Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (Lunch will be provided)

Location: Johnson County EOC & Joint Communication Center, 4529 Melrose Ave., Iowa City, IA

Course Description: This 1-day course reviews ICS and EOC roles and responsibilities. Exercises and group discussions are used extensively to allow participants to begin developing an interface plan for their jurisdictions.

Target Audience: Incident commanders, command and general staff, and emergency operations center personnel from the same community. Personnel associated with On-Scene Incident Command, EOCs and Multiagency Coordination (MAC) systems entities.

Pre-requisites: IS-100.a

Objectives: This course will enable the participant to develop an effective interface between the Incident Command and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) by applying Incident Command System (ICS) principles. At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

• Describe ICS principles
• Describe MAC/EOC principles
• Identify the roles of ICS and EOC during emergency operations
• Using scenarios, analyze the ICS and EOC systems and identify various interface issues
• Apply ICS/EOC interface concepts in exercise situations
• Begin developing an ICS/EOC interface action plan for your community

Registration: Class is limited to 25 participants. There is NO fee to participate in this course.

To register e-mail Julie Bleecker at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by April 6, 2010. For questions contact Julie at 319.356.6040.