The Incident Management Systems Division Releases Proposed Credentialing Job Titles for the Medical and Public Health Discipline 
 
 
As part of our Nation’s efforts to strengthen catastrophic response capabilities in line with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), FEMA’s Incident Management Systems Division has released proposed Medical and Public Health job titles. 
 
This initiative is required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5 (HSPD-5) that identifies the need to develop a national resource-typing and credentialing system in line with the National Incident Management System to facilitate the immediate identification and dispatch of appropriately qualified emergency personnel to major incidents that require mutual aid. The Incident Management Systems Division is seeking public comment on the credentialing requirements (i.e. education, training, experience, physical/medical fitness, certification, and licensing) for the 44 positions that would comprise the previously established Public Health and Medical teams.  The proposed job titles are located at http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/rm/job_titles.shtm.      
 
Please submit your comments no later than Friday January 4, 2008 via the Stakeholder Review Comment Tool website found at www.alutiiq.com/feedback.php.  The Working Group will carefully consider your comments as they finalize the resource types and credentialing criteria.  Once completed, the finalized job titles will be posted to the FEMA Incident Management Systems Division website.