06-Oct-06 NIMS
TRAINING IN SAN JOAQUIN OPERATIONAL AREA
As part of its Homeland Security efforts, the federal government has
issued a new National Incident Management System (NIMS) to be used
to organize response to catastrophic events in the United States. The
State of California has issued guidance that local government entities
must provide training in the new system to employees who would respond
to a disaster. The State is also requiring local governmental
bodies, including special districts, to formally adopt NIMS for organizing
multi-agency disaster response.
In order to help local agencies with the training requirements, the
Office of Emergency Services has scheduled a series of the introductory
NIMS course, IS700, over the next few months. Agencies can use
these free courses to complement internal training efforts and use
of the on-line course. Individuals can view scheduled courses,
and register to attend, by going to the Office of Emergency Services
website at “sjoesdata.org”. Select the link entitled “San
Joaquin Operational Area Training Program” to see the list of
scheduled courses.
In order to help with the additional requirement to formally adopt
NIMS, OES can provide a sample resolution for your use. Contact
our office for a copy. Once your governing body has adopted this
resolution, please forward a copy to our office. We will use
this information to demonstrate compliance to the State.
If you have any questions on this issue or the training website,
please contact me at 468-3962.
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