FEMA Trainings for Crisis Emergency Response Team is a Course
Full course description
IS-0100.c: An Introduction to the Incident Command System ALL Crisis Response Team must complete.
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Course Overview
ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The Emergency Management Institute developed its ICS courses collaboratively with:
- National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Programs Branch
- Once you have your certificate, you must upload it here to receive credit on your DCSD transcript.
Questions? Contact David Marti at damarti@dcsdk12.org or Craig Harvey at cjharvey@dcsdk12.org.
Target Audience
- Crisis Emergency Response Team
Date/Time
- Date: Self-Paced during the 22/23 school year
- Time: 2 hours
Course Outcomes
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At the completion of IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System course, you should be able to:
- Explain the principles and basic structure of the Incident Command System (ICS).
- Describe the NIMS management characteristics that are the foundation of the ICS.
- Describe the ICS functional areas and the roles of the Incident Commander and Command Staff.
- Describe the General Staff roles within ICS.
- Identify how NIMS management characteristics apply to ICS for a variety of roles and discipline areas.
Course 2 Description (Team Leads ONLY)
IS-362.A> Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools Only Team Leads
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Course Overview
This course covers basic information about developing, implementing, and maintaining a school emergency operations plan (EOP). The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the importance of schools having an EOP and basic information on how an EOP is developed, exercised, and maintained. The topics addressed in this course include:
- Understanding incident management.
- Forming the planning team.
- Understanding the situation.
- Developing a school emergency operations plan.
- Incorporating the Incident Command System principles and roles in the school emergency operations plan.
- Training, exercising and maintaining the school emergency operations plan.
- Once you have your certificate, you must upload it here to receive credit on your DCSD transcript.
Questions? Contact David Marti at damarti@dcsdk12.org or Craig Harvey at cjharvey@dcsdk12.org.
Target Audience
- Crisis Emergency Response Team LEAD
Date/Time
- Date: Self-Paced during the 22/23 school year
- Time: 3 Hours
Course Outcomes
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Upon completing this course, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the activities related to the key areas of incident management.
- Describe how the school emergency operations plan (EOP) fits into district, community, and family/personal emergency plans.
- Identify school staff to participate on the school planning team.
- dentify community members who should be on the school planning team.
- Identify natural, technological, and human-caused hazards.
- Identify and assess hazards likely to impact your school.
- Describe each of the components of the traditional EOP.
- Identify the steps to approve and disseminate the school EOP.
- Describe the Incident Command System (ICS) principles and organization.
- Identify the ICS roles included in the school EOP.
- Explain the benefits of training and exercising the school EOP.
- Identify the types of exercises available to exercise the school’s plan.
- Describe steps for developing effective exercises.
- Describe how exercise results are used to improve school preparedness efforts.