Initial EMT Education. The Gloucester County EMS EMT Training Academy has developed a new standard of EMS education that will not only provide both New Jersey Licensure and National Registry EMT certifications, but will also provide real-life EMS experience on busy, career, ambulances through an extensive internship and residency program.

What is NIMS?

Curriculum, is the cornerstone of EMS prehospital training. In addition, the new curriculum parallels the recommendations of the National EMS Education and Practice Blueprint. The EMT-Basic curriculum is a core curriculum of minimum required information, to be presented within a 110-hour training program. It is recognized that there is additional. View the EMS course catalog to learn about the Department of EMS training offerings, or visit the training calendar to see offerings by date. Learn more about the EMT program PDF. Download our student course policies PDF. If you need more information, feel free to contact us at ducomemsti@drexelmed.edu.

NIMS is the National Incident Management System. The NIMS is intended to provide a consistent, flexible, and adjustable national framework to enable Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and private sector and nongovernmental organizations to work together effectively and efficiently to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size, or complexity, including acts of catastrophic terrorism.” Based upon this goal, the NIMS consists of six components: Command and Management (ICS); Preparedness; Resource Management; Communications & Information Management; Supporting Technologies; and Ongoing Management and Maintenance. Need copies of the NIMS document? Call 1-800-480-2520, press Option 4, and ask for FEMA 501, NIMS or download PDF from FEMA.

Do we need to retrain all of our emergency responders?

The federal Department of Homeland Security has indicated that ICS courses based on FIRESCOPE or NWCG curriculum will be accepted as NIMS compliant.

Required Actions for NIMS Compliance

The NIMS Integration Center has issued substantial requirements for State and local government NIMS compliance.

Required NIMS Training

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NIMS compliance is a prerequisite to obtaining any federal preparedness assistance (defined by Secretary Ridge as “grants or contracts that contribute to building preparedness and response capabilities”). Federal preparedness assistance includes (but is not limited to) the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, the Homeland Security Grant Program, the Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program, the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant Program, and the CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement. The most basic analysis of who should get NIMS training is: “Does the person have incident response, asset coordination or policy setting responsibility for response efforts?” If the answer is yes to any of these, then NIMS training is needed. The following matrix summarizes federal guidance regarding the level of training required for NIMS compliance: