IS-700.B: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
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Course Overview
This course introduces and overviews the National Incident Management System (NIMS). NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private-sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the intent of NIMS.
- Describe the key concepts and principles underlying NIMS.
- Describe the purpose of the NIMS Components including: Preparedness, Communications and Information Management, Resource Management, and Command and Management.
- Describe the purpose of the National Integration Center.
Note: This course provides a basic introduction to NIMS. It is not designed to replace Incident Command System and position-specific training.
Primary Audience
Individuals with emergency management responsibilities including prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.
Prerequisites
None
CEUs:
0.3
Sample
FEMA IS 700.b: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System Answers
1. Which NIMS Management Characteristic includes documents that record and communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support?
A. Common Terminology
B. Information and Intelligence Management
C. Incident Action Planning
D. Integrated Communications
2. Which ICS structure enables different jurisdictions to jointly manage and direct incident activities with a single incident action plan?
A. Area Command
B. Joint Information Center
C. Unified Command
D. Incident Management Team
3. Which NIMS Management Characteristic follows established processes for gathering, analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing data?
A. Common Terminology
B. Information and Intelligence Management
C. Integrated Communications
D. Establishment and Transfer of Command
For more information regarding this course please visit https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-700.b
