Apparently, there is a series of courses for NIMS.  The City is required
to have first responders and certain other Emergency Management
participants take the series (or parts of the series depending on their
role in response) in order to continue to receive federal grant monies.
I've already taken series 100 and 700 and have been informed I will have
to take at least two others.  My first impression is that it is a sound
concept.  It is based on a consistent and somewhat uniform procedure for
responding to emergency events.  This allows multiple localities to work
together in a consistent manner to pool resources and also to deal with
disasters that encompass more than one community.

Ginny Jones
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM, FAI)
Records Manager
Information Technology Division
Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
Newport News, VA
[log in to unmask]

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Cunningham, Ray
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:03 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [RM] NIMS training

Has anyone done the National Incident Management System (NIMS) training
yet? This is offered by the Department of Homeland Security. 

At our campus we are running all day training for all senior management
to familiarize those in senior level positions with NIMS. For those of
us charged with business continuity and disaster recovery the course is
a must. Our campus is offering it on one day, all day. 

 

There is a requirement of taking a test of 25 multiple choice questions
and receiving a certificate after passing the test with a score of 75%. 

 

Information is at http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/nims_training.shtm

 

So far I have not heard of RMs taking this and I was wondering if it is
just making its way through other organizations.

 

 

Raymond K. Cunningham, Jr. CRM, CA

Manager of Records Services

University of Illinois Foundation 

Urbana IL 61801


List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html
Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance

List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html
Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance