ICS 200 will be offered January 21, 2020 at the Williams County/Williston EOC, 3300 37th St, W., Williston, ND.  Class will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m.  Mike Smith, Williams County Emergency Management Director with lead this training. 

There is no charge to attend.  Students are asked to bring a laptop computer to class, as course materials will be provided only in digital format. 

Questions may be directed to Mike Smith via email or phone (702) 609-7017.

ICS 400 provides training and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the ICS. This course expands upon information covered in ICS-100 through ICS-300 courses. It is intended for senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an area command or multi-agency coordination entity. 

Prerequisites: ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700, IS-800 and ICS 300. Students must present copies of completion certificates or FEMA transcript to class instructor on the first day of class. 

ICS-300 provides training and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System. The course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses. This course is intended for individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents. 

Prerequisites: lCS-100, ICS-200, IS-700, IS-800.  Please present copies of certificates for the pre-requisite classes to the instructor on the first day of class.

ICS 200, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, reviews the Incident Command System (ICS), provides the context for ICS within initial response, and supports hi

ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training.

This training will equip Public Information Officers with the skills needed to establish and operate in a Joint Information Center/Joint Information System (JIC/JIS).  Participants will also gain a working knowledge of operational practices for performing PIO duties with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) multiagency coordination system.  The course will demonstrate how JIC concepts are applied in a flexible and scalable manner at the local level.

This course is approved for ND POST Board credit.

Emergency Public Information officers are responsible for ensuring that the affected public receives accurate and timely information during an emergency.  Armed with good information, people are better able to make good decisions and, by doing so, contribute to the overall response goal of saving lives and protecting property.

This course is designed to prepare participants to function as full- or part-time PIOs.  Additionally, this training is a prerequisite and foundation for more advanced public information officer training.