FEMA IS-100.C: Introduction to Incident Command System

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STEPS TO GET YOUR IS-100.C Certificate

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Course Date 6/25/2018

Course Overview

ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The Emergency Management Institute developed its ICS courses collaboratively with:

National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Programs Branch

Course Objectives:

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

Explain the principles and basic structure of the Incident Command System (ICS).
Describe the NIMS management characteristics that are the foundation of the ICS.
Describe the ICS functional areas and the roles of the Incident Commander and Command Staff.
Describe the General Staff roles within ICS.
Identify how NIMS management characteristics apply to ICS for a variety of roles and discipline areas.
Primary Audience

The target audience includes persons involved with emergency planning, and response or recovery efforts.

Prerequisites

None

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ARMED FORCES CROSSBAND TEST May 12

K6NED — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:15:09 +0000

ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND TEST (12 May 2018)

The Military Auxiliary Radio System will host this year’s Armed Forces Day Crossband Test, scheduled for May 12, 2018. This annual event is open to all radio operators, and will not impact any public or private communications. For more than 50 years, military and amateur stations have taken part in this event, which is only an exercise scenario, designed to include hobbyist and government radio operators alike.

The AFD Crossband Test is a unique opportunity to test two-way communications between military communicators and radio stations in the Amateur Radio Service (ARS), as authorized in 47 CFR 97.111. These tests provide opportunities and challenges for radio operators to demonstrate individual technical skills in a tightly-controlled exercise scenario that does not impact any public or private communications.

Military stations will transmit on selected military frequencies and will announce the specific ARS frequencies monitored. All times are ZULU (Z), and all frequencies are Upper Side Band (USB) unless otherwise noted. The frequencies used for the test will not impact any public or private communications, and will not stray outside the confines of the exercise.

The following stations will be making two way radiotelephone contacts with stations in the ARS between the time periods listed on the frequencies listed in Kilohertz below.

AAZ / FT HUACHUCA, AZ
1500Z – 2359Z 5,330.5 14,438.5

AAC / BARROW ARMY RESERVE CENTER, KY 1300Z – 0100Z 5,346.5 7,542.0

ABH / SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI
1600Z – 2300Z 5,357.0 14,438.5

ABM1 / CAMP ZAMA, JAPAN
1500Z – 0100Z 14,487.0 20,994

ADB / CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA
1500Z – 0100Z 14,487.0 20,994

WAR / PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 1200Z – 2400Z 5,357.0 13,963.5

WUG-2 / ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, TN 1300Z – 0200Z 5,403.5

18,211.0 13,963.5 18,272.0

20,920.0 20,997.0

24,760.0 20,973.5 20,740.0

14,411.0

AIR / ANDREWS AFB
1200Z – 2400Z 4,517.0

AGA2SY / HANCOCK FIELD, NY 1200Z – 2400Z 4,575.0

AGA5SC / SCOTT AFB, IL 1600Z – 2300Z 3,308.0

4,872.0 7,545.0

AGA9TR / TRAVIS AFB, CA
1600Z – 0100Z 5,346.5 7,329.0

13,996.0

18,211.0 13,910.5 18,293.0 7,305.0 15,807.0 7,540.0 13,993.0

USB + CW USB + CW

AFM4AF / NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY MID-SOUTH MILLINTON, TN 1200Z – 0300Z 7,375.5 13,498.0

NMC1 / COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, CA
1700Z – 2359Z 7,542.0 15,740.5 22,924.5

NIIW / USS MIDWAY CV-41 SAN DIEGO, CA
1400Z – 0400Z 4,013.5 5371.5 7,493.5 14,383.5

NWKJ / USS YORKTOWN CV-10 CHARLESTON, SC
1200Z – 2200Z 4,000.0 7,360.0 14,663.5

NEPM / USS IOWA BB 61 LOS ANGELES, CA
1500Z – 2359Z 4,043.5 6,903.5 14,463.5 18,293.0

NWVC / LST-325 EVANSVILLE, IN
1200Z – 0400Z 4,007.0 6,913.0 9988.5 13,974.0

NSS / US NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAPOLIS, MD
1300Z – 0200Z 4,038.5 5330.5 7,533.5 9,447.0 USB + CW

18,211.0

An AFD test message will be transmitted utilizing the Military Standard (MIL-STD) Serial PSK waveform (M110) followed by MIL-STD Wide Shift FSK (850 Hz RTTY) as described in MIL-STD 188-110A/B. Technical information regarding these waveforms is provided at:http://www.n2ckh.com/MARS_ALE_FORUM/MSDMT.html.

The AFD test message will also be sent at 0300Z in Continuous Wave (CW) mode (refer to the far right column in the table below). The message will be transmitted on the following frequencies in Kilohertz and at the listed times:

14,487.0

17,545.0

Frequenc y
(kHz)

1400Z

1420Z

1440 Z

1500 Z

1900 Z

1920 Z

1940 Z

2000 Z

2200Z

2220 Z

2240 Z

2300 Z

0300Z (CW)

5,346.5

NWV C

7,540.0

13,506.5

AGA2S Y

WAR

ACC

AAZ

ADB

17,443.0

ACC

AGA2S Y

WAR

AAZ

AGA2S Y

For those who wish to document their contacts with a QSL card, go to http://www.usarmymars.org/events and complete the request form.

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