IS-700 Intro to NIMS Flashcards
(40 cards)
Course objectives for IS-700 Intro to NIMS
This course provides an introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS). At the end of the course, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and a basic understanding of NIMS concepts, principles and components.
More specifically, you will be able to:
Describe and identify thekey concepts, principles, scope, and applicabilityunderlying NIMS.
Describe activities and methods for managing resources.
Describe the NIMSManagement Characteristics.
Identify and describe Incident Command System (ICS)organizational structures.
Explain Emergency Operations Center (EOC)functions,common models for staff organization, and activation levels.
Explain the interconnectivity within the NIMSCommand and Coordination structures: ICS, EOC, Joint Information System (JIS), and Multiagency Coordination Groups (MAC Groups).
Identify and describe the characteristics of communications and information systems, effective communication, incident information, and communication standards and formats.
Note: This course provides a basic introduction to NIMS. It is not designed to replace Incident Command System and position-specific training.
JIS
Joint Information System
MAC
Multi Agency Coordination
EOC
Emergency Operation Center
ICS
Incident Command System
When does NIMS apply?
NIMS applies to all incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, from planned events to traffic accidents and to major disasters
NIMS guiding pricinciples
- Flexibility
- Standardization
- Unity of Effort
What is Flexibility for NIMS?
The NIMS guiding principle of flexibility allows NIMS to be scalable from routine, local incidents through those requiring interstate mutual aid up to those requiring Federal assistance.
Flexibility enables NIMS to be applicable to incidents that varywidely in terms ofhazard, geography, demographics, climate, cultural, and organizational authorities.
NIMS components are adaptable to any type of event or incident
What is Standardization for NIMS?
The NIMS guiding principle of standardizationsupports interoperability among multiple organizations in incident response.
NIMS defines standard organizational structures that improve integration and connectivity among organizations.
NIMS defines standard practices that allow incident personnel and organizations to work together effectively.
NIMSincludes common terminology, whichenables effective communication.
What is Unity of Effort for NIMS?
The NIMS guiding principle of Unity of Effort means coordinating activities among various organizational representatives to achieve common objectives. Unity of effort enables organizations with jurisdictional authority or functional responsibilities to support each other while allowing each participating agency to maintain its own authority and accountability.
Major components of NIMS Framework?
- Resource management
- Command and Coordination
- Communications and Information Management
Resource Management includes 4 Key Activities
- Identifying and typing resources
- Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel
- Planning for resources
- Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources
What is NIMS Resource Management?
During an emergency getting the right resources, to the right place at the right time
Resource Typing
Resourcetyping defines and categorizes incident resources by capability.
Resource typing establishes common definitions for capabilities of personnel, equipment, teams, supplies, and facilities.
Typing definitions include the following information:
Capability: the resource’s capability to perform its function in one or more of the five mission areas: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery.
Category: the function for which a resource would be most useful (e.g., firefighting, law enforcement, health and medical).
Kind: a broad characterization, such as personnel, equipment, teams, and facilities.
Type: a resource’s level of capability to perform its function based on size, power, capacity (for equipment), or experience and qualifications; Type 1 has greater capacity than Type 2, 3, or 4.
4 main categories of Resource Typing
- Capability:
the resource’s capability to perform its function in one or more of the five mission areas: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery. - Category: the function for which a resource would be most useful (e.g., firefighting, law enforcement, health and medical).
- Kind: a broad characterization, such as personnel, equipment, teams, and facilities.
- Type: a resource’s level of capability to perform its function based on size, power, capacity (for equipment), or experience and qualifications; Type 1 has greater capacity than Type 2, 3, or 4.
NIMS Resource Typing Library Tool
Provides definitions of Resource Typing
AHJ
Authority Having Jurisdiction
The difference between Qualifying, Certifying and Credentialing
Qualifying: Personnel meet the minimum established standards (including training, experience, physical and medical fitness) to fill specific positions.
Certification: recognition from an Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)or a third party that an individual has completed qualification for a position (one example of a third party is an accredited body such as a state licensure board for medical professionals).
Credentialing: documentation – typically an identification card or badge – that identifies personnel and verifies their qualifications for a particular position.
5 Mission Areas for NIMSs
- Prevention
- Protection
- Mitigation
- Response
- Recovery
Examples of strategies for Resource Management
Resource management strategies for planners to consider include:
Stockpiling resources
Establishing mutual aid agreements to obtain resources from neighboring jurisdictions
Determining how and where to reassign resources performing non-essential tasks
Developing contracts to acquire resources from vendors
Estimating resource needs is a key activity in resource planning that enables jurisdictions to assess their ability to take a course of action.
6 Resource Management tasks performed during an incident
- Identify Requirements
- Order and Acquire
- Mobilize
- Track and Report
- Demobilize
- Reimburse and Restock
Mutual Aid
The sharing of resources and services between jurisdictions or organizations.
Mutual aid occurs routinely and is based on the resource needs identified by the requesting organization.
This assistance can range from routine dispatch of resources between local communities up to movement of resources across state lines for large-scale incidents.
Mutual Aid Agreement
Mutual aid agreements establish the legal basis for two or more entities to share resources.
Various forms of mutual aid agreements and compacts exist among and between all levels of government in the United States.
These agreements may authorize mutual aid:
Between two or more neighboring communities
Among all jurisdictions within an state
Between States, Territories and Tribal Governments
Between Federal agencies
Internationally
Between government and NGOs and/or the private sector
Among NGOs and/or private sector entities
NIMS Management Characteristics
- Common Terminology
- Modular Organization
- Management by Objectives
- Incident Action Planning
- Span of Control
- Incident Facilities and Locations
- Comprehensive Resource Management
- Integrated Communication
- Establishment and Transfer of Command
- Unified Command
- Chain of Command and Unity of Command
- Accountability
- Dispatch/Deployment
- Information and Intelligence Management
