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Auxiliarists who want to improve their understanding of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the Incident Command System (ICS), and how exercise and actual events are managed by the Coast Guard should consider taking the following courses through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Independent Study (IS) website and the Auxiliary Learning and Management (AUXLMS):

Available on the FEMA Independent Study website at https://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspx?all=true:

IS-5.a – An Introduction to Hazardous Materials

IS-100.c – Introduction to Incident Command System (or current version)

IS-120.c – An Introduction to Exercises (or current version)

IS-130.a – Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning (or current version)

IS-139.a – Exercise Design (or current version)

ICS/IS-200.c – ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incident (or current version)

ICS 210 -  ICS for Single Resource Unit Leaders - AuxLMS Login Required

IS-700.b – National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction (or current version)

IS-800.d – National Response Framework, An Introduction (or current version)

IS-909 - Community Preparedness: Implementing Simple Activities for Everyone (or current version)

IS-2000 – National Preparedness Goal and Systems Overview (or current version)

IS-2200 – Basic Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Operations (or current version)

IS-2900.a – National Disaster Recovery Framework (or current version)