From:georgiawing-bounces@gawg.cap.gov on
behalf of Tonya Boylan [trboylan@touchbase.com]
Sent:Monday, December 15, 2008 1:42 PM
To:GAWG e-mail
Subject:[Georgiawing] CRITICAL INFO for ALL ES Qualified
Personnel (FW:NIMS Compliance by 31 Dec 08)
Attachments:NIMS Training Memo - Final April 2008.pdf; ATT00007.txt
Importance:High
TO ALL GAWG ES Qualified Personnel,
In April 2008, MGen. Courter
issued a memo stating the requirement that all CAP Emergency Services qualified
personnel complete NIMS (National Incident Management System) training
appropriate to their particular ES specialties. All ES qualified
personnel are required to complete the appropriate level of NIMS training by
31 December 2008. While some GAWG ES personnel have completed the
NIMS training that they need for their specialties, many have not.
These additional course requirements are not arbitrary.
The best explanation is provided in Gen. Courter’s memo:
“The board made the decision
to become NIMS compliant so that our volunteers will be better prepared to
support all our Federal, state, and local customers. Completing the same NIMS
training that all other agencies are striving toward will make CAP a more
viable partner that is able to work well with other similarly trained
organizations.”
Gen. Courter’s memo is attached as well as e-mail messages from
John Salvador, Director of Missions, HQ-CAP, regarding the 31 December 2008
deadline. Page three of Gen. Courter’s memo has a chart that shows which
ICS (Incident Command System) course(s) is/are needed. All ES personnel
will have to complete ICS-700 at a minimum. Please refer to the chart for
specifics on your specialty or specialties.
All of the required ICS courses with the exception of ICS-300
and ICS-400 are available online from FEMA. ICS-300 and 400 are classroom taught courses and are only required for
certain personnel with Mission Base specialties. Currently, ICS-400 is
only required of Incident Commanders, Safety and Liaison Officers. Plans
are being made to offer ICS-300 and 400 in early 2009.
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TO TAKE THE ONLINE ICS COURSES:
The online ICS courses may be found on the FEMA Independent
Study Program website at:
http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp
(Most of these courses will take approximately 3 hours per
course to complete.)
Once you have completed the course, a PDF of your certificate of
completion will be available. Print the certificate and save a copy to your
hard drive as backup. You can then enter your course completion in
eServices. Either show your commander the copy of your certificate or
e-mail the PDF to him/her so that they can validate that you’ve completed the
course.
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WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON’T COMPLETE THE REQUIRED TRAINING:
From John Salvador’s letter below –
“Members
who don't complete the required training by 31 Dec will
become non-qualified in those missions specialties until they complete the
training. Their CAPF 101 card will have a double asterisk
after those mission specialties and a note that says "NIMS Training
Incomplete." Once they complete the required
NIMS
training and get it validated by their unit,
they will regain their qualification for their mission specialties.”
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GAWG’s ES personnel are a very valuable asset to our state,
region and nation. Please take the time to upgrade your training with these
additional courses so that you can continue to serve in your Emergency Services
specialty.
Regards,
Tonya Boylan
Tonya Boylan, Maj, CAP
Vice Commander, Georgia Wing
Civil Air Patrol
for Col. James Hughes,
CAP
Commander, Georgia Wing
Civil Air Patrol
From: Salvador, John
[mailto:JSALVADOR@capnhq.gov]
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Subject: NIMS Compliance by 31 Dec 08
Region and Wing Commanders,
We're coming up on the 31 Dec 08 deadline for completion of NIMS training and from the reports we've seen it looks like most wings will have enough fully trained people to execute their assigned missions after the compliance date. I've included the information (see email below) on how to obtain Operations Qualifications reports that will tell you exactly how well your region/wing is doing. It appears that one course, IS-700, is still needed by a lot of our members so we ask you to encourage those people who need it to complete it and the other online courses they need by the end of Dec so they will remain qualified in their mission specialties.
Members who don't complete the required training by 31 Dec (see attached NIMS training letter) will become non-qualified in those missions specialties until they complete the training. Their CAPF 101 card will have a double asterisk after those mission specialties and a note that says "NIMS Training Incomplete." Once they complete the required NIMS training and get it validated by their unit, they will regain their qualification for their mission specialties. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you.
Sincerely,
<<NIMS
Training Memo - Final April 2008.pdf>>
John A.
Salvador
Director of Missions, HQ CAP
Toll Free: 888.211.1812 ext. 301
Phone:
334.953.3922 ext. 301
DSN:
493.3922 ext. 301
Fax:
800.555.7902 (DSN 493-5944)
jsalvador@capnhq.gov
______________________________________________
From:
Salvador, John
Sent:
Tuesday,
November 25, 2008 5:41 PM
To:
National
Board
Subject:
New Reports
Help Units Track NIMS Training Completion
Region and Wing Commanders,
The NHQ IT department has created two excellent reports to help units track NIMS training completion. These reports are available using the reports feature in eServices under "Operations Qualifications". The first report is called "NIMS Statistics". It gives the percentage of training completed for the unit (includes raw numbers too) by NIMS course and ES mission specialty. The second report is called "Missing NIMS Training". This report lists the NIMS training that has been completed and the training that still needs to be completed by each individual ES qualified CAP member in the unit. Please let us know if you have any questions.
The NHQ staff hopes you and your families have a safe, relaxing and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Sincerely,
John
A. Salvador
Director of Missions, HQ CAP
Toll Free: 888.211.1812 ext. 301
Phone:
334.953.3922 ext. 301
DSN:
493.3922 ext. 301
Fax:
800.555.7902 (DSN 493-5944)
jsalvador@capnhq.gov