National incident management systems certificate online course

1. Course Introduction

Module I – The Broad Emergency Management Context of Incident Management

Local, State, and Federal Emergency Management Structures and Systems
• Historical Context
• Four Phases of Emergency Management
• Local Emergency Management
- Agencies involved
- The EOP and the EOC
• State Emergency Management
• Tribal Organizations
• agencies involvement
• Private sector, VOADs, NGOs and Service Providers

National Coordination Mechanisms
• Why national coordination mechanisms are necessary
• The evolution of national coordination mechanisms
- Before the Federal Response Plan (FRP)
- The FRP
- The National Response Plan (NRP)
- The National Response Framework (NRF)

A History of Incident Command and Coordination
• Emergency management standards
• Incident command systems defined and explained
• How incident command changed modern emergency management
• Incident command evolution; from ad-hoc to standardized
• Before the Incident Command System (ICS)
• Historical development of ICS in the US and throughout the world The Incident Command System (ICS)
• Concepts and Principles
• Management Characteristics
• Organization and Operations

Perspectives on Incident Management Systems
• Pros and cons associated with the use of an incident command system
• Incident command limitations
• Obstacles to the effective implementation or application of incident command
• Alternatives to ICS (Incident command systems other than ICS)

Module II – NIMS Creation

Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5 and NIMS Development
• HSPD-5 Purpose
• HSPD-5 Policy
• HSPD-5 Taskings
• The NIMS development process
• Commentary on NIMS by State and local users
• NIMS documentation and publications

What is the National Incident Management System (NIMS)?
• NIMS explained
• NIMS Doctrine, concepts, principles, and terminology
• Justification for a NIMS

NIMS Implementation
• The NIMS development and implementation timeline
• The “NIMS Timeline” for adopting agencies
• NIMS adoption rules and requirements
• Obstacles to NIMS implementation


Module 111: NIMS Structure

NIMS Structure Defined
• Introduction and overview
• Command and management
• Preparedness
• Resource management
• Communications and information management
• Supporting technologies
• Ongoing management and maintenance

Preparedness
• NIMS Preparedness Concepts
• Achieving Preparedness
• Maintaining Preparedness

Communications and Information Management
• Communications and information management explained
• Communications and information management concepts and principles
• Managing communications and information under NIMS

Resource Management
• NIMS resource management explained
• Resource management concepts and principles
• Managing resources under NIMS

Supporting Technologies
• The use of supporting technologies under NIMS explained
• Supporting technologies concepts and principles
• Interoperable Communications

Command and Management
• Command and management explanation, concepts, and principles
• Command and management components
• ICS role within NIMS
• MACS role within NIMS
• Public information systems within NIMS

Ongoing Management and Maintenance
• HSPD-5 management and maintenance requirements
• Management and maintenance concepts and principles
• The NIMS Integration Center (NIC)
• NIMS Training and Exercise

Module 1V: NIMS in Practice

NIMS Policy and Practical Implications
• Compliance and Evaluation
• Implications for local emergency management agencies
• Implications for State emergency management agencies
• Jurisdictional implications

The Federal Role
• Federal involvement in emergency management under NIMS

Other NIMS Participants
• Private entities
• Nongovernmental organizations
• The public
• Others

NIMS Applied - Evolution of an Emergency Event
• Minor emergency events
• Major disasters
• Special cases

- Civil servants, NGO functionaries and volunteers, home guards, police, and civil defense personnel
- Engineers, administrators and other government and public sector undertakings officials.
- Rural development functionaries, primary health centers workers, relief workers, social workers, environmentalists etc. - All those who may fulfill the basic eligibility requirement