The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) developed the National Incident Management
System (NIMS) Guideline for the Credentialing of Personnel (the
guideline) to describe national credentialing standards and to
provide written guidance regarding the use of those standards. This
document describes credentialing and typing processes and
identifies tools which Federal Emergency Response Officials (FERO)
and emergency managers at all levels of government may use both
routinely and to facilitate multijurisdictional coordinated
responses. Through this guideline, DHS/FEMA encourages
interoperability among Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal,
and private sector officials in order to facilitate emergency
responder deployment for response, recovery, and restoration. This
guideline also provides information about where emergency response
leaders can obtain expertise and technical assistance in using the
national standards or in ways they can adapt the standards to
department, agency, jurisdiction, or organization needs. Each
Federal agency with responsibilities under the National Response
Framework is required to ensure that incident management personnel,
emergency response providers, and other personnel (including
temporary personnel) and resources likely needed to respond to a
natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other manmade disaster are
credentialed and typed in accordance with 6 U.S.C. Section 320. In
addition, Homeland Security Presidential Directive - 5 (HSPD -5),
Management of Domestic Incidents, requires that the heads of
Federal departments and agencies adopt the National Incident
Management System. DHS interprets these authorities to require
agencies to ensure that their personnel are credentialed and typed
according to these guidelines. Federal Legislative and Judicial
Branches, State, local, tribal, private sector partners, and
non-governmental organizations (NGO) are not required to credential
their personnel in accordance with these guidelines. These
non-Federal entities do not need to comply with the Federal
Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 201, an open technical
standard used by Federal officials for uniform credentialing and
access control or other Federal identification requirements for
emergency response purposes. However, DHS/FEMA strongly encourages
them to do so, in order to leverage the Federal investment in the
FIPS 201 infrastructure and facilitating interoperability for
personnel deployed outside their home jurisdiction.This document,
developed and maintained by DHS/FEMA, is written for government
executives; emergency management practitioners; private-sector,
volunteer, and NGO leaders; and critical infrastructure (CI) owners
and operators. It is addressed to senior elected and appointed
leaders, such as Federal department and/or agency heads, State
governors, mayors, tribal leaders, and city and/or county officials
who have a responsibility to provide effective response. It also is
intended for use by private-sector entities entering an impacted
area to carry out their own response and recovery activities within
the Incident Command System (ICS). For these users, this guideline
is augmented with online access to supporting documents, further
training, and an evolving resource for exchanging lessons
learned.This guideline applies to incidents such as large-scale
terrorist attacks or catastrophic natural disasters where mutual
aid and multijurisdictional aid is required. It can be useful for
international cross-border initiatives undertaken by States and
tribes.
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