National Incident Management System NIMS

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National Incident Management System
(NIMS)Incident Command System (ICS) Training

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Contents

• Brief overviews of the following NIMS/ICS
  courses
• IS-100 Incident Command System
• IS-200 ICS For Single Resources And Initial
  Action Incidents
• IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  An Introduction
• IS-800 National Response Program (NRP) An
  Introduction

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IS-100 Incident Command System
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Incident Command System

• A management system used to organize emergency
  response.
• Defines the operating characteristics,
  interactive management components, and structure
  of incident management and emergency response
  organizations engaged throughout the life cycle
  of an incident.
• Department of Homeland Security, 2004

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COMMAND
LIAISON OFFICER
INFORMATION OFFICER
SAFETY OFFICER
OPERATIONS
PLANNING
LOGISTICS
FINANCE/ADMIN
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IS-200 ICS For Single Resources And Initial
Action Incidents
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IS-200 ICS For Single Resources And Initial
Action Incidents

• Designed to enable personnel to operate
  efficiently during an incident or event within
  the Incident Command System (ICS).

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IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS)
An Introduction
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IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS)
An Introduction

• NIMS can help provide the standardization and
  interoperability required to prevent, prepare
  for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the
  effects of domestic incidents.
• NIMS is a comprehensive, national approach to
  incident management that is applicable at all
  jurisdictional levels and across functional
  disciplines. The intent of NIMS is to
• Be applicable across a full spectrum of potential
  incidents and hazard scenarios, regardless of
  size or complexity.
• Improve coordination and cooperation between
  public and private entities in a variety of
  domestic incident management activities.

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IS-800 National Response Framework An
Introduction
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IS-800 National Response Framework An
Introduction

• The purpose of the National Response Framework is
  to ensure that all response partners across the
  Nation understand domestic incident response
  roles, responsibilities, and relationships in
  order to respond more effectively to any type of
  incident.
• The Framework provides structures for
  implementing national-level policy and
  operational coordination for domestic incident
  response.

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RESOURCES

• FEMA-Course Overviews
• http//training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp