1. NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
NIMS ICS All-Hazards Incident Management Teams: Position Specific Training Program
All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT)
Annual Symposium: December 8 – 11, 2014

2. NIMS Training Program

3. Review and Revision Process
The NIC and EMI, in coordination with NIMS training partners and stakeholders, developed a draft NIMS Training Program, to replace the Five-Year NIMS Training Plan.
The NIMS Training Plan was posted to the Federal Register for public review and comment: January 2011.
The NIC, EMI, and other effected agencies will begin working on the next generation of revisions to the Training Plan in 2015.

4. NIMS Overview Comprehensive, national approach to incident management
Provides the template for incident management, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity
Applicable at all jurisdictional levels and across functional disciplines

5. NIMS Curriculum - Incident Complexity Types
Type 1 - Most complex, requiring national resources for safe and effective management and operation
Type 2 - Incident extends beyond the capabilities for local control and is expected to go into multiple operational periods
Type 3 - Incident needs exceed capabilities, the appropriate ICS positions should be added to match the complexity of the incident
Type 4 - Command staff and general staff functions are activated only if needed
Type 5 - The incident can be handled with one or two single resources with up to six personnel

6. NIMS Core Curriculum - ICS Training Recommendations
Provides recommended progression of NIMS training from Baseline to Advanced (based upon Incident Complexity) for Field (ICS) Personnel
Outlines Core Courses and Additional Courses based upon Incident Types
Training for ICS/Field Personnel
Advanced
Position-Specific
Types 1, 2,3
High
ICS-400
Incident Complexity
ICS-300
IS-800
ICS-200
Type 4
Baseline
ICS-100
Type 5
IS-700
Low

7. NIMS Core Curriculum: Incident Complexity determines Training

8. NIMS Core Curriculum - EOC Personnel Training
Acknowledges that training needs for EOC Personnel may differ from training required for IMT’s
Advanced courses combine with Position Specific training based upon expected role of personnel
Training based on evaluation of risk potential
Training for EOC/MACS Personnel
Additional NIMS Training
IS-701
IS-706
G-775
G-191
IS-800
Baseline
ICS-100
IS-700

9. Purpose
NIMS ICS Position Specific training is designed to provide all-hazard competencies and behaviors for the 8 Command and General Staff positions and for selected Unit Leader positions under the Incident Command System (ICS)

10. Target Audience
Position Specific training should be completed by personnel who are members of Type III or Type IV Incident Management Teams (IMT’s), or by those who are seeking credentials/certification to become members of IMT’s in the future.
Personal qualifications rely on a combination of training, operational experience, job shadowing, and various administrative requirements.

11. Administration
The US Fire Administration has oversight responsibility for the Nation’s Type I, II and III Incident Management Teams
The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) has the responsibility for administering the NIMS ICS All-Hazards Position Specific Training Program
Students completing Position Specific training receive EMI/FEMA certificates.
EMI/FEMA maintains a national database of all student Position Specific course completions for the purposes of verification for credentialing.

12. Position Specific Courses
Command & General Staff
Incident Commander E/L950
Public Information Officer E/L952
Safety Officer E/L954
Liaison Officer E/L956
Operations Section Chief E/L 958
Planning Section Chief E/L962
Logistics Section Chief E/L967
Finance/Admin Section Chief E/L973

13. Position Specific Courses
Unit Leader
Division/Group Supervisor E/L960
Situation Unit Leader E/L964
Resource Unit Leader E/L965
Communications Unit Leader E/L969
Supply Unit Leader E/L970
Facilities Unit Leader E/L971
Finance/Admin Unit Leader E/L975
Task Force/Strike Teal Leader E/L984
Air Operations Group Superv E/L986 *
Introduction to Air Operations E/L987 *
* (under development)

14. Future Courses to be developed include ....
Medical Unit Leader
Demobilization Unit Leader
Staging Area Unit Leader
Time Unit Leader
Intelligence/Investigation Unit Leader
And others ….

15. Position Specific Dashboard Data: Student Completions
NIMS ICS Position Specific Courses (November 2014)
Total number of courses conducted from inception of the Program to date: 2,100 +
Total number of students who have completed off-campus classes to date: 25,567
Total number of students who have completed on-campus classes to date: 1,971
Total number of students who have completed Position Specific Training to date: 27,538

16. Recent Changes in the Program …..
The Administrative Guidelines governing the Program are in the process of being updated and rewritten
All Command & General Staff courses are scheduled to be updated and rewritten within the next 2 – 3 years
The NWCG is in the process of transitioning all Position Specific Courses to All-Hazards
CalChiefs (State of California) is also transitioning to the All-Hazards curriculum
Department of the Army is initiating the process of converting to NIMS with a goal of establishing an IMT on every major military base in the world within the next 5 years

17. Challenges for the future …….
Adequate funding for the program needs to be insured for FY 2016 and beyond
One Unit Leader course will be developed and added each year (next: Medical Unit Leader)
All courses will be totally updated and revised within the next 2 – 3 years
Unit Leader train-the-trainers will be eliminated for most UL courses in FY 2015
A system for the recertification of instructors will be developed and implemented within the next 2 – 3 years

18. Position Specific Website
URL:
Several links:
- Administrative Guidelines for the program
- Schedules, class dates and locations
- Instructor database (password protected)
- All Position Specific courses (password protected)
- Planning P Video

19. Contact Information
Robert Ridgeway Program Manager, EMI/IEM Branch (301)

20. Questions?