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IS-775: EOC Management and Operations

Course Date

8/6/2008

Course Overview

This course describes the role, design, and functions of Emergency Operations Centers and their relationships as components of a multi-agency coordination system. The course contains disaster-related examples, activities and case studies that relate to EOC's and multi-agency coordination systems at the local, state and federal levels of government.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • Relate EOC operations to National Incident Management System (NIMS) requirements.
  • Describe the role that EOCs play in overall multiagency coordination.
  • Describe the relationship between the EOC and the on-scene Incident Command System (ICS) structure.
  • Identify staffing, information, systems, and equipment needs at the EOC.
  • Determine whether participants’ EOC organizations are conducive to effective coordination.
  • Identify potential alternate locations suitable for EOC operations should the primary EOC facility become damaged or inoperable.
  • Create a test, training and exercise plan for critical EOC operations. 
  • Develop a strategy and schedule for reviewing EOC resource requirements and technology needs.

Additional Resources

In addition to this online course, there is a classroom course, G775, EOC Management and Operations, which offers two days of traditional training using an Instructor Guide, Power Points, Student Manual, exercises and activities and student- instructor interactive participation.

Primary Audience

  1. The target audience will include: Federal, state, local and tribal emergency managers;
  2. first responders to include incident commanders from all emergency management
  3. disciplines; private industry personnel responsible for coordination activities during a disaster; and Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) personnel.

Prerequisites

None

CEUs:

0.4

Course Length:

4 hours