel at the following levels of responsibility in emergency management operations – first-line supervisor (Sergeant/Lieutenant), mid-level management (Captain/Shift Commander) and command (Battalion Chief/Division Chief/ District Commander/PIO) and general staff (Operations/Planning/Logistics/Finance-Admin).*

To obtain the ICS-100 course materials or take the course online go to http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is100.asp
The course is designed to be taken online or course materials may be downloaded and used in a group or classroom setting.  Answer sheets may be obtained by calling the EMI Independent Study Office at (301) 447-1256 or ordered online at: http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ansreq.asp

Approved ICS-100 level training may be developed and conducted by Federal, State, tribal, and local  agencies as well as private training vendors however it must include the following topics and 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 identify facility map symbols.

* Common Responsibilities:  Describe common mobilization responsibilities and common responsibilities at an incident, list individual accountability responsibilities, and describe common demobilization responsibilities.



* All Federal, State, Tribal and local emergency personnel need to decide who within their organizations should take this training.


Supersedes Fact Sheet, NIMS ICS-100 TRAINING in FY06:  WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS, dated Dec 2005

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