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Course Content

The goal of this professional development course, E/L/G 2300 Intermediate
Emergency Operations Center Functions, is to assist individuals and jurisdictions
who desire to develop or improve their Emergency Operation Centers (EOC).

Overall Course Objective:
By the end of this course, students will be able to demonstrate, through activities and a Final Exam, the managerial and operational roles of the modern-day EOC.

Course Terminal Objectives

• Explain the course structure.
• Explain the EOC’s critical link to the other NIMS Command and   Coordination Structures.
• Identify EOC staffing solutions by aligning EOC Skill Sets to common EOC structures.
• Explain the planning, operational and resourcing functions of the EOC.
• Using a scenario, identify the essential elements of information (EEI) that support EOC decision making and information sharing.
• Using a scenario identify changes in EOC activation level, staffing, resources and information requirements for an expanding incident.
• Identify the role of an EOC during the transition to recovery.
• Explain the location, design, equipment and technology considerations for the EOC.
• Review the course learning objectives.

Course Overview
This course is designed to:
• Examine the role, design, and function of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and their supportive relationship as a NIMS Command and Coordination component a Multi-Agency Coordination System.
• Provide training about staffing, organization, information, systems, communications, and equipment needs at the EOC, such activating and deactivating, operations, as well as training and exercising.
• Focus on the role of an EOC as one of four NIMS Command and Coordination Structures.

Target Audience
The intended audience(s) are federal, state, tribal, territorial, local level, business and nongovernmental emergency management personnel who may be designated to support an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) within their jurisdiction or organization. The materials were developed with the assumption that audience members may have little or no actual experience as a member of an EOC Staff.

The audience may include students from a variety of agencies, organizations and functional disciplines, including fire service, law enforcement, emergency management, public works departments, as well as public health organizations, medical emergency teams, and hospitals, businesses and non-governmental organizations.

National Incident Management System (NIMS) Emergency Operations Center training should be completed by personnel who are regularly assigned to positions within an EOC or by those persons who desire to seek qualification and certification in an EOC position or function.
Prerequisites & Other Information:

The required prerequisites to this course include:
• IS-0100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100
• IS-2200, Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions
• IS-0700, An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
• IS-0800, The National Response Framework, An Introduction

The following courses are recommended:
• E/L/G 0191, Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface
• IS-0200, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS 200

Course is from 0900-1700

Cost:
No tuition is charged.