As of October 1, 2008, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency has transferred the management of the ICS 300/400 curriculum to the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI). IFSI will be responsible for course scheduling, student registration, issuing certificates, scheduling course instructors, and answering any questions related to the ICS 300/400 curriculum. Currently, Bill Farnum has been assigned as the program manager. All information concerning course date/location and student registration is available on the following website: http://www.fsi.uiuc.edu/content/courses/.

ICS-300 provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System(ICS). The target audience includes all individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents. This course expands upon information covered in ICS 100 and 200 courses. (Both are pre-requisites for ICS 300.) The course also allows those identified personnel, including public health personnel, to comply with ICS level 300 training. This is a requirement for those jurisdictions that choose to comply with the National Incident Management System(NIMS) to ensure they continue receiving their federal preparedness funding grants.

The ICS-400 target audience is senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an Area Command or Multi-agency Coordination Entity. This 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 ICS-100 through ICS-300 courses. This course includes, but is not limited to: major and/or complex incident/event management, area command, and multi-agency coordination. This course is designed to provide overall management skills rather than tactical expertise.