NIMS - ICS 300 & 400

NIMS ICS-300 TRAINING: WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS

All Mid-level Management Federal/State/Local/Tribal/Private Sector & Nongovernmental personnel to include should take ICS-300, including:

Persons serving as command staff, section chiefs, strike team leaders, task force leaders, unit leaders, division/group supervisors, branch directors, and multi-agency coordination system/emergency operations center staff.

Approved ICS-300 level training may be developed and conducted by Federal, State, Local and Tribal agencies as well as private training vendors. However, it must include the content and objectives stated in the NIMS National Standard Curriculum Training Development Guidance dated March, 2007.

Training developed and conducted by Federal, State and Tribal entities as well as private training vendors at the ICS-300 level must include at a minimum, the following topical areas:

ICS Staffing and organization to include: reporting and working relationships and information flow.

• Transfer of Command
• Unified Command functions in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency incident
• ICS forms
• Resource Management
• Interagency mission planning and procurement
  Learn More

NIMS ICS-400 TRAINING: WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS

COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF

All Federal/State/Local/Tribal/Private Sector & Nongovernmental personnel should take ICS-400, including:
Persons who will serve as command or general staff in an ICS organization, select department heads with multi-agency coordination system responsibilities, area commanders, emergency managers, and multi-agency coordination system/emergency operations center managers.

Approved ICS-400 level training may be developed and conducted by Federal, State, Local and Tribal agencies as well as private training vendors. However, it must include the content and objectives stated in the NIMS National Standard Curriculum Training Development Guidance dated March, 2007.

Training developed and conducted by State and Tribal entities as well as private training vendors at the ICS-400 level must include at a minimum, the following topical areas:

• Command and General Staff
• Deputies and assistants
• Unified command
• Organizational relationships between Area Command, Unified Command, Multi Entity Coordination Systems, and Emergency Operations centers (EOCs)