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($$$$$) consist of all of the actual and potential personnel and equipment that are activated, in service, out of service, or available for assignment.

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RESOURCES

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($$$$$) involves coordination, oversight, and procedures that provide timely and appropriate resources during any incident, from local, contained events to large scale incidents that require a coordinated federal response.

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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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Typically during the initial espouse to an incident, the majority of resources are requested and managed locally through ($$$$$$$$)

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Mutual aid agreements

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In large scale incidents, there may be competition for critical resources. In this case ($$$$$$$) can be used to prioritize and coordinate resource allocation and distribution based on need, availability, and incident considerations.

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MACS

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Resources are managed by the RESOURCES UNIT, under the direction of a UNIT LEADER, within the ($$$$$$$$) of the GENERAL STAFF.

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PLANNING SECTION

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The RESOURCES UNIT is a component of the ($$$$$$$) in the ICS structure.

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PLANNING SECTION

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The ($$$$$$) is responsible for keeping track of the location and status of all assigned, available, or out of service resources.

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RESOURCE UNIT

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Resource management uses a ($$$$$$$$$) tied to uniform training and certification standards to. Ensure that requested personnel resources are successfully integrated into ongoing incident operations.

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Credentialing system

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The coordination of resources is the responsibility of ($$$$$) as well as the RESOURCES UNIT of the PLANNING SECTION.

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EOCs or MACs

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The ($$$$$$$$) is responsible for maintains the status of all resources at an incident. The most basic method of accomplishing this task is simply by CHECKING IN AND CHECKING OUT all resources at an incident.

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RESOURCE UNIT LEADER

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Resource management centers around six essential concepts:

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Consistency
Standardization 
Coordination
Use
Information management
Credentialing
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Resource management within NIMS is founded and based on these five principles:

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Planning
Use of agreements
Categorizing resources,
Resource identification
Effective management of resources
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($$$$) may include the creation of new policies or procedures to encourage positioning of resources near the expected incident site in response to anticipated resource needs.

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Planning

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Emergency management personnel should be familiar with the ($$$$$) and should be prepared to integrate and coordinate with federal resources.

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NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK NRF

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($$$$$$$) is simply an agreement made between two or more entities to assist each other and enhance response capabilities.

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Mutual aid agreements

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Mutual aid agreements and ($$$$$$) are frequently established among agencies to ensure the employment of standardized interoperable equipment and other incident resources during incident options.

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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACTS (EMACS)

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To optimize the use and management of resources during incident response, resources are ($$$$$$) by size, capacity, skill, and other characteristics.

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Categorized

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This process of resource categorization facilitates the ($$$$$$) and ensures that the person making the request and the person delivering the resource are speaking about the same type of resource.

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Requisition process

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($$$$$$$) definitions provide emergency managers with the tools they need to request and receive the resources they need during an emergency or disaster.

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RESOURCE TYPING

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The NIMS provides a ($$$$$$$$$) that provides a basic understanding of the resources that are employed in incident management.

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NATIONAL MUTUAL AID GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

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($$$$$$$$). This guide provides definitions regarding the capabilities of federal, state, and local entities.

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NATIONAL MUTUAL AID GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

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The NIMS ($$$$$$) is a valuable resource guide that provides definitions regarding the capabilities of federal, state, and local, entities. It’s designed to provide a basic understanding of the resources that are employed in incident management.

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NATION MUTUAL AID GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

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($$$$$$$) are used to obtain resources to support operational requirements.

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Acquisition proceedures

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Strict reliance on ($$$$) raises issues concerning shelf life and durability.

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Stockpiling

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Strict reliance on ($$$$$$) resources raises its own concerns related to timely delivery

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Just in time

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($$$$$) assets need to be accurately accounted for to ensure that multiple jurisdictions or private sector organizations are not relying solely on the same response asset, which can lead to shortages during a response.

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Just in time

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An integral part or ($$$$) procedures is developing methods and protocols for handling and distribution of donated resources.

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Acquisition

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($$$$$$) are used to collect, and process data; track resources; and display their readiness status.

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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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($$$$$$). These tools range from simplistic status boards to highly sophisticated computer network systems capable of real time resource status data transfer across wide area.

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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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Examples of such system ($$$$$$$) include GEOSPATIAL information systems (GIS), resource tracking systems, transportation tracking systems, inventory management systems, and reporting and display terminal systems.

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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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If possible, backup storage should not be collocates, and the information should be backed up at least every ($$$$$$) during the incident to avoid catastrophic data loss.

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24 hours

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To implement the concepts and principles of resource management, NIMS includes standardized procedures, methodologies, and functions in its SEVEN STEP resource management process. The seven steps are as follows:

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  1. Identifying resource requirements.
  2. Ordering and acquiring resources.
  3. Mobilizing resources.
  4. Tracking and reporting resources.
  5. Recovering and demobilizing resources.
  6. Reimbursing resources.
  7. Inventorying resources.
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($$$$$$$$$) and maintenance. Ensures future availability.

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POST-OPERATIONAL INSPECTION

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The foundation of resource management provided in this component will be expanded and refined over time in a collaborative cross jurisdictional cross disciplinary effort led by the ($$$$$$$$)

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NIC

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The resource management process can be seep rated into two parts: resource management as an element of ($$$$$$$) and resource management ($$$$$$) an incident

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Preparedness

During

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If a request or is unable to describe an item by resource type or classification system, the ($$$$$$) should provide technical advise to define and develop a specification for a given resource.

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Resource manager

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Request for items that cannot be obtained locally are submitted through the local (&&&&&&) using established ordering procedures

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EOC or MACS

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The practice of requesting resources by circumventing the official resource coordination process, a method sometimes referred as ($$$$$$)

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Bypass requisitioning

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($$$$$$$) provides incident managers with a clear picture of where resources are located and their current status.

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Resource tracking

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($$$$$$$) is an essential process for coordinating movement of personnel, equipment, and supplies.

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Tracking

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($$$$$$) is the orderly, safe, and efficient return of an incident resource to its original location and status.

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DEMOBILIZATION

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For large scale incidents, the demobilization process should coordinate between the incidents and ($$$$) to reassign resources, if necessary, and to prioritize critical resource needs during demonization.

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MACS

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The DEMOBILIZATION UNIT in the PLANNING SECTION develops an ($$$$$$$$) containing specific demobilization instructions, as part of the IAP.

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INCIDENT DEMOBILIZATION PLAN

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There are two major categories of resources that must be accounted for in the recovery and demobilization process. ($$$$$$$) and ($$$$$$)

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Non expendable

Expendable

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($$$$$$$$) are those resources that are not normally used up or consumed in service or those that are generally easy to recover and make ready for continued service.

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NONEXPENDABLE RESOURCES

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Broken and / or lost items should be replaced through the ($$$$$) by the organization with invoicing responsibility for the incident or as defined in pure incident agreements.

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SUPPLY UNIT

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($$$$$) resources are those resources that are normally used up or consumed in service or those that are more easily replaced than rescued, salvaged, or protected.

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Expendable

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($$$$$$$) provides a mechanism to recover funds expended for inching specific activities.

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Reimbursement

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Reimbursement should include mechanisms for billing and accessing reimbursement programs, such as the ($$$$$$$) and the ($$$$$$$$).

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Public assistance program

Emergency relief program

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As part of the inventory management process, several key concepts need to be considered ($$$$$$$) and ($$$$$$$).

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Credentialing systems

Identification and typing systems.

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The ($$$$$) includes the objective evaluation and documentation of an individuals current certification, license, degree, training, and experience.

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Credentialing process

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The ($$$$$$$) process also considers the individual’s competence or proficiency to meet nationally accepted standards, provide particular services and functions, or perform specific tasks under specific conditions during an incident.

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Credentialing

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For the purpose of NIMS, ($$$$$$$$) is the administrative process for validating personnel qualifications, providing authorization to perform specific functions, and granting specific access to an incident involving mutual aid.

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Credentialing

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When access to a site is controlled through special badging, the ($$$$$$$) must be based on verification of identity, qualifications, and deployment authorization.

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Badging process

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The goal of ($$$$$$) personnel is to ensure a standardized process whereby responders from a wide array of disciplines document and establish their professional abilities.

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Credentialing

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($$$$$$$) is categorizing, by capability the resources requested, deployed, and used in incidents.

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Resource typing

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($$$$$$$$) that identify resource capabilities and performance levels serve as the basis for typing categories

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Measurable standards

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To allow resources to be deployed and used on a national basis the ($$$$$$) is responsible for facilitating the development and issuance of national standards for resource typing and ensuring that these typed resources reflect operational capabilities.

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NIC

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Proposals for additions to the NIMS TYPED RESOURCES DEFINITIONS may be submitted to the NICs ($$$$$$$$$) for consideration if you discover that you have specialized needs for resource typing that do not appear on the established definitions.

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INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INTEGRATION DIVISION

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Resources are generally identified by four properties in the national resource typing protocol:

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Category
Kind
Type
Additional information

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($$$$$$$). This is the function for which the resource would be most useful.

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CATEGORY

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($$$$$$). Refers to broad descriptions that characterize similar resources, such as teams, personnel, equipment, supplies, vehicles, etc.

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KIND

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At times there is need to further define a kind of resource, in which case the resource is generally categorized by its ($$$$$$$$) and ($$$$$$$$$$)

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Components

Measures

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($$$$$$$) are elements that make up a resource.

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Components

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($$$$$) are standards that identify resource capability or capacity.

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Measures

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The specific ($$$$$$$) to define a kind of resource depend on the resource being typed and the expected operational condition.

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Measure

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($$$$$$) refers to the level of resource capability.

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Type

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($$$$$$$) provides resource managers and planners with additional information that aids in selecting the most appropriate resource for a given operation.

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Typing

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The US COAST GUARD has typed oil skimmers based on barrels per day. An oil skimmer might have the following types:

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Type 1: 9600
Type 2: 2800
Type 3: 480
Type 4: NA

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Type values are assigned from 1 to 4, with 1 being the highest capability and 4 being the lowest capability. In some isolated cases, a resource may have fewer that or more than four types. In such cases, additional types are identified or described as ($$$$$$$$).

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Not applicable

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