National Incident Management
System (NIMS) Briefing
What this means to your
qualification!!
Paragraph 1 from NIMS Memo
dated 10 APR 2008
• The National Board recently voted to implement NIMS
training for CAP emergency services personnel.
• The board made the decision to become NIMS compliant
so that our volunteers will be better prepared to support
all our Federal, state, and local customers.
• Completing the same NIMS training that all other
agencies are striving toward will make CAP a more
viable partner that is able to work well with other similarly
trained organizations.
• It will also help your units qualify for grants that are only
available to those organizations that are NIMS
compliant.
Our Requirements
• Members will need to complete online
courses by 31 December 2008 in order to
remain qualified
• All online courses are available at:
http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp
• ICS 400 training is the exception and
needs to be completed by 30 September
2009.
Requirements
• If you did not complete any of these
courses your qualifications are currently
suspended
• You have until 1 February to complete the
courses or your qualifications will expire
and you will have to requalify
• The next slides tell you what courses are
required for you to maintain or earn your
qualifications
Numbering
• The numerical numbering is not sequential
• They have been described by order of
need
IS-700
• Course Name:National Incident
Management System (NIMS) An
Introduction
• CEUs: 0.3 College Credits: n/a
• Required for All personnel training for any
specialty beyond GES
• If you have a GES and plan to train you
need this
IS 200
• Course Name:ICS for Single Resources
and Initial Action Incidents
• CEUs: 0.3College Credits: 1.0 (When
combined w/ IS-100.a)
• Required for Mission Pilot, MSA, GTL and
Radio Operator or Higher
• If you are or want to be any of these you
must take this course
IS 800
• Course Name:National Response
Framework, An Introduction
• CEUs: 0.3College Credits: 1.0 (When
combined w/ IS-1900)
• Required for Branch Directors (Ground,
Air) and Key base Staff (Comm Unit
Leader, Information Officer) or higher
• If you are or want to be these
qualifications you must take this course
IS 300
This is not an Online Course
• ICS 300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
• Required for Branch Directors (Ground, Air) and Key
base Staff (Comm Unit Leader, Information Officer) or
Higher
• This course is designed to enable personnel to operate
efficiently using the Incident Command System (ICS) in
supervisory roles on expanding or Type 3 incidents.
• This course requires 24 hours for presentation. The
course unit topics include ICS fundamentals review,
incident/event assessment, unified command, incident
resource management, planning process,
demobilization, transfer of command, and closeout.
IS 400
This is not an Online Course
• Required for Incident Commanders and Recommended
for Section Chief Positions.
• ICS 400 Advanced ICS for Major and/or Complex
Incidents
• This course is designed to enable personnel to operate
efficiently in the advanced application of the Incident
Command System (ICS). I-400 provides training for
senior personnel who are expected to perform in a
management capacity in a major and/or complex
incident environment. This course will require 16-20
hours for presentation. The course units and lessons
provide fundamentals review for Command and General
Staff, unified command (optional), major and/or complex
incident/event management, area command, and multiagency coordination.
Breakdown
• MSA, UDFT and FTMs need ICS 200
• FTLs need ICS 700, and ICS 200
• Pilot, Observer, Scanner need ICS 700,
and ICS 200
• Air Branch, Air Operations, Ground Branch
and Ground Operations need ICS 700,
ICS 200, ICS 800 and ICS 300
• Incident Commanders need all plus ICS
400
Questions?
• RCS Emergency Services Officer
• LtC Candi Jones
• Email candi.jones@caprcs.org