1. National Incident Management System (NIMS) & Incident Command System (ICS) Training Slides will automatically advance seconds after clicking on start button

2. Contents Brief overviews of the following NIMS/ICS courses:  IS-100 Incident Command System  IS-200 ICS For Single Resources And Initial Action Incidents  IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction  IS-800 National Response Program (NRP) An Introduction

3. IS-100 Incident Command System IS-100 Incident Command System

4. Incident Command System  A management system used to organize emergency response.  Defines the operating characteristics, interactive management components, and structure of incident management and emergency response organizations engaged throughout the life cycle of an incident. Department of Homeland Security, 2004

5. OPERATIONS COMMAND LIAISON OFFICER INFORMATION OFFICER SAFETY OFFICER PLANNINGLOGISTICSFINANCE/ADMIN

6. IS-200 ICS For Single Resources And Initial Action Incidents

7.  Designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event within the Incident Command System (ICS).

8. IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction

9.  NIMS can help provide the standardization and interoperability required to prevent, prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of domestic incidents.  NIMS is a comprehensive, national approach to incident management that is applicable at all jurisdictional levels and across functional disciplines. The intent of NIMS is to: Be applicable across a full spectrum of potential incidents and hazard scenarios, regardless of size or complexity. Be applicable across a full spectrum of potential incidents and hazard scenarios, regardless of size or complexity. Improve coordination and cooperation between public and private entities in a variety of domestic incident management activities. Improve coordination and cooperation between public and private entities in a variety of domestic incident management activities.

10. IS-800 National Response Framework An Introduction

11.  The purpose of the National Response Framework is to ensure that all response partners across the Nation understand domestic incident response roles, responsibilities, and relationships in order to respond more effectively to any type of incident.  The Framework provides structures for implementing national-level policy and operational coordination for domestic incident response.

12. RESOURCES  FEMA-Course Overviews http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp