Course Details
Course Details
Course ID
2764
Course Name
IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS) (Covenant)
Contact Hours
3.0
Approved Industry
Drinking Water and Wastewater
Partner Name
Covenant Securty Services
Primary Contact
James McGinty
james.mcginty@covenantsecurity.com
6103620209 Ext.
Website
Description
On February 28, 2003, President Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive - 5. HSPD-5 directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System. NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private-sector and nongovernmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents.
This course will describe the key concepts and principles of NIMS, and the benefits of using the system for domestic incident response. At the end of this lesson, officers should be able to describe these key concepts, principles and benefits.
Course Level
Basic thru Intermediate
Course Content
* What is the National Incident Management System?
* Why a National Incident System is Needed
* NIMS Concepts and Principles
* NIMS Components
* Command and Management
* Preparedness
* Resource Management
* Communications and Information Management
Target Audience
Emergency responders
Training Format
Classroom