This course provides training on and resources for overall incident management skills for personnel who require the intermediate application of the Incident Management System. This course will outline how the National Incident Management System Command & Coordination component supports the management of expanding incidents, as well as describe the incident management processes as prescribed by ICS.
The target audience for this course is individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents. This includes Command and General Staff positions as well as Division/Group Supervisor and/or Unit Leader level positions that may be activated during an expanding incident that typically extends into multiple Operational Periods.
Building on the prerequisite courses, this course focuses on ICS for Command and General Staff in complex incidents. This advanced ICS 400 course focuses on senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in Area Command or Multiagency Coordination System, or as part of an Incident Management Team.
The target audience for this course includes experienced senior emergency management personnel who may perform in a management capacity for major or complex incidents. This group includes individuals who may serve as the Incident Commander, as a member of a Unified Command, or as members of the Command or General Staff, or Multiagency Coordination Group/Emergency Operations Center (EOC) management for incidents that may use an Area Command.
The Instructor II course is designed to emphasize teaching formalized lessons from materials prepared by the instructor, including relating information from one lesson or class to the next. Areas covered include instructional development, evaluation and testing, program management and training resources.
The Rope Rescue Technician course is an advanced, performance-based program that exceeds the job performance requirements of NFPA 1006: Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications (Technician Level). It builds upon the Rope Rescue Operations course and prepares students to safely and effectively manage and perform complex rope-based rescue incidents.
Participants engage in extensive hands-on training scenarios that challenge their ability to assess, plan, and execute technical rescues. Instruction emphasizes advanced rigging techniques, system analysis, high-directional and high-line operations, mechanical advantage systems, and vertical litter movement. Students will apply risk-management principles, use redundancy and safety factors in system design, and perform victim access, packaging, and movement through realistic and dynamic scenarios.
Throughout the course, students will work as part of a coordinated rope rescue team to demonstrate technical proficiency, leadership, and communication under operational conditions. The training reinforces IFSI’s core values of safety, teamwork, and operational excellence while ensuring compliance with NFPA 1006 JPRs.
This course awards Pro Board certification.