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NIMS Integration Center, July 5, 2006
NIMS-Integration-Center@dhs.gov
202-646-3850

IS-702 National Incident Management System (NIMS) Public Information Systems Training

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, 
private-sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents.   This includes public 
information.

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 you with the basic information and tools that 
you need to apply the NIMS public information systems and protocols during incident management.
This course is designed for local and State public information officers and takes approximately three hours to complete.  
Federal public information officers, as well as, private-sector and nongovernmental organization personnel are encouraged 
to complete the training also.

At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to:
* Define NIMS public information systems to include onsite operations, the Joint Information System (JIS), and the Joint 
Information Center (JIC), and how they relate to each other. 
* Describe the JIS/JIC process of gathering, verifying, coordinating, and disseminating information by public information 
and incident management personnel. 
* Identify each agency involved in given emergency situations and the role of each in the JIS to ensure appropriate 
situational awareness information is communicated to the public. 
* Define key terms related to public information systems to include the relationship with multiagency coordination 
systems and the field. 
* Identify typical resource requirements for public information systems. 

The course can be accessed through the FEMA Independent Study Program at http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/is702.asp
A downloadable classroom version of the course will be posted on the FEMA Independent Study website upon completion.

DHS/FEMA NIMS Integration Center
Washington, DC
July 5, 2006

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