ICS-460/973 Finance/Administration Section Chief Training

Course Overview

Building upon foundational ICS course, ICS-460 is designed to provide government and private industry emergency management and response personnel with a robust understanding of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective Finance/Administrative Section Chief (FSC) on an Incident Management Team for a Type 2 response. These responsibilities fall into two categories:

• managing the Finance/Administration Section personnel and
• managing the finances and administrative responsibilities during an incident.

This course is an instructor-led training that supports learning through discussion, lecture, and active participation in multiple exercises that provides a realistic, hands-on approach to mastering the skills required of a FSC.

Specific Course Topics

Roles and Responsibilities of the Finance Section

• Initial Response and Transition to On-going Operations
• Coordination and Interaction
• Determining Finance support and service requirements
• Developing a right size finance organization
• Providing support to IMT customers
• Incident Resources
• Resource Requesting and Ordering
• Incident Communications
• Incident Facilities
• Involvement in meetings, briefings and other support activities
• IAP Planning Process
• Demobilization

Target Audience

Responders designated to fill the Type 2 Finance Section Chief position

Duration

Duration: Two days (16 hours)

Pre-requisite

Successful completion of ICS-300 and have response experience in the Finance Section

Meeting Room and Hotel:

Hotel Indigo Denver Downtown-Union Station
1801 Wewatta Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-623-4422
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