Emergency Management News

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Incident Command School

Two classes in the Incident Command System are being offered in Altus, according to emergency management officials.

ICS-300, Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents, is being offered February 7-8 at the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Headquarters from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

ICS-400, Advanced Incident Command System, is being offered February 21-22 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

Prerequisites for the courses are IS-100 and -200, offered online at http://training.fema.gov

Seating is limited.  Students are requested to register by email to register@osufst.org or calling 800-304-5727.

In the class, the students will learn how to apply incident command structures to events such as the ice storm of two years ago.

Instructors are certified by Oklahoma Homeland Security and continuing education hours for response professionals are available.

For information about this and other classes, visit http://osufst.org/calendar/main.php?view=upcoming&categoryfilter[]=22 for the Oklahoma State University Fire Service Training calendar.

For information about ICS, call Jerry Gibson at 5804820229 or Lloyd Colston at 5804812260.

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