HACKER SAFE certified sites prevent over 99.9% of hacker crime.
A FREE Customer Service from CHIEF
CHIEF - More Responsive to First Responders

Get the Grant!

Attend a

CHIEF Grants Seminar

Learn More & Register

Early-bird
discounts available!

NIMS Alert: NIMS Integration Center Releases Criteria for Credentialing Public Works (PW) Personnel

November 29, 2006 - Press Release From NIMS Integration Center

FEMA NIMS Integration Center has released initial minimum criteria for PW Personnel to be deployed using a national credentialing system

As part of our nation's efforts to strengthen catastrophic response capabilities in line with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), FEMA's NIMS Integration Center has released initial minimum criteria for PW Personnel to be deployed using a national credentialing system.

The purpose of this release is to solicit comments and constructive feedback for an open period not to exceed 45 calendar days from the date stated in this NIMS Alert. Information on how to submit your comments via e-mail is located at the end of this Alert.

A PW credentialing working group comprised of Subject Matter Experts identified 19 positions anticipated to be most commonly requested during an interstate mutual aid response. They are:

  • Assistant Public Works Director - Logistics
  • Assistant Public Works Director - Operations
  • Civil/Field Engineer
  • Debris Collection Supervisor
  • Debris Removal Manager
  • Debris Site Manager
  • Engineering Branch Manager
  • Engineering Division Manager
  • Equipment Operator
  • Public Works Director
  • Quality Assurance Personnel
  • Structural Engineer
  • Utility Systems Reconstruction Manager
  • Wastewater Collection Manager
  • Wastewater System Manager
  • Wastewater Treatment Manager
  • Water Distribution Manager
  • Water System Manager
  • Water Treatment Manager

For each job title, the PW Working Group identified "requisite" and "recommended" baseline criteria for education, training, experience, physical/medical fitness, certification, and licensing. These criteria are intended to complement and support existing credentialing systems. Where national standards do not exist under "requisite" criteria, "recommended" criteria are listed for current and/or future consideration.

These recommendations have been submitted to the NIMS Integration Center and will be made available on the NIMS Web page at http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/mutual_aid.shtm.

The NIMS Integration Center again invites NIMS Stakeholders to review these initial criteria for the standardized, national credentialing of PW Personnel. The PW Working Group will review all responses submitted and as appropriate make any needed revisions with a final NIMS release of the Criteria for credentialing PW personnel.

All comments and questions should be directed to the following E-mail address: NIMS-credentialing@L-3com.com

Grant News and Information

CHIEF Grants Home