NEW   RECOMMENDED NIMS ON-LINE TRAINING 

IS-701: NIMS Multiagency Coordination System (MACS) Course (click on title)

All personnel with a direct role in MACS and complex incident management or response must complete NIMS IS-701, including Federal, state, tribal, and local emergency management/response personnel—among them, incident commanders from all emergency management disciplines, private industry personnel responsible for coordination activities during a disaster, and Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster personnel.

IS-702: National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) Public Information Systems (click on title)

The public information systems described in NIMS are designed to effectively manage public information at an incident, regardless of the size and complexity of the situation or the number of entities involved in the response. The goal of this course is to facilitate NIMS compliance by providing the basic information and tools needed to apply the NIMS public information systems and protocols during incident management.

This course is designed for local and State PIO.

IS-703: NIMS Resource Management (click on title)

All personnel with a significant resource management role in emergency management and incident response must complete NIMS IS-703.

IS-704 NIMS Communications and Information Management

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IS-704 is designed for: members of the general public; emergency management/response personnel; elected officials of State, tribal, and local governments; appointed officials of State, tribal, and local governments; employees of the Department of Homeland Security; and employees of other Federal agencies.

NIMS ICS-100a TRAINING : WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS

Who must take the training? All federal, state, territorial, tribal, private sector and non-governmental personnel at the entry, first line supervisor, middle management, general staff and command level of emergency management operations must complete Incident Command System—100 level training.

Approved ICS-100 level training may be developed and conducted by federal, state, local and tribal agencies as well as private training vendors however it must include the following topics and objectives.

• Purpose of ICS: Identify requirements to use ICS, three purposes of ICS and common incident tasks.

• Basic Features of ICS: Describe the basic features of ICS.

• Incident Commander and Command Staff Functions: Describe the role and function of the Incident Commander and Command Staff.

• General Staff Functions: Describe the role and function of the Operations, Planning, Logistics and Finance/Administration sections.

• Facilities: Describe the six basic ICS facilities, identify facilities that may be located together. and identify facility map symbols.

• Common Responsibilities: Describe common mobilization responsibilities and common responsibilities at an incident, list individual accountability responsibilities, and describe common demobilization responsibilities.

The United State Fire Administration, through its National Fire Programs Office, offers ICS-100 training. The courses can be accessed at www.usfa.fema.gov/training/nfa/independent/