FEMA BASIC INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM

• FEMA Course IS-195

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1. FEMA COURSE AVAILABLE - FEMA IS OFFERING A FREE COURSE, 'BASIC
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, IS-195.' THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM (ICS)
IS RECOGNIZED AS AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM FOR MANAGING EMERGENCIES.
SEVERAL STATES HAVE ADOPTED ICS AS THEIR STANDARD FOR EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT, AND OTHERS ARE CONSIDERING ADOPTING ICS.
  AS ICS GAINS WIDER USE, THERE IS A NEED TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR
THOSE WHO ARE NOT FIRST RESPONDERS (I.E., LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE, OR
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL) WHO MAY BE CALLED UPON TO
FUNCTION IN AN ICS ENVIRONMENT. THIS BASIC INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
(ICS) COURSE WILL BEGIN TO MEET THAT NEED.
  THE COURSE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AS SELF-INSTRUCTION BUT CAN ALSO BE
DELIVERED, WITH THE USE OF AN INSTRUCTOR, IN A CLASSROOM. THE COURSE
INCLUDES A LARGE NUMBER OF SCENARIOS, EXAMPLES, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
STUDENTS TO APPLY WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED. YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS
COURSE THREE WAYS.
  A. REQUEST THE PRINTED MATERIALS BE MAILED TO YOU BY ENROLLING
ONLINE.
  B. DOWNLOAD THE PRINTED MATERIALS AVAILABLE ONLINE, STUDY THE
MATERIALS, AND THEN TAKE THE EXAM ONLINE AND COMPLETE THE ENROLLMENT
INFORMATION AT THE SAME TIME.
  C. USE THE INTERACTIVE WEB-BASED COURSE AND THEN TAKE THE WEB
COURSE EXAM ONLINE (DIFFERENT FROM THE EXAM FOR PRINTED MATERIALS)
AND COMPLETE THE ENROLLMENT INFORMATION AT THE SAME TIME.
  YOU CAN ALSO ENROLL A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO THROUGH THE
PRINTED MATERIALS TOGETHER.
  PLEASE NOTE: THE SECURITY FEMA PROVIDES ON THE EMI INDEPENDENT
STUDY COURSES REQUIRES NETSCAPE VERSION 4.75 OR ABOVE, AND MICROSOFT
INTERNET EXPLORER 5.0 OR ABOVE. BOTH BROWSERS ARE AVAILABLE AS FREE
DOWNLOADS.
  THE COURSE AND FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT:
    HTTP://TRAINING.FEMA.GOV/EMIWEB/IS195.HTM
I FEEL TAKING THIS COURSE WILL HELP US TO BETTER SUPPORT FEMA, STATE
AND LOCAL AGENCY DISASTER OFFICES AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE
COURSE IF POSSIBLE.
2. NAVMARCORMARS: PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE.
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