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

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2 Because the audience for this course is field-level supervisors and workers, it is recommended that the students be given the student notebooks as hardcopy so they can easily share the information with their families and keep the guidance materials in their work kits or vehicles. However, all student manual materials are provided in their native formats on the TRB website (http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/173984.aspx) so that agencies may disseminate the information in whatever format is appropriate for their staff members. Note that the ancillary materials on the website are generic and intended to meet the basic needs of transportation agencies in all fifty states. Instructors should carefully review all the work, home and personal preparedness fliers to ensure that they are appropriate for the state and jurisdiction where the training is being offered. The issue of disaster service worker should be reviewed with the agency’s human resources professionals, and an appropriate agency-specific flier should be substituted. The state’s Office of Emergency Services may have different or additional work, home and personal preparedness fliers that address jurisdiction-specific hazards and risk analysis. These may be substituted or added to the employee education materials to enhance the benefit of sharing that information. The ICS Quick Start Cards master file is also intended to be carefully reviewed by the instructors and customized to meet agency-specific regulations and legal concerns as necessary. The cards are offered as an MSWord documents to facilitate the updating, augmentation and revision of the basic information to ensure that the guidance meets all state and agency mandates. The Supervisor’s Folder is designed to facilitate the use and updating of the ICS forms required for managing an event in the field. The instructors should determine which ICS forms are currently used by the agency and augment the number of pockets to include any additional state-specific form selections. The ICS 201, 208 and 214 represent the basic set of forms that should be used in all states to comply with ICS requirements to address the complexity of the response (safety) and diversity of responding entities (communications plan). The goal of the “ICS…for Transportation” basic course is training transportation field-level personnel to • understand the role of transportation in emergencies; • understand ICS roles and terminology; • understand the use of ICS for safety, personnel accountability and financial reimbursement; • understand the application of ICS to an emergency or traffic incident involving transportation personnel and assets. Field-level transportation personnel will leave the course understanding that they are an integral part of the emergency response organization, and that they should be specifically included in all ICS plans and implementation. The instructor guide and supporting materials will enable the instructors to thoroughly prepare to deliver the course and achieve its goals.

3 MATERIALS, AUDIO VISUAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS Audio Visual Needs: • MSPowerPoint presentation • Laptop computer with appropriate power connection • Projector on cart or table with appropriate power connection, and cable for laptop • Screen • Three 6’ or longer tables • Microphone (optional) Props: • Sets of 1:64 vehicles (Matchbox, Hot Wheels or similar), including police (2-6), fire (2-6), EMS (2-4), heavy equipment (4-8), media truck (2) and personal (20) vehicles, road cones, road signage and 2 tanker trucks • Civil Engineer’s tape • Completed Supervisor’s Folder • 10 sets of ICS Quick Start Cards Handout Materials per Pupil: • Student Manuals as appropriate for lessons to be covered: ICS, Briefing Training, Discussion- Based Scenarios • Course Evaluation sheets for each element taught – Modules 1a, 1b and 2 on one sheet • ICS Field Operations Guide (FOG), 420 (FEMA version may be downloaded and printed at about $30 per book; FIRESCOPE ICS FOG 420 can be purchased on-line for $5 per book plus shipping) Seating Arrangement: • Students in classroom style set up in any configuration that allows a clear view of the screen from every seat and adequate width to open the student manuals, and a view of one of the “accident” set up tables • Instructors in front of the classroom where they can be easily heard by the students, and control the slide show Table Set Up: • One table at the front of the classroom to accommodate the instructor, laptop and instructor’s written materials • Tables and chairs for students with one student manual and one FOG manual per student on the tables, and one set of ICS Quick Start Cards for each table up to 10 tables. If there are additional tables place one set of cards for every 2 tables. • Two tables set up as an accident scene. Use these instructions to create 2 different set ups on 2 tables, one on each side of the front of the room. Using Civil Engineer’s tape create a “highway.” Place the tanker truck on its side obstructing the highway, and about 10 personal vehicles in rear end collisions, “spinouts” and other accident-type positions. Place the heavy equipment in a reasonable configuration for highway work just ahead of the accident scene. Place the police, fire, ems and media vehicles and the cones and signs at the end of the road. These will be introduced into the accident scene as the scenario using ICS unfolds.