I300 - Intermediate ICS

Reviewed: 2006     Hours: 18-24

Course Description:

This course provides description and detail of the Incident Command System (ICS) organization and operations in supervisory roles on expanding or Type 3 incidents.  Topics include:  ICS fundamentals review, incident/event assessment and agency guidance in establishing incident objectives, Unified Command, incident resource management, planning process, demobilization, transfer of command, and close out. 

This course was developed in conjunction with the US Fire Administration (H465) and the Emergency Management Institute (G300).  These courses are built on the same lesson objectives and content as the NWCG I-300 course and are interchangeable; they are all National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliant.

Objectives:

• Describe how the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents.
• Describe the incident/event management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the Incident Command System (ICS).
• Implement the incident management process on a simulated Type 3 incident.
• Develop an Incident Action Plan (IAP) for a simulated incident.

Target Group:

Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT) candidates, incident middle management (Unit Leaders, Division/Group Supervisors, and Strike Team Leaders), elected officials, line officers, lead dispatchers, Multi-agency Coordination (MAC) members, director heads (public works director, fire chief, sheriff), emergency managers, agency representatives.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead instructor must have successfully completed I-400.

Unit instructors must have successfully completed I-300.

All instructors must have served as an incident commander (type 3 or above) or in a command and general staff position on an incident that went beyond one operational period or required a written incident action plan - OR - must have specialized knowledge and experience appropriate for the audience.

Also see Instructor Certification at the beginning of the Field Managers Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

I-200, Basic: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

Offer Level:
Regional, state, or area

This Course Description is verbatim from the NWCG Field Manager's Course Guide (156 page PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and accurate as of 12-17-2009.

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