FY07NIMS Training Guidelines

Audience                                                                                Required Training

Federal/State/Local/Tribal/Private Sector & Non-governmental personnel to include:

Entry level first responders & disaster workers

  1. • Emergency Medical Service personnel

  2. • Firefighters

  3. • Hospital staff

  4. • Law Enforcement personnel

  5. • Public Health personnel

  6. • Public Works/Utility personnel

  7. • Skilled Support Personnel

  8. • Other emergency management response, support, volunteer personnel at all levels

 

  1. • ICS-100: Introduction to ICS or equivalent

  1. • FEMA IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction

Federal/State/Local/Tribal/Private Sector & Non-governmental personnel to include:

First line supervisors, single resource leaders, field supervisors, and other emergency management/response personnel that require a higher level of ICS/NIMS Training.

  1. • ICS-100: Introduction to ICS or equivalent

  1. • ICS-200: Basic ICS or equivalent

  1. • FEMA IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction

Federal/State/Local/Tribal/Private Sector & Nongovernmental personnel to include:

Required: Mid-level management including strike team leaders, task force leaders, unit leaders, division/group supervisors, branch directors, and;

Recommended: Emergency operations center staff.

  1. • ICS-100: Introduction to ICS or equivalent

  2. • ICS-200: Basic ICS or equivalent

  3. • ICS-300: Intermediate ICS or equivalent

  4. • FEMA IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction

    1. • FEMA IS-800.A: National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction*

Federal/State/Local/Tribal/Private Sector & Nongovernmental personnel to include:

Required: Command and general staff, select department heads with multi-agency coordination system responsibilities, area commanders, emergency managers, and;

Recommended: Emergency operations center managers.

  1. • ICS-100: Introduction to ICS or equivalent

  2. • ICS-200: Basic ICS or equivalent

  3. • ICS-300: Intermediate ICS or equivalent

  4. • ICS-400: Advanced ICS or equivalent

  5. • FEMA IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction

  6. • FEMA IS-800.A: National Response

Plan (NRP), An Introduction*

* NOTE: Not all persons required to take ICS-300 and ICS-400 will need to take IS-800.A. Emergency managers or personnel whose primary responsibility is emergency management must complete this training.

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