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  • From: "Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>
  • To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [MSAR] NIMS compliance / FEMA
  • Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:19:48 -0800

All first responder types in the USA are now required to have basic certification in the Incident Command System (ICS) and National Incident Management System (NIMS). This is for all first responders (including SAR), not just those responding to disaster or somehow working with FEMA. Meeting this requirement has federal funding attached, and most officials will refer to this as NIMS compliance.

Online training and testing are available on FEMA's Independent Study (IS) program:
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/crslist.asp

The current requirements are:
IS-200 (pre-requisite of 100) for ICS
IS-700 for Intro to NIMS

ICS 300 and 400 have been re-written and are now available for management level from the state training officer or through EMI.

All are now required to be using ICS daily, at every incident. There are forms online related to using ICS to document the incident, etc.
http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/forms/icsforms.htm

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Jorene Downs
Tulare Co SAR - Hasty Team ICP Team
www.ceoates.com/sar
Tulare-Kings CERT
www.tk-cert.org







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