I400 - Advanced ICS

Reviewed: 2006     Hours: 16

Course Description:

This course directs the student towards an operational understanding of large single-agency and complex multi-agency/multi-jurisdictional incident responses.  Topics include:  Fundamentals review for command and general staff, major and/or complex incident/event management, area command, and multi-agency coordination.

This course was developed in conjunction with the US Fire Administration (H467) and the Emergency Management Institute (G400).  These courses are built on the same lesson objectives and content as the NWCG I-400 course and are interchangeable; they are all National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliant.

Objectives:

• Identify the incident management process of command and general staff functions during complex incidents as prescribed by the Incident Command System.
• Describe implementation of the incident management process on a complex incident.
• Describe the management and coordination process during multiple incidents.

Target Group:

Senior personnel expected to perform in a management capacity in an area command/complex incident environment.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

All instructors must have successfully completed I-400, and must have served as an incident commander (type 3 or above) or in a command and general staff position on an incident that went beyond one operational period or required a written incident action plan.

Also see NWCG Instructor Qualifications at the beginning of the Field Managers Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

I-300, Intermediate ICS: ICS for Supervisors and Expanding Incidents

Offer Level:
Regional, state, or area

This Course Description is verbatim from the NWCG Field Manager's Course Guide (156 page PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and accurate as of 9-17-2008.

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