Who must take IS-700?
Executive Level – Political and government leaders, agency and organization administrators and department
heads; personnel that fill ICS roles as Unified Commanders, Incident Commanders, Command Staff, General
Staff in either Area Command or single incidents; senior level Multi-Agency Coordination System personnel;
senior emergency managers; and Emergency Operations Center Command or General Staff.
Managerial Level – Agency and organization management between the executive level and first level
supervision; personnel who fill ICS roles as Branch Directors, Division/Group Supervisors, Unit Leaders,
technical specialists, strike team and task force leaders, single resource leaders and field supervisors;
midlevel Multi-Agency Coordination System personnel; EOC Section Chiefs, Branch Directors, Unit Leaders;
and other emergency management/response personnel who require a higher level of ICS/NIMS Training.
Responder Level – Emergency response providers and disaster workers, entry level to managerial level
including Emergency Medical Service personnel; firefighters; medical personnel; police officers; public health
personnel; public work/utility personnel; and other emergency management response personnel.
Note: Multi-Agency Coordination System personnel include those persons who are charged with coordinating
and supporting incident management activities. These emergency management personnel typically function
from an emergency operations center.