1. Understanding Resource Management
2006
Homeland Security Summit

2. What is a resource? Equipment Time Training Facilities Personnel
Capacity
Utility
Capability
Care
Intelligence
Information
Funding streams
Animals
Food and Water
Teams
Supplies

3. An efficient and effective resource must be:
Flexible and scalable to support any incident;
Adaptable to real-time changes in incident size and cause;
Able to span the life of the incident (be recalled and reassigned)
In assisting incident operations, a resource must be able to be flexible and scalable to support any incident, be adaptable to real-time changes in incident cause and size and be able to last the life time of the incident. To that degree, it is critical that these concepts are standardized across all users and incidents so that these resources can be effective no matter where they are located. And so the concept of Resource Management is a critical component under the NIMS system in that it needs to be adopted at all governmental levels and continuously refined to be supportive wherever.

4. Steps for improved coordination in response to incidents.
HSPD-5 = NIMS
Steps for improved coordination in response to incidents.
HSPD-8 = NRP
Describes the way Federal departments and agencies will prepare and how DHS will coordinate with all government entities to develop a National Preparedness Goal.
Tiered Response Strategy
Resources
Federal Response
State Aid
Regional / Mutual Response Aid
Local Response – Municipal and County
Minimal Low Medium High Catastrophic

5. NIMS Components Command and Management Preparedness
Resource Management
Communications and Information Management
Supporting Technologies
Ongoing Management and Maintenance
Defined by NIMS, resource management involves coordinating and overseeing the application of tools, processes, and systems that provide incident managers with timely and appropriate resources during an incident.
The NIMS concept establishes standardized mechanisms and processes to describe, inventory, mobilize, dispatch, track and recover resources over the life cycle of an incident.
Being a critical item of incident management and its importance of creating a standardized –uniform process, “Resource Management” is a critical component under the NIMS and there are many processes and procedures developed for resource management to work effectively and efficiently in a uniform fashion.

6. Resource Command and Coordination
In NIMS, resource command is the process of directing and controlling resources to address the needs of an incident. This is overseen by the on-scene Incident Commander.
Resource coordination is the process of ensuring that the requesting organization receives the resources and support they need when they need them. This occurs at the coordination entities Centers, EOCs, Joint Field Offices, Regional Resource Coordination Centers.
Therefore:
These entities must establish a uniform Resource Management System to provide prompt and capable resources to meet the needs of the Incident Commander.

7. Concepts of an effective Resource Management System:
Utilizing a uniform method of identifying, acquiring, allocating, and tracking resources;
Utilizing Mutual Aid agreements
Utilizing a standardized classification of kinds and types or resources
Utilizing a credentialing system
Coordinating with other operation centers
Including resources contributed by private sector and NGOs.
Concepts set up the tasks under managing resources.

8. Resource Management System
Identifying and Typing Resources
Resource Typing entails categorizing by capability the resources that incident managers commonly request, deploy, and employ.
The uniform resource typing process organizes resources by:
Category – a function in which the resource would be most useful
Kind – broad classes that characterizes
Components – a part of the resource
Metrics – measurable standards
Type – level of capability
FEMA’s 121 Resource Typing Definitions
Document containing 121 resources that have been most commonly requested to support incident operations. The list is a “living document” – it will continuously be updated.
The first step in using a uniform resource management system is to identify which resources you have and determine their capabilities which will determine their Types according to national standards. Uniform resource typing is organized by 5 areas :

9. 8 Disciplines make up the list of 121 resources:
Health and Medical
Law Enforcement
Public Works
Animal Health
Emergency Management
Emergency Medical Services
Fire/HazMat
Search and Rescue

10. Resource “types” are determined based on their criteria matched with FEMA’s criteria.

11. Managing Resources Cont…
Credentialing Personnel Resources
Personnel credentialing entails authoritatively attesting that individuals meet professional standards for the training, experience, and performance required for incident-management functions.
Credentialing helps determine and ensure that an emergency responder is capable of performing assigned critical tasks and capabilities based on the level of their…..
1. Training
2. Education
3. Experience
4. Physical and medical fitness
5. Certification
6. Licensing
*Credentialing makes it important for first responders to complete their required NIMS/ICS courses – enables them to perform tasks across jurisdictional boundaries when called upon.
Certifications + Qualifications = Credentials

12. Credentialing Personnel Resources cont..
Education:
Formal instruction based on a curriculum that prepares an individual with the core knowledge and skill for entry into a discipline and for performing a job function
Training
Instruction and/or activities that enhance an individual’s core knowledge, increase a skill set and proficiency, and strengthen and augment abilities
Experience
Time required functioning in a job title for an individual to attain proficiency in applying knowledge, skills, and abilities
Physical/ Medical Fitness
Physical and medical considerations that when applied, help to ensure safe performance in risky environments
Certification
Designation granted by Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) that an individual has met requirements and achieved specific knowledge, skills, and abilities
Licensing
Legal designation granted by AHJ that an individual has met the necessary legal requirements to function in a job title

13. Designing a National Emergency Responder Credentialing System: EMS Working Group.

14. Managing Resources Cont…
Inventorying Resources
Preparedness organizations entering resources available for deployment into a resource tracking system maintained at all levels.
Key Information
1. Resource “Type” based on the National Typing Standards
2. Resource owner
3. Location of the resource (address or geo-located)
4. Quantities available
5. Period of deployment
6. Cost of resource
Incident Management Software to house this information must be used statewide to allow all jurisdictions and agencies to view resource request information via state mutual aid agreements.

15. Ordering and Acquiring Resources
- resources should be
pre positioned so that they are
more readily available to
Incident Command.

16. Mobilizing Resources Mobilization guidelines must include:
Managing Resources Cont…
Mobilizing Resources
Mobilization guidelines must include:
A. Date, Time, Place of departure
B. Mode of Transportation to the incident
C. Estimated date and time of arrival
D. Reporting location (contact person)
E. anticipated incident assignment
F. Anticipated duration of deployment
G. Resource Order Number
H. Incident number
I. Applicable costs and funding codes.
Resources must be formally checked in when they arrive on scene this will validate the order requirement and notify back through the system.
Plans must be flexible to account for mobile and immobile (fixed) resources – Facilities, EOCs, shelters, etc.

17. Managing Resources Cont…
Tracking and Reporting Resources
Tracking & Reporting
Helps keeps track of where resources are located and helps staff prepare additional quantities of a resource if the deployed resource is at its peak use.
- It enables the coordination of movement of personnel, equipment and supplies.

18. Managing Resources Cont…
Recovering Resources
Non-expendable
Resources that are fully accounted for at the incident site and then returned to the unit that issued them. The issuing unit then restores the resources to fully functional capability and readies them for the next mobilization.
- Adequate rest and recuperation time must be provided for human resources, such as Incident Management Teams.
- Mobilization guides provide the appropriate rest and recuperation time guidelines.
Expendable
These are fully accounted for. Restocking occurs at the point from which a resource was issued and the organization using the resource bears the cost of it as authorized in preplanned financial agreements.

19. Statewide Initiatives
Credentialing Personnel
Emergency Response Personnel at all levels are taking the following initiatives to qualify them to be dispatched and assist in multi-jurisdictional emergencies:
Completing NIMS / ICS courses and other classes.
IS-700, IS-800, ICS-100, ICS-200, G300 & G400.
Damage Assessment, Public Assistance, Debris Management
Participate in multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional exercises.
Ardent Sentry; Palisades, Cook, FERMI 2; Super Bowl, All Star Game, county-wide,
Train in equipment operations and maintenance.
ETEAM (Incident Management Software), 800 MHz Radios, PPE,
EOC Operations
Planning, Logistics, Finance, and Operations duties,
Experience
Mutual Aid deployment
Licensing
CDL, Boating operators, Aircrafts, heavy equipment,

20. Credentialing Personnel
Positions to be credentialed..
EMS 19 Positions
Search and Rescue 32 Positions
Incident Management 8 Positions
Public Works 19 Positions
Fire/Hazmat 22 Positions

21. Identifying & Typing Resources FEMA’s 121 Resource Typing Definitions
Non-typed resources

22. RESOURCE INVENTORY CHECKLIST
? County
6/30/2006
Jim
(date)
(contact name)
 TOTAL #
FIRE/HAZMAT
 TYPE I
 TYPE II
TYPE III
TYPE IV
Area Command Team, Firefighting 6
Brush Patrol, Firefighting (Type VI Engine)
Crew Transport (Firefighting Crew) 19
Engine, Fire (Pumper) 8 2 9
Fire Boat
Foam Tender, Firefighting
Fuel Tender (Gasoline, Diesel, AvGas, aka Gas Tanker)
Hand Crew
HazMat Entry Team
Helicopters, Firefighting
Helitanker ( Firefighting Helicopter)
Incident Management Team, Firefighting
Interagency Buying Team, Firefighting
Mobile Communications Unit (Law/Fire) 26
Portable Pump 16
Strike Team, Engine (Fire)
U.S. Coast Guard National Strike Force 11
Water Tender, Firefighting (Tanker) 3

23. ETEAM Inventory Resources Critical Incident Management Software
Typing in the details about each resource

24. Ordering & Acquiring Resources
Established SEOC Operations Plan/Guidelines
MEMAC & EMAC requests
ETEAM
Tracking & Reporting & Recovering ETEAM

25. What your agency can do?
1. Use FEMA’s 121 Resource Definition List and identify your resource “types” based on the criteria indicated in the list. Provide resource details to county coordinator to input into ETEAM system for an available resource to the area.
2. Train personnel in appropriate courses to earn credentials and in equipment operations.
3. Develop resource management plans
Checklist and Resource list available at:
Specialized Divisions
EMHSD
Inside EMHSD
Resource Materials
Resource Typing

26. Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division
Questions
Jim Reardon
Michigan State Police
Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division
NIMS Implementation