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A critical tool in promoting the nationwide implementation of NIMS is a well-developed training program that facilitates NIMS training throughout the Nation, growing the number of adequately trained and qualified emergency management/response personnel. Closely related to the training, core competencies will form the basis of the training courses’ learning objectives and personnel qualifications that validate proficiency. The Incident Management Systems Integration Division is charged with the development of NIMS core competencies, training courses, and personnel qualifications. Released in February 2008, the Five-Year NIMS Training Plan describes the operational foundations of these efforts; defines NIMS core competencies, training courses, and personnel qualifications as part of the National Training Program for NIMS; assembles and updates the training guidance for available NIMS courses (organized as a core curriculum); and lays out a plan for the next five years to continue development of the National Training Program. The Five-Year NIMS Training Plan compiles the NIC’s existing and ongoing development of NIMS training and guidance for personnel qualification. Previous guidance on NIMS training has been updated and is issued as appendixes of this document. The National Training Program for NIMS will develop and maintain a common national foundation for training and qualifying emergency management/response personnel. To accomplish this, the Five-Year NIMS Training Plan describes a sequence of goals, objectives, and action items that translates the functional capabilities defined in NIMS into positions, core competencies, training, and personnel qualifications. NRF Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) The Integrated Emergency Management Course, offered by the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), places public officials and emergency personnel in a realistic crisis situation within a structured learning environment. Early in the course, an emergency scenario begins to unfold in sequence with classroom-style lectures, discussions, and small-group workshops. As the course progresses, scenario-related events of increasing complexity, threat, and pressure occur. Participants develop emergency policies, plans, and procedures to ensure an effective response. The course culminates in an emergency exercise designed to test participant knowledge, awareness, flexibility, leadership, decisionmaking, and interpersonal skills under extreme pressure in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) environment. Participants are challenged to use the new ideas, skills, and abilities in addition to their own knowledge and experience. In this way, the Integrated Emergency Management Course allows individuals to rehearse their real-life roles in a realistic emergency situation, while at the same time identifying additional planning needs. NRF Integrated Emergency Management Course (PDF 82KB, TXT 3KB) To determine what level of training an individual needs according to his or her level of responsibility during a multijurisdiction, multiagency, multidiscipline incident, refer to the NIMS Five-Year Training Plan [2/08] (PDF 529KB, TXT 147KB). Fact Sheets:
ICS-300 and ICS-400 courses are courses conducted in a classroom. Both the Emergency Management Institute and the National Fire Academy sponsor NIMS-compliant ICS-300 and 400 training. Please contact your local or State Emergency Management Agency or State Fire Academy for details about when and where these courses will be available. Emergency Management Institute The Emergency Management Institute (EMI), located at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD, offers a broad range of NIMS-related training. NIMS-related courses offered online by EMI include:
For more information on the Emergency Management Institute, please visit www.training.fema.gov. United States Fire Administration - National Fire Academy The National Fire Academy (NFA) offers a broad range of training that addresses key elements of NIMS within an all-hazards environment. The numerous command and control courses, for example, support provisions of the NIMS ICS. NFA also has courses that address incident-specific areas, including hazardous materials and terrorism emergency response and emergency medical services. NFA offers courses in preparedness planning, training, and management as well as resident, field, and self-study courses. The NFA offers the following NIMS-compliant courses online:
They are located at: www.usfa.dhs.gov/training/ For more information on the National Fire Academy, please click here: www.usfa.dhs.gov/training/nfa/ Q: I still have not received my training certificate for a course I took on the EMI Web site. What should I do?
Q: Who has to take NIMS and ICS training?
Q: What level of NIMS training is required for elected officials?
Q: What training do I need to be an ICS instructor?
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