National Incident Management System Compliance

An individual at each level of the ARES organization should be designated to maintain the training records for each member (part of the compliance requirement).  At the Section level, the Assistant SEC has been designated to maintain records for all ECs and above.  You may forward E-mail completion notices to the to verify completion or mail copies of completion certificates.  A database will be maintained of all those who have completed the required training.

The following is a table prepared by OHS/GEMA of the baseline training guidelines for various management levels as well as the basic training required of all members designated as first responders.  These courses are available free of charge on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Independent Study program website.

Command Staff

Middle Management

ICS-400: Advanced ICS or equivalent

ICS-300: Intermediate ICS or equivalent

IS-800: National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction

IS-200: Basic ICS or equivalent

IS-100: Introduction to ICS or equivalent

IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction

Front Line Supervisors

ICS-300: Intermediate ICS or equivalent

IS-800: National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction

IS-200: Basic ICS or equivalent

IS-100: Introduction to ICS or equivalent

IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction

Front Line Responders

IS-200: Basic ICS or equivalent

IS-100: Introduction to ICS or equivalent

IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction

IS-100: Introduction to ICS or equivalent

IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction

Entry level first responders and Disaster workers including: EMS personnel, firefighters, hospital staff, police officers, public health workers, public works/utility personnel, skilled support personnel, and other emergency management response personnel at the federal, state, and local levels. First line supervisors, single resource leaders, field supervisors, and other emergency management/response personnel that require a higher level of ICS/NIMS training. Middle management including strike team leaders, task force leaders, unit leaders, division/group supervisors, branch directors, and multi-agency coordination system/emergency operations center staff. Command and general staff, select department heads with multi-agency coordination system responsibilities, area commanders, emergency managers, and multi-agency coordination systems/emergency operations center managers.

(Download the above table)

As of the revision date below, ICS-300 and ICS-400 are not yet available as these are new courses.  They are expected to be posted at any time.  These are classroom conducted classes and may not be available to ARES members.

As new information is learned regarding ARES involvement in NIMS compliance, it will be posted to this page and E-mail notice forwarded to the DEC and EC E-mail reflectors.

(Revised 11/10/05)