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ICS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response Q0463

Training Specialist


Richard Sexton
301-447-7687

Delivery type


Online - Self-Study

Continuing education units


0.4

ACE recommendation


There is no American Council on Education credit recommendation for this course.

This intermediate-level course is a web-based, self-study, interactive equivalent to National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) I-200. This course integrates the National Incident Management System (NIMS) guidelines and meets the NIMS Baseline Training requirements using an all-hazards, all-agency approach. It is the second in a series of courses designed to meet all-hazard, all-agency NIMS Incident Command System requirements for operational personnel.

This course was developed by the U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Programs Branch, in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Management Institute, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the NWCG. Estimated completion time: 4 hours.

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