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ICS Readiness · Chapter 9

Resource Management and Communications

B3 — NIMS (IS-700)

Why this chapter matters

Typed, credentialed resources and disciplined communications underpin NIMS success.

Learning objectives (3)

  1. Define resource typing — Categorizing resources by capability to ease ordering and tracking.
  2. Explain credentialing — Documenting personnel qualifications for deployment.
  3. Apply communications principles — Interoperability, reliability, scalability, portability, resiliency.

Chapter outline

  1. Engage: wrong resource type arrives
  2. Resource typing
  3. Credentialing
  4. Six-step resource process
  5. Comms and information principles

Vocabulary (16)

resource typing
Standard categories describing resource capability.
credentialing
Verifying identity and qualifications for deployment.
qualification
Meeting standards for a position or resource type.
certification
Formal recognition of qualification by AHJ or partner.
inventorying
Preparedness count of available resources.
tracking
Monitoring resources during an incident.
mobilize
Begin movement of resources toward incident.
demobilize
Orderly release of resources from incident.
mutual aid agreement
Pre-incident arrangement to share resources.
FEMA Resource Typing Library
National definitions for resource categories.
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)
Entity with legal authority to certify personnel.
interoperability
Communications across agencies and disciplines.
resiliency
Ability to withstand and recover from disruptions.
scalability
Communications grow with incident needs.
portability
Equipment usable across jurisdictions.
reliability
Communications perform when needed.

Sequence practice (1 puzzles on Quiz Me)

Resource Management and Communications

Put these ICS readiness steps in a logical order.

  1. Credentialing
  2. Engage: wrong resource type arrives
  3. Resource typing
  4. Six-step resource process
  5. Comms and information principles

Quick fire sample (15 of 28 on Quiz Me)

Resource typing helps:
  1. Order the right capability
  2. Eliminate ICS
  3. Remove objectives
  4. Avoid tracking
Credentialing verifies:
  1. Identity and qualifications
  2. Only vehicle color
  3. Only uniforms
  4. Only maps
Inventorying occurs:
  1. Before incidents in preparedness
  2. Only after demobilization always
  3. Never
  4. Only at MAC
Tracking occurs:
  1. During the incident
  2. Only in planning off-season never
  3. Only federally always
  4. Never
Mutual aid is:
  1. Shared resources per agreements
  2. Mandatory federal command of locals always
  3. Elimination of IC
  4. Only media
AHJ may:
  1. Certify personnel qualifications
  2. Replace all tactics
  3. Eliminate EOC
  4. Remove NRF
Mobilization is:
  1. Moving resources to the incident
  2. Only demobilization
  3. Only finance closeout
  4. Only press
Demobilization should be:
  1. Planned and orderly
  2. Chaotic always
  3. Ignored
  4. Only verbal
NIMS communications principles include:
  1. Interoperability and resiliency
  2. Proprietary-only systems required
  3. No backups
  4. No standards
Qualification means:
  1. Meeting minimum position standards
  2. Only seniority
  3. Only popularity
  4. Only rank insignia
Certification is:
  1. Formal recognition of qualification
  2. Guessing skills
  3. Only social media
  4. Only inventory
FEMA typing library provides:
  1. National resource definitions
  2. Only weather
  3. Only legal advice
  4. Only ESF staffing
Standard categories describing resource capability.
  1. credentialing
  2. scalability
  3. portability
  4. resource typing
Verifying identity and qualifications for deployment.
  1. credentialing
  2. portability
  3. resource typing
  4. scalability
Meeting standards for a position or resource type.
  1. qualification
  2. mobilize
  3. Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)
  4. interoperability

Full scored drills are on Quiz Me at /courses/ics-readiness/chapters/09/print/. Answers are not marked on this sheet.