Course Description

The goal of this professional development course is to provide federal, state, and local-level emergency responders with an overview of key duties and responsibilities of a Supply Unit Leader Type III in a Type III All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT).

The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.

Selection Criteria: NIMS ICS Position Specific training shall be completed by personnel who will be required to gain a certificate of training and the credentials to function in an ICS Organization, such as an IMT, as a member of the Command, General Staff or as a Unit Leader. These criteria will be verified on the student enrollment request by endorsement of the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) such as the State/Tribal Training Officer or the course manager.

ACE: Level: Lower Division/Associate

ACE: Credit Hours: 2

Course Objectives

• Identify course objectives and position-specific resource materials.
• Identify the function and components of the Logistics Section and the Supply Unit.
• Identify the actions and considerations necessary to mobilize the unit and gain situational awareness.
• Explain the ordering process.
• Develop an ICS Form 213, General Message Form.
• Develop an ICS Form 260, Resource Order.
• Develop an ICS Form 219, Resource Status Card, for received and reconciled items.
• Develop an inventory maintenance order.
• Design a physical layout for the Supply Unit.
• Explain how to demobilize incident and Unit resources.

Mission Areas

• Respond
• Recover
• Mitigation

Prerequisites

The required prerequisites to this course are:

• IS-0100: Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS), ICS 100
• IS-0200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
• E/L/G 0300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents
• IS-0700: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• IS-0800: National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction

Other recommended (not required) courses:

• E/L/G 0191 Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface
• E/L/G 0400 Advanced Incident Command System for Complex Incidents, ICS 400

Disciplines

• Emergency Management

Primary Core Capability