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    21st Century FEMA Study Course: National Incident Management System (NIMS) - An Introduction (IS-700.a)
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    21st Century FEMA Study Course: National Incident Management System (NIMS) - An Introduction (IS-700.a)
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    21st Century FEMA Study Course: National Incident Management System (NIMS) - An Introduction (IS-700.a)
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    21st Century FEMA Study Course: National Incident Management System (NIMS) - An Introduction (IS-700.a)

    By Progressive Management

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    About this ebook

    This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) independent training course manual from the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) 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.

    At the end of this course, students will be able to:

    1. Describe the intent of NIMS.

    2. Describe the key concepts and principles underlying NIMS.

    3. Describe the purpose of the NIMS Components including: Preparedness, Communications and Information Management, Resource Management, and Command and Management.

    4. Describe the purpose of the National Integration Center.

    This course provides a basic introduction to NIMS. It is not designed to replace Incident Command System and position-specific training. The primary audience for this course is individuals with emergency management responsibilities including prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.

    This is a privately authored news service and educational publication of Progressive Management.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherProgressive Management
    Release dateJul 9, 2011
    ISBN9781466188990
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    21st Century FEMA Study Course: National Incident Management System (NIMS) - An Introduction (IS-700.a)
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    Progressive Management

    Progressive Management: For over a quarter of a century, our news, educational, technical, scientific, and medical publications have made unique and valuable references accessible to all people. Our imprints include PM Medical Health News, Advanced Professional Education and News Service, Auto Racing Analysis, and World Spaceflight News. Many of our publications synthesize official information with original material. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work to uniformly present authoritative knowledge that can be rapidly read, reviewed or searched. Vast archives of important data that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. The e-book format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference book that is as convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from renowned experts you trust. Our e-books put knowledge at your fingertips, and an expert in your pocket!

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