MERET Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) Toolkit

This document provides an overview of the toolkit including course objectives, links to the online FEMA exams, and a link to HICS Job Action Sheets. The notes pages contain the script for the tabletop exercise slides.

This course provides an introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is required for all functional positions that would be expected to fill the command level and general section chief positions within the incident command system. The notes pages contain the script for the slides.

This course is required for all functional positions in a hospital that would be expected to fill any position in the incident command system including command, section chief, supervisor, unit leader, or branch director. The notes pages contain the script for the slides.

This tornado tabletop was designed to teach participants about the value of implementing the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) during emergencies. HICS is patterned after the nationwide National Incident Management System. The notes pages contain the script for the slides.

This course is required for all functional positions that would be expected to fill the command level and general section chief positions within the incident command system. The notes pages contain the script for the slides.

This course eliminates the overlap that now exists in the two separate courses. This presentation covers the material that will be tested on the FEMA online examinations for each of the individual courses. The notes pages contain the script for the slides.

This document includes a framework for conducting a tabletop exercise and a link to additional tabletop instructions.

This table of potential scenario injects should be introduced to tables during the scenario to challenge the participants on what they would do in an actual event.

The content covered in ISC 100 HC, ICS 200 HC, and IS 700 prepares the participant for this tabletop exercise. This tool has been designed to measure application of the content to a tornado scenario. This activity is directed to the knowledge level of participants.

Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training Program (MERET) is funded in part by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) in the Department of Health and Human Services. We are required to track HICS trainings in order to fulfill grant requirements.

This is a sample training day schedule based on using the combined ICS 100/200 HC and conducting the entire training on the same day.