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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Manag. 2019 May-Jun;17(3):199–209. doi: 10.5055/jem.2019.0418

Table 1.

CDC responder training tiers

CDC responder training tiers Courses required
Tier 1 Employees not routinely assigned to the CDC EOC or deployed to the field

  • IS-700.a NIMS: An Introduction (or IS-700)
Tier 2 Employees with potential for assignment to the CDC EOC

  • Tier 1 course plus

  • IS 100.b Introduction to ICS (or IS-100 or IS-100.a)

  • IS-200.b ICS for Single-Resources (or IS-200 or IS-200.a)

  • IS-800.b NRF: An Introduction (or IS-800)
Tier 3 Employees with potential for deployment to the field

  • Tiers 1 and 2 courses plus

  • ICS 300 Intermediate ICS
Tier 4 Employees with IMS leadership and liaison roles in the CDC EOC and when deployed to the field

  • Tiers 1,2, and 3 courses plus

  • ICS 400 Advanced ICS