No. A stand alone HICSi course does not take the place of ICS 100,
200 and 700, which are specific requirements of the NIMS
Objectives. ICS 100 provides an Introduction to the Incident
Command System. ICS 200 provides training on personnel who may
assume ICS command positions and ICS 700 provides training on the
National Incident Management System.
No. Completion of ICS courses by appropriate personnel satisfies
two of the 14 NIMS Compliance Objectives for Healthcare
Organizations (Objective 5 and Objective 6). The remaining
objectives must also be met to make a hospital NIMS compliant.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the NIMS
Integration Center is responsible for facilitating the
development of national guidelines for incident management
training and exercises at all jurisdictional levels, while
individual agencies and organizations are responsible for
establishing and certifying instructors. The NIMS Center provides
the following guidelines for ICS instructors:
Yes, a hospital may utilize a vendor-created or delivered
training course. The National Integration Center (NIC) recognizes
that many operational aspects of the NIMS, including ICS
training, are available through, state, local and tribal training
agencies and private training vendors. It is not necessary that
the training requirements be met through a federal source.
The hospital verifies that it is NIMS compliant by meeting the
fourteen NIMS Objectives for Healthcare Organizations.
A free webinar on IS100/200/700 in available on the CHA website
for hospital staff who wish to self-study, take the post test,
and print a certificate of completion.
FEMA also offers free online training courses in IS
100/200/700/800 for hospital staff that wish to self-study, take
the post test, and print a certificate of completion.
NIMS courses ICS-100, ICS-200 and IS-700 or their equivalents
should be completed by:
Hospital personnel who are likely to assume a leadership ICS
position in the Hospital Command Center or who have a primary
responsibility for emergency management
Hospital Emergency Preparedness Committee Members/persons
responsible for the Emergency Management Program
The Emergency Program Manager
In addition, the Emergency Program Manager should complete
IS-800.B or equivalent.
Element 3 of NIMS Compliance for Healthcare states that the
hospital must complete an After Action Report (AAR) for each
exercise, prioritize and follow up on these prioritized
Corrective Actions and tests those Corrective Actions and tests
these identified Corrective Actions in a subsequent exercise.
(Corrective Action Planning and AAR/IP is standard HSEEP which is
standard NIMS and we are trying to work together as a community.
