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This unique electronic book on CD-ROM has a complete reproduction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute (EMI) training course manual, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (IS-200.a). EMI has revised the ICS 200 course to reflect lessons learned since its release in 1996 and incorporated concepts from the National Response Framework. This course is NIMS compliant and uses the objectives developed collaboratively by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, the United States Fire Administration, the United States Department of Agriculture and the Emergency Management Institute. ICS 200 is designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event within the Incident Command System (ICS). ICS-200 provides training on and resources for personnel who are likely to assume a supervisory position within the ICS. The Emergency Management Institute developed ICS its ICS courses collaboratively with National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG); U.S. Department of Agriculture; United State Fire Administration s National Fire Programs Branch. In addition, as a bonus, there are reproductions of over 140 vital current and legacy FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI) training course manuals - instructor guides and student manuals, with PDF conversions of web-based interactive course material. The documents cover categories including Incident Command System (ICS), National Incident Management System (NIMS), National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), National Response Framework (NRF), continuity of operations, Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Emergency Support Function (ESF), exercises, emergency preparedness, hazardous materials, disaster assistance and individual assistance, earthquakes, animals in disasters, points of distribution (PODs), grants and eGrants, deployment, principles of emergency management, volunteers, radiological emergencies, Multiagency Coordination Systems, and more. This