Course Announcement - ICS-300 - Oct 9-10 - Adams County

The Adams County Local Emergency Planning Committee is hosting an ICS-300 Expanding Incidents Course on October 9-10, 2010, from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm both days at Suncor (3200 East 56th Avenue) in Commerce City.

The ICS-300 course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). The target audience for this course is for individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents. These incidents may extend into multiple operational periods. This course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses. This course will include but not be limited to: unified command, incident/event assessment and objective development, the ICS planning process, incident/event resource management, transfer of command and demobilization.

Course Objectives
  • Describe how the NIMS Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents. 
  • Describe the incident/event management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the Incident Command System (ICS). 
  • Implement the incident management process on a simulated Type 3 incident. 
  • Develop an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident.
Time and basic requirements
Course Length: 16 hour (for 24 students or less)
Prerequisite: ICS-100, 200 and 700

Targeted Audience/Discipline
Emergency Management personnel, Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Service (EMS), Elected and appointed officials, Public works, Volunteer agencies, Military.

To Register
Please contact Jessica Schwarz at 720-322-1401 or email; jschwarz@co.adams.co.us, no later than September 23, 2010.
Note: Must be present all day for both days (Oct 9 & Oct 10th) to receive certificate.