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What qualifications does an instructor need to teach ICS 100, 200 and 700 in the classroom setting?

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the NIMS Integration Center is responsible for facilitating the development of national guidelines for incident management training and exercises at all jurisdictional levels, while individual agencies and organizations are responsible for establishing and certifying instructors. The NIMS Center provides the following guidelines for ICS instructors:

  • ICS-100 Instructors
  • Lead and Unit Instructors should have successfully completed ICS-100, ICS-200 and IS-700 NIMS
  • Lead Instructor should have training and experience in adult education and have served as Incident Commander or in a command staff or general staff position

ICS-200 Instructors

  • Lead Instructor should have successfully completed ICS-300
  • Unit Instructors should have successfully completed ICS-200
  • Lead Instructor should have training and experience in adult education and have served as Incident Commander or in a command staff or general staff position

IS-700 Instructor Requirements

  • Two instructors are recommended to teach IS-700 classes, but are not required
  • Lead and Unit Instructors must have successfully completed IS-100, IS-200 and IS-700
  • Lead Instructors must have training and experience in adult education and have served as an Incident Commander or in a command staff or general staff position

ICS-700 Instructors

  • According to the National Integration Center, there are several acceptable types of formal adult education experience and instructor training to meet the requirements to present NIMS training:
  • DHS Office of Grants and Training’s Instructor Training Certification Course or equivalent state course
  • National Wildfire Coordinating Group Facilitative Instructor M-410 course
  • Emergency Management Institute Master Trainer Program
  • National Fire Academy Instructional Methodology class
  • College education courses
  • USAF Academic Instructor School
  • American Red Cross, National Safety Counsel, American Heart Association, or American Safety Health Institute instructor development training

It is immaterial to the NIC if someone takes the courses from USFA, EMI, NWCG, USDA, EPA, Coast Guard, State Agencies, CAP, a private vendor etc., as long as the courses meet the content and objectives outlined in the National Standard Curriculum Training Development Guidance.