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National Incident Management System IS700

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National Incident Management System IS700

Course Overview
This course introduces and overviews the National Incident Management System (NIMS). NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private-sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents.

Course Objectives
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
Describe the intent of NIMS.
Describe the key concepts and principles underlying NIMS.
Describe the purpose of the NIMS Components including: Preparedness, Communications and Information Management, Resource Management, and Command and Management.
Describe the purpose of the National Integration Center.
Note: This course provides a basic introduction to NIMS. It is not designed to replace Incident Command System and position-specific training.

Primary Audience
Individuals with emergency management responsibilities including prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.
Country USA
Author Department of Homeland Security
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
NumberOfPages 256
PublicationDate 2009-01-01
ReleaseDate 2009-01-01

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