Command and General Staff Functions for Local Incident Management Teams (NFA)

Instructional Hours: 40.00

Course Objective: To provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to manage an incident requiring a significant number of local and mutual aid resources. This course is intended to be delivered as "team training" to an entire Local IMT.

Course Description: Major topics covered in this course include the command staff, operations, planning, logistics, and finance sections, unified command, major incident management, resource management and the planning process. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion and classroom activities.

Successful Completion: Students must attend all class sessions and complete classroom activities.

Prerequisites

Participants must complete IS-700, IS-800, ICS-100, and ICS-200 prior to attending this training program.