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Bermuda mirrors the Incident Command System used by the United States. In fact, Bermuda's ICS system mirrors the US program so much, that the same number classification for levels of training is used. According to Bermuda's Authority in Workplace Safety and Health (n.d.), individuals can be trained on ICS‐100, ICS‐200, and ICS‐300, although there was no mention of ICS‐400 (Worksafe BDS, n.d.). These classes have very similar descriptions of the classes offered by the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) in the United States, and they are numbered much in the same way. While there is no concrete information on where the Bermuda Islands received their training, it could be speculated that they may have received their training from the US Forest Service. It is possible that this might be the reason the ICS method in Bermuda closely mimics the ICS method in the United States.

Gathering information from press releases, it appears as if the Incident Command System has been used in Bermuda since at least 2012. In 2013, off the Island of Bermuda, Exxon Oil, the Bermuda Department of Environmental Protection, and various other businesses (and agencies) participated in a full‐scale exercise together. The exercise was a four‐day exercise, and the command and control system used was the ICS method (Bermuda Department of Communication, 2013).

No information could be found as to whether Bermuda utilizes the HICS method to manage incidents within a hospital. If the HICS system is currently not used in Bermuda, there is a likelihood that it may be used in the future.