Use the tabs below to find courses, scheduled dates, and the Michigan State Police Professional Development Learning Center (PDLC) links to register. The PDLC is designed to give students a single location to register for courses, take online courses, and direct access to their certificates and transcripts. You must be logged into your PDLC account for the link to take you to the course. Please note, course dates are subject to change. For the most current schedule, please refer to the PDLC.
If you would like to request a course that is not currently scheduled, please fill out and submit the Course Request Form below.
This course focuses on the importance of developing and operating as a functional All Hazard Incident Management Team (AHIMT). This course will emphasize the nature and purpose of an AHIMT so that others in the community and emergency services are more willing and able to assist within various components of their local AHIMT. It also provides a basic framework for building and maintaining critical interpersonal communications and for working together as a team member of an AHIMT. We do this through offering practical experience of on-scene operations through extensive exercises and simulations.
Prerequisites: ICS-300
Hours: 40
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
March 30 - April 3, 2026 - Howell
June 1 - 5, 2026 - Lansing
The Basic Academy Train-the-Trainer consists of two days of discussions about course objectives, how to set up and facilitate the class, time management, and other general topics. The last three days consist of student teach backs that summarize portions of the Basic Academy course subject matter and describe activities and exercises with time for critique and questions.
All topics areas in the Basic Academy courses are covered in the Train-the-Trainer to support a training experience that combines knowledge of all fundamental systems, concepts, and practices of cutting-edge emergency management. The Academy provides shared classrooms of adult learners and skillful instructors resulting in a solid foundation upon which to build further studies and sound decisions
Selection Criteria:
This course is intended for those emergency managers and trainers from Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies who have extensive background in emergency management and experience in training adults.
Prerequisites:
Participants of the course have met the following selection requirements:
Also, it is highly recommended to complete the Basic Academy curriculum before taking this course as most of the host training managers require before instructing:
Documentation for Application:
Attach and submit the following documents when you apply for the ELK0110 course via the NETC online application
Prerequisites you will need to submit:
Basic Academy Train the Trainer Commitment Statement
Dates and Locations:
There are no scheduled dates at this time.
This course is intended for newly appointed emergency managers from Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and emergency management agencies, and prospective professionals transferring from another discipline to emergency management. Selection to the program is competitive and meeting the prerequisites does not guarantee acceptance into the program. Those interested in attending must submit proof of completion of all the prerequisites as directed below. Preference will be given to those who are applying to attend all of the National Emergency Management Basic Academy courses (L0101, L0102, L0103, L0105, L0146).
Prerequisites: IS-100, IS-120, IS-200, IS-230, IS-235, IS-240, IS-241, IS-242, IS-244, IS-700, and IS-800
Hours: 40
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
March 9 - 13, 2026 - Grand Rapids
August 10 - 14, 2026 - Marquette
Fundamentals of Threats and Hazards provides a definition and benefits of science. Earth Science describes how the Earth's design sets the stage for the world's natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and landslides/sinkholes. Climatology describes the scientific basis of common atmospheric hazards including convective storms, tropical cyclones, and other hazardous weather. Chemical and biological basics identify the scientific basis of chemical and biological threats. Explosive, radiological, and nuclear fundamentals identify the scientific basis of those threats.
Prerequisites: IS-100, IS-120, IS-200, IS-230, IS-700, and IS-800
Hours: 40
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
April 13 - 15, 2026 - Grand Rapids
September 14 -16, 2026 - Marquette
This course is designed to give basic concepts and planning steps to those new to the field of emergency management so that they may apply planning discipline and skills to challenges in their jobs. Course content includes emergency management planning doctrine and steps to take to accomplish writing plans and using them to deal with special events, which are common challenges for all jurisdictions.
The content also derives from the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101, Developing and Maintaining State, Territorial, Tribal and Local Government Emergency Plans, and its six-step planning process and inclusive whole community philosophy. Likewise, doctrine from the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 201, Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, is included in the course. Special event planning is then explained in the course, and table group activities to analyze plans for special events are conducted.
Prerequisites: IS-100, IS-120, IS-230, IS-700, and IS-800
Hours: 16
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
April 16 - 17, 2026 - Grand Rapids
September 17 - 18, 2026 - Marquette
In this course participants will learn how to develop a roadmap for progress toward the National Preparedness Goal by facilitating the development of resilience considerations and involving essential community critical infrastructure partners. Participants will learn how to formulate considerations for the resilience of community assets that leverage cross-sector partnerships. These considerations enhance the whole community’s ability to manage the risk associated with critical infrastructure protection efforts. Participants will have an opportunity to practice the practical skills necessary to formulate considerations in the local community.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 16
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
April 9 - 10, 2026 - Allegan
The purpose of the Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents - Partnering Rural Law Enforcement, First Responders, and Local School Systems course is to educate rural law enforcement personnel as well as school administrators and personnel on the elements that must be in place to effectively respond to an emergency at a school building or an entire school system. Schools continue to face incidents of violence as well as other crises that require coordination and collaboration within a community to ensure effective management strategies are in place. According to the Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2020 report released by the Institute of Education Sciences, 80% of public schools recorded those one or more violent incidents that had taken place during the previous school year, amounting to 1.4 million incidents. Furthermore, as evidenced by the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) 2021 report, Averting Targeted School Violence, the research has found that students display a variety of behaviors as they escalate towards violence to themselves or others. NTAC recommends that schools and communities develop multidisciplinary threat assessment programs to identify, assess, and intervene before violence occurs. This course provides information to the individual rural responders, school representatives, and other community stakeholders that will assist them in the recognition of school-based threats and the identification of protection measures and mitigation strategies necessary to secure our nation's school communities and minimize the impact of an incident on people, property, and the environment.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
June 10, 2026 - Big Rapids
In this course participants will learn how to develop a roadmap for progress toward the National Preparedness Goal by facilitating the development of resilience considerations and involving essential community critical infrastructure partners. Participants will learn how to formulate considerations for the resilience of community assets that leverage cross-sector partnerships. These considerations enhance the whole community’s ability to manage the risk associated with critical infrastructure protection efforts. Participants will have an opportunity to practice the practical skills necessary to formulate considerations in the local community.
Prerequisite: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Location:
April 8, 2026 - Allegan
The Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessment course is designed to address specific technical and professional skills needed to assess, document, remediate, and report on cybersecurity vulnerability assessments within organizations through a series of lectures and hands-on activities. Activities include examining, analyzing, and prioritizing assets, risks, and vulnerabilities to develop a vulnerability assessment report that could be delivered to organizational leadership. This course utilizes active discussions and activities to extend the participant’s understanding of vulnerability assessments.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 16
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
July 28 - 29, 2026 - Sault Sainte Marie
The Drone Assessment and Response Tactics (DART) course provides emergency personnel with the knowledge and skills necessary to detect, identify, track, assess, respond, and report Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) activity. Participants are presented with information on the current UAS criminal and terrorist threat, analog and electronic UAS detection techniques, and response tactics to address this threat.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
September 30, 2026 - Flint
This 8-hour planning and management-level course is designed to provide rural and Tribal first responders with the knowledge and skills to develop an emergency operations plan (EOP) for their local jurisdiction, Tribe, or region. Participants are provided with knowledge on the planning process, the different types of emergency operations plan formats, and the components of each. Participants engage in scenarios that are designed to reinforce the lessons learned and to enable them to determine the best format for their particular jurisdiction and to organize the various planning components into an EOP.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
March 26, 2026 - Harrison
This is an Eight-hour awareness-level course to provide emergency managers, first responders, and community members across all sectors with a basic understanding of the latest knowledge in winter weather science, forecasting, warning, and preparedness.
This course will prepare participants to understand the basics of winter weather science, the winter weather forecasting process, how winter weather forecasts are communicated, and the fundamentals of winter weather safety and preparedness. Since winter storms can strike every state in the United States, it is important that every community be ready for the hazards associated with them. This awareness-level course will fulfill the goals of the whole community approach to emergency management by reaching a broad sector of the community. Multiple core capabilities will be addressed, with particular emphasis on public information and warning and threats and hazard identification.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
June 17, 2026 - Detroit
This is a two-day, 16-hour, management-level course designed to help participants understand the components used when planning for security at events conducted in small, rural, and remote communities. These modules will cover event security planning components, creating a written security plan, conducting risk assessments using the THIRA approach, information and intelligence analysis, event security logistics and staffing considerations, Incident Command and the role of the Public Information Officer, media relations, and best practices for security briefings.
Prerequisites: IS-100, IS-700
Hours: 16
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Location:
April 22 - 23, 2026 - Lapeer
Flooding hazards can threaten any community in any location in the United States. Flooding can occur over a period of weeks or days, or minutes, thus this course focuses the identification and assessment of hazards due to flooding to enable proper preparedness and response. As flooding is one of the top meteorological killers in the United States, and poses particular hazards to emergency responders, this introduction to recognizing flooding threats is essential for developing safe communities.
Flooding Hazards: Science and Preparedness is an awareness-level, eight-hour course that addresses the current science of the causes of floods (both meteorological and otherwise), flood forecasting, flood risk assessment, and best practices for preparation and mitigation for both short- and long-fuse flooding events. Key concepts and discussion topics will be reinforced with facilitator-led group activities that utilize real-world flood scenarios. These activities will illustrate the diverse challenges and complexities that can occur during actual flood events while building participants' experience and confidence in anticipating, heeding warnings, and responding to floods.
The goal of this course is to prepare participants to recognize the conditions that lead to flood events, evaluate their community's risk, and prepare appropriately.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
March 31, 2026 - Comstock Park
The Homemade Explosives: Awareness, Recognition, and Response, Mobile course is designed to provide emergency first responders with the skills to recognize and respond to incidents involving Homemade Explosives (HME) through lectures and exercises. Emergency first responders are presented with information necessary to recognize HME precursors, HME manufacturing indicators, and HME exposure indicators, and determine pre-detonation and post-detonation response strategies. Throughout this course, emergency first responders discuss how to implement safe response strategies with recognizing the presence of HME indicators; understanding these response actions is critical to mitigating the hazards associated with HME.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
March 18, 2026 - Wayland
This two-day HSEEP training course will focus on exercise program management to include design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. Additionally, the course will give participants a working knowledge of HSEEP, including the resources, tools, and policies that support compliance. It will highlight exercise program management in detail, and the HSEEP cycle in exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning.
Prerequisites: IS-100, IS-120
Hours: 16
Cost: No cost
Dates and Locations:
April 1-2, 2026 –Hastings
April 28-29, 2026 – Ann Arbor
June 17-18, 2026 –Grand Rapids
August 26-27, 2026 –Escanaba
This three-day course provides training and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses. The course objectives are to describe how the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents and describe the Incident/Event Management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the ICS. Also covered is the implementation of the Incident Management process on a simulated Type 3 incident and development of an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident.
The target audience for this course are individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents. Note: During a Type 3 incident, some or all the command and general staff positions may be activated, as well as division/group supervisor and/or unit leader level positions. These incidents may extend into multiple operational periods.
This course is MCOLES approved for 302 funds. It is also eligible for Standardized E.M.S. Continuing Education Credits. Please reference the Standardized EMS Continuing Education Credit Guide for further details.
Prerequisites: IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, and IS-800
Hours: 24
Cost: No cost
Dates and Locations:
Multiple Dates Available
This course is designed to: examine the role, design, and function of the EOC and their supportive relationship as a NIMS Command and Coordination component of a Multi-Agency Coordination System. Provide training about staffing, organization, information, systems, communications, and equipment needs at the EOC, such activating and deactivating, operations, as well as training and exercising. Focus on the role of an EOC as one of four NIMS Command and Coordination functional groups.
Prerequisites: IS-2200
Hours: 24
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
May 12 - 14, 2026 - Benton Harbor
June 9 - 11, 2026 - Midland
July 21 - 23, 2026 - Mackinaw City
This one-day course highlights the concepts and interaction between two disaster management systems: the Incident Command System and the Emergency Operations Center. Both elements will be studied as integral parts of the National Incident Management System required in disaster response. Discussion will examine issues in communication, coordination, and decision-making enabling participants to properly plan for response and recovery.
Prerequisites: IS-100, IS-200, and ICS-300
Suggested Courses: IS-701 and ICS-400
Cost: No cost
Dates and Location:
April 9, 2026 - Harrison
July 17, 2026 - Alpena
This course introduces the skills and planning considerations required to manage large numbers of people who are not affiliated with an experienced relief organization, but who want to help in disasters. These helpers or "spontaneous volunteers" are generally well motivated and sincerely want to help, but if their efforts and resources are not coordinated effectively, they could be counterproductive, wasteful, and often place a strain on the disaster area.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
July 30, 2026 - Cedar Springs
The Mass Fatality Incident Response course is designed to prepare response personnel and other responsible professionals to handle a mass fatality incident effectively by properly caring for the dead and the living—both responders and survivors.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 16
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
March 9 - 10, 2026 - Pontiac
The two-day MI-CEMKR course provides the basic knowledge a Michigan Emergency Manager needs to know, or where to go for the information, to be effective in performing the essential duties of their job. Topics include Public Act 390 of 1976, the Michigan Emergency Management Plan, local Emergency Planning, Damage Assessment, Emergency Communication, and other essentials.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 16
Cost: No cost
Dates and Location:
April 16, 2026 – Virtual
August 24, 2026 – Virtual
This course is designed to give basic concepts and planning steps to those new to the field of emergency management so that they may apply planning discipline and skills to challenges in their jobs. Course content includes emergency management planning doctrine and steps to take to accomplish writing plans and using them to deal with special events, which are common challenges for all jurisdictions.
The content also derives from the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101, Developing and Maintaining State, Territorial, Tribal and Local Government Emergency Plans, and its six-step planning process and inclusive whole community philosophy. Likewise, doctrine from the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 201, Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, is included in the course. Special event planning is then explained in the course, and table group activities to analyze plans for special events are conducted.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Location:
June 30, 2026 - Allegan
This course focuses on the review of REP emergency plans, specifically the NUREG 0654 FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1 planning standards that address the public’s health and safety. The REP Plume Plan Review Course will include training based on the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) -101, familiarization of Hostile Action Based (HAB) plan review, annual plan review and the Annual Letter of Certification Review Guide process.
Required
Each student should bring a copy of their ORO's REP Plan for use during the classroom exercises, to include the NUREG Cross-reference (electronic or otherwise).
Target Audience
Emergency Managers and Public Health Professionals. Participants should reside within either of two Emergency Planning Zones (EPZ). The two EPZ are described as 1) the plume exposure pathway EPZ has a radius of about 10 miles from the reactor site, or 2) the ingestion exposure pathway EPZ has a radius of about 50 miles from a reactor site. There are over 100 commercial nuclear power reactors in the United States.
Prerequisites:
MI-TRAIN Course ID: 1057001
Dates and Locations:
November 18 - 20, 2025 - Monroe
This is a 4-hour instructor led classroom-based MI CIMS (WebEOC) End User Training computer training course for those who will need access to WebEOC during emergencies, disasters, and special events in Michigan. A participant for this class MUST have an assigned position with a Local Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Michigan. All participants will be verified with their Emergency Management Coordinator before class. Anyone that is not able to be verified as associated with an Emergency Management Program will not be allowed to participate in class. A responder must attend a MI CIMS End User Training course to gain access into the system. These classes are not intended for those associated with a State Agency or the SEOC (please see course ID: 1034725).
Prerequisites: Sponsorship from a local Emergency Management Coordinator
MI-TRAIN Course ID: 1034950
Dates and Location: Various dates (See MI-TRAIN)
The PEM Designation exam is a comprehensive set of 100 questions covering the five phases of emergency management. Successful candidates will receive the title of PEM after fulfilling the requirements of the PEM program and passing the exam with 75% or higher. Registrations must be submitted at least thirty days prior to the exam date.
Prerequisites: Completion of the requirements set forth in the PEM program
Hours: 2
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
March 18, 2026 - Charlotte
June 24, 2026 - Mason
September 23, 2026 - Gaylord
To equip participants with the skills needed to be full or part-time Public Information Officers (PIO), including oral and written communications; understanding and working with the media; and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/advocacy times and crisis/emergency response.
Prerequisites: IS-029
Hours: 24
Course Cost: No cost
Dates and Location:
February 24 - 26, 2026 – Lansing
March 24 - 26, 2026 - Muskegon
May 27 - 29, 2026 – Flint
June 10 - 12, 2026 - Traverse City
July 28 - 30, 2026 – Marquette
This course examines the role of public information in all-hazards incident management and provides practical training in crisis communication techniques. In a major incident, it is of critical importance that community leaders, incident managers, and PIOs are prepared to communicate with the public through traditional and social media. This course focuses on the role of public information in all-hazards incident management; the information needs of the press and public in a crisis; and strategies for planning, conducting, and managing the public information effort during a crisis event.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 16
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
June 17 - 18, 2026 - Lansing
This course provides a forum to discuss strategic and executive-level issues related to all-hazard disaster preparedness, to share proven strategies and best practices, and to enhance coordination among officials responsible for emergency response and recovery from a disaster. Delivered in a workshop format the course integrates a multimedia scenario and vignettes that highlight key issues and facilitates executive-level discussion of the United States National Strategy for Homeland Security. Additionally, the forum provides an opportunity to apply lessons learned from past local and national all-hazards disasters.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 6
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Location:
August 20, 2026 - Comstock Park
This Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment and Stakeholder Preparedness Review course introduces the six-step THIRA/SPR process which includes identifying threats and hazards that stress a community’s capabilities, giving context to those threats and hazards and identifying associated impacts consistent with specific factors, identifying community-specific capability targets, assessing current levels of capability in comparison to those targets, identifying capability gaps and subsequent strategies to close those gaps using the POETE (Planning, Organization, Equipment, Training, and Exercises) areas, and assessing and describing the impact of funding sources on building or sustaining capabilities in a community.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 16
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Location:
March 19 - 20, 2026 - Allegan
Tornadoes can strike anywhere in the United States with little or no warning and are capable of causing significant loss of life and billions of dollars in damages. It is important that every community be prepared by understanding tornadoes and the associated dangers.
This course will prepare participants to understand the basics of tornado science, the weather forecasting process, the tornado warning process, and the fundamentals of tornado safety and preparedness. Multiple core capabilities will be addressed, with particular emphasis on "public information and warning" and "threats and hazard identification. Participants will be better able to implement safety measures for themselves, their families and their organizations in preparation for tornado season.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
April 23, 2026 - Portage
This is a Eight-hour awareness-level course to provide emergency managers, first responders, and community members across all sectors with a basic understanding of the latest knowledge in winter weather science, forecasting, warning, and preparedness.
This course will prepare participants to understand the basics of winter weather science, the winter weather forecasting process, how winter weather forecasts are communicated, and the fundamentals of winter weather safety and preparedness. Since winter storms can strike every state in the United States, it is important that every community be ready for the hazards associated with them. This awareness-level course will fulfill the goals of the whole community approach to emergency management by reaching a broad sector of the community. Multiple core capabilities will be addressed, with particular emphasis on public information and warning and threats and hazard identification.
Prerequisites: None
Hours: 8
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
April 22, 2026 - Portage
This three-day course provides training and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses. The course objectives are to describe how the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents and describe the Incident/Event Management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the ICS. Also covered is the implementation of the Incident Management process on a simulated Type 3 incident and development of an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident.
The target audience for this course are individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents. Note: During a Type 3 incident, some or all the command and general staff positions may be activated, as well as division/group supervisor and/or unit leader level positions. These incidents may extend into multiple operational periods.
This course is MCOLES approved for 302 funds. It is also eligible for Standardized E.M.S. Continuing Education Credits. Please reference the Standardized EMS Continuing Education Credit Guide for further details.
Prerequisites: IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, and IS-800
Hours: 24
Cost: No cost
Dates and Locations:
November 4-6, 2025 - Marquette
February 24-26, 2026 - Lansing
This two-day course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100, ICS-200, and ICS-300 courses. The target audience for this course is senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an area command or multi-agency coordination entity.
The course objectives are to explain how major incidents engender special management challenges, describe the circumstances in which an area command is established and describe the circumstances in which multiagency coordination systems are established.
This course is MCOLES approved for 302 funds. It is also eligible for Standardized E.M.S. Continuing Education Credits. Please reference the Standardized EMS Continuing Education Credit Guide for further details.
Prerequisites: ICS-300
Hours: 24
Cost: No cost
Dates and Locations:
Multiple Dates Available
This one-day course highlights the concepts and interaction between two disaster management systems: the Incident Command System and the Emergency Operations Center. Both elements will be studied as integral parts of the National Incident Management System required in disaster response. Discussion will examine issues in communication, coordination, and decision-making enabling participants to properly plan for response and recovery.
Prerequisites: IS-100, IS-200, and ICS-300
Suggested Courses: IS-701 and ICS-400
MI-TRAIN Course ID: 1017942
Cost: No cost
Dates and Location:
October 23, 2025 – Ypsilanti
October 29, 2025 – Grand Rapids
November 6, 2025 - Port Huron
January 28, 2026 – East Lansing
April 9, 2026 – Harrison
July 17, 2026 – Alpena
This is an instructor-led workshop reviewing the principles presented in the ICS 100-Introduction to the Incident Command System and the ICS 700- An Introduction to the National Incident Command System, both of which can be taken online. This instructor-led workshop is beneficial for students who want to learn the principles covered in these courses or review this course material. After the lecture, this workshop features an instructor-led discussion on where each student would fit in with an incident.
ICS 100 introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). ICS 700 provides an overview of NIMS. NIMS defines the comprehensive approach guiding the whole community - all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and the private sector - to work together seamlessly to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents. The course provides learners with a basic understanding of NIMS concepts, principles, and components.
NOTE: After completing this workshop, students are invited to complete the FEMA online course exam if they chose. Students must have a FEMA SID Number and have access to a web-capable device to complete the exams and get FEMA certificates.
This course can be taught onsite at your department/organization by request.
Hours: 8
MI-TRAIN Course IDs: 1105337
The goal of this professional development course, E/L0973 Finance/Administration Section Chief, is to provide Federal, State, and local-level emergency responders with an overview of key duties and responsibilities of a Finance/Administration Section Chief in a Type III All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT).
Prerequisites: ICS-300 and ICS-400
Hours: 16
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Location:
June 15-16, 2026 - Lansing
The goal of this professional development course is to provide local and state-level emergency responders with an overview of key duties and responsibilities of an Incident Commander within the ICS structure and specifically for a Type III All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT).
Prerequisites: ICS-300 and ICS-400
Hours: 40
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
April 27, 2026 - May 1, 2026 - Lansing
The goal of this professional development course is to provide federal, state, and local-level emergency responders with an overview of key duties and responsibilities of a Liaison Officer (LOFR) in a Type III All Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT).
Prerequisites: ICS-300 and ICS-400
Hours: 40
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
June 17-18, 2026 - Lansing
This course provides local- and state-level emergency responders with a robust understanding of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective Logistics Section Chief on an All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT). These responsibilities fall into two categories: 1) Responding to the incident and 2) Effectively fulfilling the position responsibilities of a Logistics Section Chief on an AHIMT. Exercises, simulations, discussions, and a final exam enable participants to process and apply their new knowledge.
Prerequisites: ICS-300 and ICS-400
Hours: 40
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
April 27, 2026 - May 1, 2026
This course provides local- and State-level emergency responders with a robust understanding of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective Operations Section Chief (OSC) on an All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT). These responsibilities fall into two categories: 1) Responding to the incident and the command needs of the incident, and 2) effectively fulfilling the position responsibilities of an OSC on an AHIMT. Exercises, simulations, discussions, and a final exam enable participants to process and apply their new knowledge.
Prerequisites: ICS-300 and ICS-400
Hours: 32
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Locations:
May 18 - 21, 2026 - Lansing
May 19 - 22, 2026 - Negaunee
This course provides local- and state-level emergency responders with a robust understanding of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective Planning Section Chief on an All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT). These responsibilities fall into two categories: 1) managing the planning cycle, and 2) tracking resources and incident status. Exercises, simulations, discussions, and a final exam enable participants to process and apply their new knowledge.
Prerequisites: ICS-300 and ICS-400
Hours: 32
Course Cost: No Cost
Dates and Location:
June 1 - 4, 2026 - Lansing
This course is designed to provide State, tribal, and local-level emergency management and response personnel with a robust understanding of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective Safety Officer on an AHIMT. These responsibilities fall into two categories: 1) responding to the incident and the safety needs of the incident, and 2) effectively fulfilling the position responsibilities of a Safety Officer on an AHIMT. Exercises, simulations, discussions, and a final exam enable students to process and apply their new knowledge.
Prerequisites: ICS-300 and ICS-400
Hours: 40
Course Cost: No cost
Dates and Locations:
March 2 - 6, 2026 - Grand Rapids
