ICS 400: Advanced Incident Command System for Command and General Staff—Complex Incidents Training :

This course is designed to provide participants who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS) which is intended to serve as a vehicle to share proven incident management strategies and practices as well as to enhance teamwork and coordination among all response agencies' officers directly responsible for emergency response. Emergency response personnel who specifically have duties that require that they be directly involved in incident management or command at either a "field" Incident command post (ICP) or in a city, county, or regional emergency operations center (EOC).

 Target Audience:

The target audience for this course is senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an Area Command or Multi-Agency Coordination Entity.. State and local government emergency program managers, emergency planners and response personnel will also benefit from this training

 Course Objectives:

¨ Explain how major incidents engender special management challenges.

¨ Describe the circumstances in which an Area Command is established.

¨ Describe the circumstances in which Multi-Agency Coordination Systems are
established.

Recommended:
Experience using concepts and principles from ICS 100, ICS 200, and ICS 300 and use of skills in an operational environment

Course Length: 16 hours
Catalog ID: ICS400

CA Approval Number: CA-003-RESP