G-402 NIMS Overview for Senior Officials

Date:

Time: 8:00 AM-12:00PM

Location:

77 Winthrop St., Augusta, ME 04330

G-402 NIMS Overview for Senior Officials (Executives, Elected and Appointed) is scheduled for delivery Thursday, November 21 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. This course provides an orientation to the Incident Command System (ICS) for Executives and Senior Officials, participants will gain an understanding of ICS principals and their role in supporting incident management. Please note: Senior Officials who have completed the training are not required to attend. Elected officials are not required to be sworn in in order to attend the training.

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a system that guides all levels of government as well as non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) and private sector organizations to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from all incidents. NIMS provides stakeholders across the community with shared vocabulary, systems and processes to successfully deliver capabilities described in the National Preparedness System (NPS). NIMS applies to all incidents regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity. NIMS also integrates existing best practices into a consistent, nationwide approach to incident management, and is applicable to all jurisdictional levels and functional disciplines in an all-hazards context. Kennebec County and its 29 municipalities originally adopted NIMS in 2006 as part of Homeland Security Presidential Directive #5 (HSPD-5). HSPD-5 requires all state, tribal and local governments to adopt NIMS as a condition of receiving federal preparedness funds beginning in Fiscal Year 2005. Federal preparedness funds include Homeland Security Grants, Firefighter Grants, and some Hazard Mitigation Grants. This does not apply to funds from federal disaster assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Act. Municipalities should maintain NIMS compliance not solely to receive funding, but to support increased awareness and interoperability.

Entities are required by NIMS to have their staff and elected/appointed officials complete position and discipline specific NIMS training courses and maintain records of the completed training. See attached for an updated Crosswalk reference sheet detailing the training requirements.

Course Pre-requisites: There are no prerequisites for this course.

Target Audience: Newly hired, elected, or appointed Senior Officials. Chiefs/Department heads, or any position that may fulfill a role during a disaster.

Registration: Provide attendee contact information, including name, position, email address and phone number via email to kcema@kennebec.gov REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 13

Light breakfast and lunch will be provided at no cost.

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