Incident Command System (ICS) Training for Field-Level Supervisors and Staff (2016)

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1 CHAPTER 1: USING THE INSTRUCTOR GUIDE This guide is designed to assist instructors in the delivery of the new training course, “Incident Command System (ICS) Training for Field-Level Transportation Supervisors and Staff.” It includes lesson plans, guidance on classroom set-up, complete slide shows with scripts or instructor prompts, instructions for creating the ICS Quick Start Card set and Supervisor’s Folder, and some information about training for adults. If the trainer is experienced in the use of ICS in a field environment the preparation time should be approximately 24 hours to become familiar with the unique transportation-oriented material in this course and ancillary training sets, and to customize it for delivery in the specific state and jurisdiction where the course will be taught. All instructors for this course should have completed classes on delivering training to adults, have certificates in at least ICS 100, 200 and 300, and have some experience with ICS, at the field level or in an Emergency Operations Center (EOC). It is highly desirable for the instructor to also have experience working with a transportation agency in emergency planning or training, or as a field supervisor, and to have also completed ICS 400 and E/L449 ICS “Incident Command System Curricula TTT” courses. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) requires the use of ICS at all emergency events. “This system will provide a consistent nationwide approach for Federal, State, and local governments to work effectively and efficiently together to prepare for, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size, or complexity. “ (HSPD-5, 2003, (15) ) US DOT/FHWA MUTCD states, “NIMS requires the use of ICS at traffic management scenes.” (2009, p. 726). This “ICS… for Transportation” course was developed as a baseline for all fifty states. Each instructor will need to customize the slide show to ensure that the emergency scenarios and examples used are appropriate to the conditions in the state where it is being taught. The instructor must be knowledgeable about state legal requirements for the use of ICS, and agency policy on safety and reimbursement issues. This information must be customized to the state where the training is being delivered. PREFACE The purpose of “ICS…for Transportation” is to ensure that all transportation field personnel operate safely in an emergency or traffic management event by being appropriately integrated into ICS in the field. This course assumes that all field-level transportation personnel have taken the ICS 100 course, either on line, or in a classroom, or have used the US DOT FHWA NIMS Workbook (FHWA, 2009) to complete the FEMA-accredited ICS training requirement. This course is intended to review the basic ICS structures and terminologies that ensure safety, personnel accountability and support for the agency’s financial reimbursement efforts. It teaches five possible roles for field-level transportation personnel at an event or traffic incident: joining an existing incident command as an operational asset; joining an existing incident command as a technical specialist; assuming Incident Command from another entity when all life safety issues have been addressed but transportation facility issues remain; participating in a unified command; or starting an incident command as initial Incident Commander. Its focus is solely on how transportation agency personnel and assets are part of the Incident Command System. This instructor guide contains the materials needed to deliver the basic “ICS … for Transportation” course, as well as some “tailgate” training refresher course materials, and a set of discussion based refresher course materials. The initial course may be offered as a stand-alone course in about four hours. The refresher courses are designed to be offered as training sessions within a daily briefing period, or as adjuncts to the basic course in a day-long hour format. Therefore the materials are offered as three sets of instructional materials (basic course, briefing and discussion-based), and the instructor may integrate these materials as appropriate for the time and audience.