NIMS-ICS Training

O'Gara has highly qualified professionals with extensive backgrounds in emergency response and crisis/incident management, as well as "hands-on" application of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS). Most of our staff has personally served on Incident Commands in various roles, such as Incident Commander, Operations Section Chief, and several other Emergency Responder positions. Our experienced staff members hold numerous NIMS-ICS certifications, including ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, ICS-400, ICS-401, ICS-402, ICS-700 and ICS Train-the-Trainer (E-449). Our certified instructors also teach the ICS-EOC Interface Course and Homeland Security Planning for Local Officials.

ICS-100 Introduction to ICS:
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.

ICS-200 Basic ICS:
This course provides the basic framework for understanding and utilizing the Incident Command System. This course targets those with response tasks who may fill a supervisory role. This course, based on FEMA ICS-200, is designed to identify ICS features and principles.

ICS-300 Intermediate Incident Command System:
This is a follow-up to Basic ICS that describes how the NIMS Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents. An all-hazards ICS course, it is designed for all entities of the first responder community that have operational responsibilities during emergencies and disasters.

ICS-400 Advanced Incident Command System:
This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). It provides classroom-based instruction and is an all-hazards ICS course especially designed for all entities of the first responder community with operational responsibilities during emergencies and disasters.

IS-700 National Incident Management System:
This course introduces the student to the concepts of the National Incident Management System. Those in attendance will gain an understanding of principles, purpose, and fundamental elements of this national program. This system provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents. This direction comes from presidential directive through the Secretary of Homeland Security.

IS-800 National Response Plan:
Those in attendance will gain an understanding of best practices and procedures from incident management disciplines—homeland security, emergency management, law enforcement, firefighting, public works, public health, responder and recovery worker health and safety, emergency medical services, and the private sector and integrates them into a unified structure. It forms the basis of how the federal government coordinates with state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector during incidents. Direction for the NRP comes from presidential directive through the Secretary of Homeland Security.