ICS Class Updates

Incident Command System (ICS) is considered one of the course for members to become prepared for disasters, events, and every day operation. As members of team coast guard, we are first responders to many incidents and as result we are expected to know ICS. In addition to the first call response incidents, we may be asked to deploy to major disasters like Deepwater Horizon or Hurricane Katrina. If this is the case we will need not only the following courses but maybe some extra and the time to learn the basics of ICS is not during an incident when the skill are already in demand but before so when a skill set is in demand you are ready to go, like the Coast Guard motto Semper Paratus "Always Ready".

Basic/Standard ICS Course Names

• ICS-100: Introduction to ICS
• ICS-200: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
• ICS-400: Advanced ICS Command and General Staff—Complex Incidents
• ICS-700: Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• ICS-800: Introduction to National Response Framework (NRF)

Other ICS Course of Recommendation

• ICS-320 Intermediate Team Training- ICS training course for Sectors/MSUS
• ICS-339 Division/Group Supervisor
• ICS-341 Incident Response Planning Course
• ICS-351 Logistics Finance Course
• ICS-346/347/348 Advanced Situation, Demobilization, and Resource Unit Leader (Requested in the Gulf for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill)
• ICS-430/440 Advanced Operations and Planning Section Chief
• ICS-410 Advanced Incident Commander

Note: ICS-320/339/341/351/346/347/348/400 require ICS-300 as prerequisite, ICS-210 will not be accepted in most cases. ICS-410/430/440 require 400 as prerequisites

Please read the ALCOAST put out a few years ago about the auxiliary recommend ICS course completion personnel designated for staff an incident command post.

ALCOAST
ALL MEMBERS OF THE AUXILIARY ARE RECOMMENDED TO COMPLETE ICS- 100 AND IS-700, AND THOSE AT THE DIVISION CAPTAIN LEVEL OR HIGHER ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ALSO COMPLETE ICS-200 AND IS-800.

ALL OFFICERS, OPS CENTER/COMMAND CENTER PERSONNEL, AND ALL CG PERSONNEL WHO HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED TO STAFF AN INCIDENT COMMAND POST (ICP) MUST COMPLETE ICS-300.

Classes in our area

ICS 300 - Portland OR

• September 7 & 8 Full
• September 27 & 28 (Oregon City) Full

ICS 400 - Portland OR

• September 14 & 15 Full
• September 29 & 30 (Oregon City) Full

ICS 300 - Vancouver WA

• Oct. 21 & 22, 2010
• Jan. 20 & 21, 2011
• April 21 & 22, 2011
• July 21 & 22, 2011
• Sept. 22 & 23, 2011

ICS 400 - Vancouver WA

• Feb. 24 & 25, 2011
• May 19 & 20, 2011
• Aug. 25 & 26, 2011

If you would like to sign-up for a class that is listed above please email SO-MT-Jonathan Polimeni