Team Rubicon highly encourages ALL Greyshirts to take FEMA classes so they better understand the NIMS (National Incident Management System) as it:

"guides all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to and recover from incidents.

NIMS provides stakeholders across the whole community with the shared vocabulary, systems and processes to successfully deliver the capabilities described in the National Preparedness System. NIMS defines operational systems that guide how personnel work together during incidents." (fema.gov)


Classes you will hear most about within Team Rubicon:

IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100

IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS-200

ICS 300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents (G0300)

ICS 400: Advanced Incident Command System for Complex Incidents (G0400)

IS-700.B: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System

IS-800.D: National Response Framework, An Introduction


In order to become a Volunteer Leader, you are required to have: IS-100 & IS-700.

Our "ICS Core Classes" are considered: IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, & IS-800.

In order to become C&G (Command & General Staff) you are (almost always) required to have ICS-300 & ICS-400.


Some classes have pre-requisites:

  • The pre-requisites for IS-200 is: IS-100
  • The pre-requisites for ICS-300 are: IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, IS-800
  • The pre-requisites for ICS-400 is: ICS-300
  • The recommended pre-requisite for IS-800 is: IS-700


The IS (Independent Study) classes are online courses/certifications. However, the above ICS (Incident Command Systems) classes are classroom only in order to meet the training objectives.


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