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ESIMS 402TR Incident Command Summary for Executives

8.00 Hours This training is intended to provide a forum to discuss the agency’s strategic and executive level preparedness and response issues and challenges related to WMD/terrorism or other Incidents of National Significance. It is also intended to serve as a vehicle to share proven strategies and practices as well as enhance teamwork and coordination among the agency’s senior officials responsible for emergency response to a major incident. It will be conducted as a facilitated workshop and will integrate multimedia scenarios and vignettes that highlight the key issues and facilitate discussion.

Topics

Topics covered in this course include:

•         WMD/terrorism  and Incidents of National Significance planning and preparedness

•         Incident Response; executive level considerations

•         Incident recovery; executive level considerations

•         Tabletop exercise (Note: the scenario(s) for the concluding tabletop will be mutually agreed upon by the host and TEEX/ESTI staff prior to delivery

Prerequisites None

Audience

Chief elected officials, Agency directors, department heads from the following disciplines/services:

•         Fire Service

•         Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

•         Hazardous Materials (HazMat)

•         Law Enforcement (LE)

•         Public Health (PH)

•         Public Works (PW)

•         Emergency Management (EM)

•         Government administrative

•         Private Sector and military (if invited by the host jurisdiction)

•         County, state, and federal agency personnel who will respond with a local jurisdiction during a WMD/terrorism incident

Other Information

This course is compliant with NIMS in all respects.

 ALL TEEX NIMS/ICS instructors are certified Department of Homeland Security NIMS/ICS instructors and meat/exceed all requirements to teach the ICS-402 course.

 

Course point of contact: Steve Hightower tel. (979) 458-1432