1. Incident Management Position Credentialing Guide
Type III All Hazard
Incident Management Position Credentialing Guide

2. In order to better align the request and matching process associated with intrastate, interstate mutual aid and national mobi­lization and credentialing efforts, the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) has developed this guide for the FDEM Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Teams (AHIMTs).
Why?

3. Having established standards allows the community to plan for, request, and have confidence in resources deployed from other jurisdictions for emergency assistance.
Credentialing ensures that personnel resources match requests, and it supports effective management of deployed responders.
Why?

4. “The terms “credentialed” and “credentialing” mean having provided, or providing, respectively, documentation that identifies personnel and authenticates and verifies the qualifications of such personnel by ensuring that such personnel possess a minimum common level of training, experience, physical and medical fitness, and capability appropriate for a particular position…”
What?

5. How? Experience Training Historical Recognition Task Books
Requisite Training
Recommended Criteria
How?

6. Historical Recognition
The purpose of historical recognition would be to credential individuals who have already served in the various positions within ICS to certify future individuals seeking credentialing through the use of Task Books
The process of historical recognition is described in the document
Historical Recognition

7. Historical Recognition to Task Books
After a period of time; historical recognition will no longer be acceptable as Florida moves into full use of a Task Book system to verify experience.
Historical Recognition to Task Books

8. Position Task Books (PTBs) were developed for designated positions as described under and have been incorporated into the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
The position task book is used by the authority having jurisdiction to certify that the person to whom the task book belongs meets the standards recommended by FDEM
Task Books

9. Each PTB lists the performance requirements (tasks) for the specific position in a format that allows a trainee to be evaluated against written guidelines. Successful performance of all tasks, as observed and recorded by an evaluator, will result in a recommendation that the trainee be certified in that position
Task Books can be found at:
Task Books

10. Each identified position has a list of requisite training, this would be the minimum training requirements to be credentialed
Although the document somewhat mirrors the federal document; Florida’s document exceeds in some cases but never lessens the requisite training
Requisite Training

11. Each identified position has a list of recommended training
The recommended criteria listed are intended to supplement previously listed requisite criteria
Again, although the document somewhat mirrors the federal document; Florida’s document exceeds in some cases but never lessens the recommended training
Recommended Training

12. The Process Application to FDEM Operations Section Chief
Forwarded to the Steering Committee for approval or denial
Forward to the Oversight Committee for final approval
The Process

13. The FDEM will be responsible for issuing credentials to qualified applicants, once approved through the above process. The FDEM will also be responsible for maintaining all records for the credentialed personnel operating through the FDEM.
Records

14. Oversight Committee FDEM (Chair) Law Enforcement (FDLE ?)
Department of Health
Fire and EMS
Division of Forestry
Emergency Management (FEPA ?)
Volunteers (ESF 15 ?)
Oversight Committee

15. Local Authority Having Jurisdiction
The FDEM recognizes the existing authority for local AHJ’s to regulate mutual aid
The intent is to build on existing processes and systems to improve the delivery of intrastate mutual aid
This guideline does not preempt or diminish the sovereignty of the local authorities having jurisdiction to manage routine and/or local response operations in accordance with their laws
Local Authority Having Jurisdiction

16. The following agencies participated in the development of this document
Thank you!
Osceola County Sheriff's Office Palm Beach County Emergency Management US Coast Guard Orange County Health Dept. - Florida Dept of Health Florida Department of Health Florida Division of Emergency Management Escambia County EM Pasco County Office of Emergency Management New Port Richey Fire Rescue Sunrise Emergency Management Broward County Sheriffs Office Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Delray Beach Police Department City of Kissimmee Fire Department Volusia County Department of Public Protection USF Health Jacksonville Fire and Recue Orange County Fire Rescue Florida Division of Forestry St. Johns County Health Department Panama City Fire Department Lee County Public Safety Polk County Emergency Management
Questions?