ICS-400: Advanced ICS for Complex Incidents (Sept. 2022)

This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in ICS -100 through ICS-300 courses, which are prerequisites for the ICS-400 course.

NOTE: This September 2022 class will *only* be meeting in-person. Our December 2022 class will be via remote-access (Zoom).

Mask policy (4/22): Masks are now *optional* in all of our settings. King County supports anyone who wants to wear a face mask at this event. We will also have a ‘Mask-Only’ room that looks out onto the main classroom through glass windows and has microphones, speakers and large monitors that are also connected to the main room. This Mask-Only room is -optional- and you are welcome to sit in either the main classroom *or* the Mask-Only room if you are wearing a mask.

Intended Audience

The target audience for this course is senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an Area Command or Multi-Agency Coordination Entity.

Course Objectives

• Explain how major incidents engender special management challenges.
• Describe the circumstances in which an Area Command is established.
• Describe the circumstances in which Multi-Agency Coordination Systems are established.

Prerequisites

Participants must have successfully completed:

• IS-100, Introduction to the Incident Command System;
• IS-200, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response;
• ICS-300 (E-, L-, or G-300), Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents;
• IS-700, National Incident Management System, An Introduction;
• IS-800, National Response Framework, An Introduction

Recommendations

Experience using concepts and principles from ICS-100, ICS-200, and ICS-300, and use of skills in an operational environment.

Course Length

Two Days (15 hours).

Class Size

12-36 participants

Participants

This course is open to staff from cities, tribes, counties, state, and federal agencies, special purpose districts, and their private and non-profit partners.

Other Information

If you need to cancel your registration for this class, please contact me at Eric.Obrien@kingcounty.gov Our classes have limited availability and waiting lists. Please be considerate of others and cancel if you will not be attending. Those who do *NOT* attend the class *and* remain registered will be asked to contact me prior to registering for any future classes.

All participants are welcome. For questions about accessibility or to request an accommodation, please contact Eric O’Brien at Eric.Obrien@kingcounty.gov   (Requests should be made as soon as possible, but preferably at least 14 calendar days prior to the class.)

Photo credit: US Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Public Affairs. (ARC Identifier: 6908890)