NIMS (National Incident Management Systems) Training

Below is a synopsis of a meeting that was held by the chief with the DCFAAA, outlining the conditions for the alumni and any other person to be on scene for a fire and other disaster.  This includes but is not limited to working with the CART program organized by the Duncanville Church of Christ and riding out to where there is a fire or other disaster scene.

If there are any questions please contact:

Lyle Hodge 972-296-1774

e-mail lyle_hodge@sbcglobal.net

2/26/09
                  Fire ground Operations training by:

Fire Chief Giordano,
Battalion Chief, Wendell Burton
Assistant Fire Chief, Sam Rhode

There was a partial description of an incident commander’s multiple areas of responsibility during fire response.  The setting up of Hot, Warm and Cold zones are designed for everyone’s safety. 

The individuals that are allowed in each zone and why, is established by the Texas Fire Commission Guidelines and controlled by the incident commander.  

Being NIMS compliant is a Texas Fire Commission Guideline, which Duncanville must follow. 

Before a DCFA alumni can be engaged in the fire scene or other disaster area, they must have on record, training in Fire Ground Operations, IS 100, IS 200 and IS 700 to be National Incident Management System   (NIMS) compliant. These can be completed on line. 

Contact Skyla Pellum our Emergency Management Administrator, 972-780-5061, with your certificate after finishing each on line course.

Classes taught by Chief Giordano with his wife Demerele:

All courses are to be held at Fire Station #2 in the training room

IS 700 course 3-4 hours

 Thursday night June 11^th, ------ 7 pm until 10 pm-3 hours

IS 100 course 6 hours
Thursday night June18th the 1^st half, ---------7pm until 10 pm-3 hours

Thursday night July 9^th is the 2nd half, ------- 7 pm until 10 pm-3 hours

IS 200 course to be announced - 4 hours

For those of you that would prefer a classroom learning setting to ask questions and improve your learning with an instructor,
please attend the classes above. I do not know when they will be offered again.

If you already have these courses completed, please follow the instructions above to register with Skyla.

For those of you that want to complete them on line, please follow the instructions below and then register with Skyla.

 On line information about the program and course material:

http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp 

National Incident Management System

Below are the NIMS compliant courses following NIMS guidelines:

• IS-100.a (ICS 100) Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100
• IS-200.a (ICS 200) ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction

This information will be available on the web site:

http://duncanvillecfa.com/alumni.htm/training.htm