[Temslist] ICS 300 and 400 training announcement

[Tidewater EMS Council Listserv]

Hampton Roads MMRS is sponsoring multiple ICS 300 and 400 classes at the
TEMS facility in Norfolk. Below are links to registration. Dates are:
ICS 300 May 16-17, June 23-24, Aug 15-16 and Sept 12-13
ICS 400 May 23-24, July 21-22, Sept 19-20 and Oct 22-23

www.tidewaterems.org/hrmmrs/registrationforms/registration_page_ICS_300_
CY2007.htm

www.tidewaterems.org/hrmmrs/registrationforms/registration_page_ICS_400_
CY2007.htm


FEMA "Fact Sheet" info on each of these courses:

NIMS ICS-300 TRAINING: WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS
All Mid-level Management Federal/State/Local/Tribal/Private Sector &
Nongovernmental personnel should take ICS-300, including:
Persons serving as 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.*
Approved ICS-300 level training may be developed and conducted by
Federal, State, Local and Tribal agencies as well as private training
vendors. However, it must include the content and objectives stated in
the NIMS National Standard Curriculum Training Development Guidance
dated March, 2007.
Training developed and conducted by Federal, State and Tribal entities
as well as private training vendors at the ICS-300 level must include at
a minimum, the following topical areas (Specific objectives for ICS-300
training are listed in the National Standard Curriculum Training
Development Guidance, March 2007):
* ICS Staffing and organization to include: reporting and working
relationships and information flow.
* Transfer of Command
* Unified Command functions in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency
incident
* ICS forms
* Resource Management
* Interagency mission planning and procurement

NIMS ICS-400 TRAINING IN FY 2007: WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS
COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF
All Federal/State/Local/Tribal/Private Sector & Nongovernmental command
and general staff personnel should take ICS-400, including:
Persons who will serve as 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.*
Approved ICS-400 level training may be developed and conducted by
Federal, State, Local and Tribal agencies as well as private training
vendors. However, it must include the content and objectives stated in
the NIMS National Standard Curriculum Training Development Guidance
dated March, 2007.
Training developed and conducted by State and Tribal entities as well as
private training vendors at the ICS-400 level must include at a minimum,
the following topical areas (Specific objectives for ICS-300 training
are listed in the National Standard Curriculum Training Development
Guidance, March 2007):
* Command and General Staff
* Deputies and assistants
* Unified command
* Organizational relationships between Area Command, Unified Command,
Multi Entity Coordination Systems, and Emergency Operations centers
(EOCs)

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