NIMS Prepared

The National Integration Center (NIC) Incident Management Systems Integration (IMSI) Division strongly recommends that all elected officials who will be interacting with multiple jurisdictions and agencies during an incident at the minimum complete IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction and ICS-100: Introduction to ICS. These courses provide a basic understanding of the National Incident Management System and the Incident Command System. Everyone directly involved in managing an emergency should understand the command reporting structures, common terminology, and roles and responsibilities inherent in a response operation.
Wisconsin Emergency Management recommends that all local elected officials complete the ICS-402: Incident Command System (ICS) Summary for Executives, Agency administrators, elected officials, government senior managers, private sector managers or executives.