[MarinTeams] ICS Online Courses
Bill Smith
hbco2 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Sep 5 15:42:20 EDT 2008
Here is information regarding ICS (Incident Command System) which is posted
from time to time. You are encouraged to take the course, if you haven't
already done so. This information is also found on the Marin County CERT
Coalition forum page.
ICS Online Training
Here are URL links to ICS On-Line Training Courses.
IC-100, IC-200 and IC-700 are recommended. Each course takes about three
hours to complete, at the end of which you are invited to take a short test
and qualify for a certificate. The certificates are useful if you wish to
take local training programs, some of which require ICS certification as
prerequisites.
The courses are valuable, particularly ICS-100. The course material can be
used in organizing virtually any activity from weddings to changing a light
bulb. Government emergency responders take these courses, and if you are
familiar with the subject material, you will be on the same playing field if
you need to contact a fireman or police officer in times of emergency.
Local courses are held from time to time, or you can take the courses
on-line. Be patient with the on-line courses, you may find the keyboard
instructions a bit daunting at first. Once you are in the course, the
program runs smoothly.
Look first at:
http://virtualcampus.fema.gov/netstorage/defaultmsg.htm
Ignore the message that the training is temporarily unavailable. Read the
tutorial, then sign up The links below will take you to the ICS 100 and IS
700 sites. Links within each site will allow you to take the test, download
the manual or course summary sheets.
Here are a couple of direct links:
IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100
http://training.fema.gov/EMIweb/IS/is100.asp
IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
http://training.fema.gov/EMIweb/IS/is700.asp
Bill
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