Primary Core Capability: Operational Coordination

This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 through ICS 300 courses, which are prerequisites for ICS 400.

For additional course information, including contact hours, please see the National Preparedness Catalog.

• 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.

• IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS) (any version)
• IS-200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (any version)
• IS-700 National Incident Management System (any version)
• IS-800 National Response Framework, An Introduction (any version)
• ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents

Visit FEMA's Emergency Management Institute to complete these Independent Study courses.

• 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.

• Participants who completed the Required Prerequisites for this course. Please see NTED for more Course detail information.

Contact: Hours - 15