ICS 400 Advanced Incident Command System

Course Materials

• Student Resources
  • IOEM Student Guidelines
• Course Materials and Resources
  • Student Manual
  • Blank ICS Forms
  • NIMS Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
  • FEMA Glossary
• Unit 1 – Course Introduction
  • Visuals
• Unit 2 – Fundamentals Review for Command and General Staff
  • Visuals
  • Activity 2.1 Instructions and Scenario
  • Activity 2.1 Review Materials
  • Handout 2-1: Planning P
• Unit 3 – Complex Incident Management
  • Visuals
  • Activity 3.1 Instructions and Scenario
  • Handout 3-1: Option 1 – Combining into an Incident Complex
  • Handout 3-2: Option 2 – Divide Incident into Two or More Single Incidents
  • Handout 3-3: Option 3 – Expand the Planning Capability
  • Handout 3-4: Option 4 – Add a Second Operations or Logistics Section
  • Handout 3-5: Option 5 – Establish the Intelligence/Investigations Function
• Unit 4 – Area Command
  • Visuals
  • Handout 4-1: Katrina Command Scenario
  • Activity 4.2 Instructions and Scenario
  • Handout 4-2: Location of Area Command
  • Handout 4-3: Area Commander Checklist of Actions
  • Handout 4-4: Roles of Area Command Positions
  • Handout 4-5: Consolidating the Management of Multiple Incidents
• Unit 5 – Interconnectivity of NIMS Command and Coordination Structures
  • Visuals
  • Handout 5-1: List of Common Multiagency Coordination Organizations
  • Handout 5-2: Federal Emergency Support Functions (ESF) and Recovery Support Functions (RSF)
• Capstone Activity Scenario and Instructions
  • Supplementary Instructions (for virtual courses only)
  • Group 1 – Central City
  • Group 2 – Turtle River
  • Group 3 – Liberty County
  • Group 4 – Columbia State
  • ICS 213
  • ICS 214
• Unit 6 – Course Summary
  • Visuals