# Presentation: 761691

## Additional Resources and Course Summary

**Unit 7**

**Notes:**
Explain that Unit 7 summarizes the course material and describes additional resources that are available. 
The next visual will outline the objectives for this unit.

## Unit Objectives

**Describe the role of the National Integration Center (NIC).**
**Identify the role of supporting technologies ****in NIMS implementation.**

**Overview**
**Understanding NIMS**
**Preparedness**
**Communications and Information Management**
**Resource Management**
**Command and Management**
**Additional Resources and Course Summary**

******  ****See pages 75-81 of the NIMS document.**

**Notes:**
This lesson presents information about the ongoing management and maintenance of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).  

Tell the participants that at the completion of this lesson, they  should be able to:
Describe the role of the National Integration Center. 
Identify the role of supporting technologies in NIMS implementation. 

This lesson summarizes the information presented in Component V:  Ongoing Management and Maintenance, including:
National Integration Center 
Supporting Technologies 

Refer the participants to pages 75 through 81 of the NIMS document.

## National Integration Center (NIC)

**The National Integration Center (NIC) serves as an asset for:**
**Government agencies.**
**The private sector.**
**Nongovernmental organizations that are implementing NIMS.**

**Notes:**
Remind the participants that HSPD-5 required the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a mechanism for ensuring the ongoing management and maintenance of NIMS. 

Explain that the Secretary established the National Integration Center (NIC) to serve as an asset for government agencies, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations that are implementing NIMS.

## NIC Responsibilities

| Administration & Compliance | Standards & Credentialing |
| --- | --- |
| Training & Exercise Support | Publication Management |

**Notes:**
Explain that the NIC is responsible for the following functions: 
Administration and Compliance:  To manage ongoing administration and implementation of NIMS, including specification of compliance measures, the NIC is responsible for working toward the following: 
Developing and maintaining a national program for NIMS education and awareness. 
Promoting compatibility between national-level standards for NIMS and those developed by other public, private, and professional groups. 
Facilitating the establishment and maintenance of a documentation and database system related to qualification, certification, and credentialing of emergency management/response personnel and organizations. 
Developing assessment criteria for the various components of NIMS, as well as compliance requirements and timelines. 
Standards and Credentialing:  The NIC will work with appropriate standards development organizations to ensure the adoption of common national standards and credentialing systems that are compatible and aligned with the implementation of NIMS.  The standards apply to the identification, adoption, and development of common standards and credentialing programs.
Training and Exercise Support:  To lead the development of training and exercises that further appropriate agencies’ and organizations’ knowledge, adoption, and implementation of NIMS, the NIC will coordinate with them to do the following: 
Facilitate the definition of general training requirements and the development of national-level training standards and course curricula associated with NIMS. 
Facilitate the development of national standards, guidelines, and protocols for incident management training and exercises, including consideration of existing exercise and training programs at all jurisdictional levels. 
Facilitate the development of training necessary to support the incorporation of NIMS across all jurisdictional levels. 
Establish and maintain a repository for reports and lessons learned from actual incidents, training, and exercises, as well as for best practices, model structures, and processes for NIMS-related functions. 
Publication Management:  Publication management for NIMS includes the development of naming and numbering conventions, the review and certification of publications, development of methods for publications control, identification of sources and suppliers for publications and related services, management of publication distribution, and assurance of product accessibility.  

## NIMS Resource Center

**www.fema.gov/nims**

**Notes:**
Refer the participants to the NIMS Resource Center, www.fema.gov/nims, for more information, additional reference materials, related training, and links to other resources.

## Taking the Exam

_**Instructions**_**:   **
**Take a few moments to review your Student Manuals and identify any questions.**
**Make sure that you get all of your questions answered prior to beginning the final test.**
**When taking the test . . .**
**Read each item carefully.**
**Circle your answer on the test. **
**Check your work and transfer your answers to the computer-scan (bubble) answer sheet or enter the answers online.**
**You may refer to your Student Manuals and the NIMS document when completing this test.**

## Feedback

**Please complete the course evaluation form.  ****Your comments are important!**

**Notes:**
Emphasize that completing the course evaluation form is important.  Participants’ comments will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of this course and make changes for future versions. 

Please use the course evaluation form provided by the organization sponsoring the course.