PROPOSED PERSONNEL RESPONSIBILITIES AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGION 6 ERRS REQUIREMENTS

The National Incident Management System (NIMS), as developed and administered by the Department of Homeland Security, provides the template on which the National response Plan (NRP) was built. To be compliant with the NIMS requirements, non-government first responder personnel and disaster workers are required to take NIMS, NRP, and ICS training. Further information and guidance documents may be found on FEMA's webpages (www.fema.gov/emergency/nims.)

The following minimal NIMS training courses are required as specified below of ERRS personnel in performing response and disaster work:

RESPONSE ROLE

REQUIRED TRAINING

ERRS PERSONNEL

Entry level

first

FEMA IS-700:

NIMS,

All

field workers

responders and disaster

Introduction

Technical

Specialists

workers

ICS-IOO:

Introduction

ICS

or equivalent

First line supervisors,

In Addition to

IS-700

Foreman

single

resource

leaders,

and ICS-IOO;

Field Cost Accountants

field supervisors and

other emergency

ICS

-200:

Basic

IeS

management and response

equivalent

personnel

Middle Management,

In addition to

IS-700,

Response Managers

including strike team

ICS-IOO,

and ICS-200;

Senior Foreman

leaders,

unit leaders,

Transportation

division/group

FEMA IS-800:NRP

Disposal Coordinator

supervisors branch

Program Managers

directors

and multi-

ICS-300/400:

agency coordination

Intermediate/

system/EOC

staff

Advanced ICS

equivalent

All ERRS staff proposed for response and disaster work shall comply with the above training requirements within the first three months after contract