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State of New Jersey NIMS Fact Sheet
NIMS is the National Incident Management
System. The NIMS is intended to provide a consistent,
flexible, and adjustable national framework to enable
Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and private
sector and nongovernmental organizations to work together
effectively and efficiently to prepare for, prevent,
respond to, and recover from domestic incidents, regardless
of cause, size, or complexity, including acts of catastrophic
terrorism.” Based upon this goal, the NIMS consists
of six components: Command and Management (ICS); Preparedness;
Resource Management; Communications & Information
Management; Supporting Technologies; and Ongoing Management
and Maintenance. Need copies of the NIMS document? Call
1-800-480-2520, press Option 4, and ask for FEMA 501,
NIMS or download
PDF from FEMA.
The federal Department of Homeland
Security has indicated that ICS courses based on FIRESCOPE
or NWCG curriculum will be accepted as NIMS compliant.
Click
here for Specific NIMS training curriculum information.
Click
here for a comprehensive overview of NIMS available
through EMI
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The
NIMS Integration Center has issued substantial requirements
for State and local government NIMS compliance.
Required
NIMS Training
NIMS compliance is a prerequisite to
obtaining any federal preparedness assistance (defined
by Secretary Ridge as “grants or contracts that
contribute to building preparedness and response capabilities”).
Federal preparedness assistance includes (but is not
limited to) the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program,
the Homeland Security Grant Program, the Urban Area
Security Initiative Grant Program, the Staffing for
Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant Program,
and the CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative
Agreement. The most basic analysis of who should get
NIMS training is: “Does the person have incident
response, asset coordination or policy setting responsibility
for response efforts?” If the answer is yes to
any of these, then NIMS training is needed. The following
matrix summarizes federal guidance regarding the level
of training required for NIMS compliance:
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| IS
700 National Incident Management System (NIMS),
An Introduction |
All personnel with a direct
role in emergency preparedness, incident management
or response must complete NIMS IS-700.
Click
here for a full description
Executive Order 50 (Codey) states that all first
responders, as defined in HSPD-8) are to take
this course. This may be combined in classroom
delivery with ICS-100.
IS-700 is now available from the New
Jersey Homeland Security Emergency Responder Training
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| IS
800.b National National Response Framework (NRF),
An Introduction |
All
State, County and local Emergency Managers. |
| ICS-100,
Introduction to ICS |
All
first responders. 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. |
| ICS-200,
Basic ICS |
All
federal, state, territorial, tribal, private sector
and non-governmental personnel at the following
levels of responsibility in emergency management
operations – first line supervisor, middle
management and command and general staff.
ICS-200 may be taken on-line
for NIMS compliance purposes; however, classroom
delivery of ICS-200 is required for Division of
Fire Safety Incident Management System Certification
and may be required for ICS-300 courses. |
| ICS-300,
Intermediate ICS |
Incident
commanders (those individuals with overall
responsibility for commanding operations on an
incident scene or coordinating resources at an
EOC), click
here for pages 13-15. |
| ICS-400,
Advanced ICS |
Command
and general staff, agency administrators with
incident command responsibility, department heads,
emergency managers, areas commander and Multi-Agency
Coordination System/Emergency Operations Center
managers, click
here for pages 15-16. |
| ICS-402,
ICS Summary for Executives |
Elected officials, senior
executive, senior managers and agency administrators
with policy responsibilities, but without specific
ICS or Multi-Agency Coordination System function/roles
or responsibilities. Now
available through the New Jersey Homeland Security
Emergency Responder Training Center |
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The definitions of “First Responder”
in HSPD-8 and the Homeland Security Act are much
broader than fire, emergency medical, law enforcement
and emergency management:
The term "first responder"
refers to those individuals who in the early stages
of an incident are responsible for the protection and
preservation of life, property, evidence, and the environment,
including emergency response providers as defined in
section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
101), as well as emergency management, public health,
clinical care, public works, and other skilled support
personnel (such as equipment operators) that provide
immediate support services during prevention, response,
and recovery operations. (HSPD-8)
6) The term “emergency response
providers” includes Federal, State, and local
emergency public safety, law enforcement, emergency
response, emergency medical (including hospital emergency
facilities), and related personnel, agencies, and authorities.
(Homeland Security Act - 6 U.S.C. 101)
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IS-800 is currently only available
on-line from FEMA
at the Emergency Management Institute.
ICS 100 is available from the New
Jersey Homeland Security Emergency Responder Training
Center
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