This 2 day course meets all the requirements and training needs of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) for Advanced Incident Command System training.

Target Group
This course is intended for U.S. EPA and U.S. Coast Guard personnel who have successfully completed Incident Command and related training, I-100, I-200, ICS-300, IS-700b and IS-800C, and who will hold supervisory positions within an ICS organization.

Objectives
After completing the course, participants will be able to:

• Summarize principal responsibilities for each Command and General Staff member
• Describe the roles of deputies and assistants in incident management
• Describe the purposes and responsibilities of agency representatives, reporting relationships, and how they can be effectively used within the incident organization
• Describe areas of cost sharing which might apply under a Unified Command structure
• List the principal factors often found in, or related to, major and / or complex incidents
• List the four expansion options for incident organization, and describe the conditions under which they would be applied
• Define Area Command
• Identify differences between Area Command, Unified Command, Multi-agency Coordination Systems, and Emergency Operations Centers
• List the principal advantages of using Area Command
• Describe how, when, and where Area Command would be established
• Describe the Area Command organization
• Identify six primary functional responsibilities of Area Command.

https://ertpvu.org/ClassroomCourseDetail.aspx?id=8

Intended for U.S. EPA personnel only

In compliance with Executive Order 13589 - Promoting Efficient Spending, Section 5; the ERTP will not be regularly printing or providing students hard copies of the course manual. Students may obtain an electronic copy of the student manual for personal printing or e-reading:

http://www.epaosc.org/ics300400

This course falls under the ERTP 5170 exemption. EPA travelers must use their organization’s generic exempt conference budget code in their TA for this course.