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Indiana GIS Reponse Corps

Training Opportunities
As of July 7, 2009

Recommended Training:

Incident Command System (ICS) 100 Training: Provides training on and resources for personnel who require a basic understanding of the Incident Command System (ICS).

Incident Command System (ICS) 200 Training: Provides training on and resources for personnel who are likely to assume a supervisory position within the Incident Command System (ICS). The primary target audiences are response personnel at the supervisory level.

Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) (IS-700.a): Provides training on and resources for the National Incident Management System (NIMS). NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents.

Introduction to National Response Framework (NRF) (IS-800): Provides training on and resources for the National Response Framework (NRF). The NRF presents the guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies – from the smallest incident to the largest catastrophe. The Framework establishes a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response.

IS-860.a National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)

Protecting and ensuring the resiliency of the critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) of the United States is essential to the Nation’s security, public health and safety, economic vitality, and way of life. The purpose of this course is to present an overview of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). The NIPP provides the unifying structure for the integration of existing and future CIKR protection and resiliency efforts into a single national program. This course has been updated to align with the NIPP that was released in 2009.

Critical Training for IDHS EOC Support:

Handling of Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII)

The PCII Program, established in response to the Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002 (CII Act), is designed to encourage private industry to voluntarily share its sensitive security-related business information with the Federal government.

PCII Authorized User Training

Handling of Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program

Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) is the information protection regime authorized by Section 550 of Public Law 109-295 to protect from inappropriate public disclosure any information developed or submitted pursuant to Section 550. This includes information that is developed and/or submitted to DHS pursuant to the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulation which implements Section 550.

The class is located at the above address. If you have trouble with your firewall like I did, go to The User Training link is in the Resources section

WebEOC Introduction:

No classes scheduled but contact Amanda Thayer to set up a class ~ 2 hrs in the EOC