NIMS Training Requirements

Excerpt from the Miami Dade College (MDC) Crisis and Emergency Management Plan

Training is a critical component of MDC’s preparedness actions. The MDC Director of Emergency Preparedness is responsible for identifying college personnel who need to receive training based on their roles and responsibilities in the overall preparedness for, management of, and response to a college emergency. MDC created three levels for college personnel each with its own minimum mandatory level of training.

The three levels of college personnel are:

1. General Personnel: Personnel with any role in college emergency preparedness, incident management, or response.

2. Critical Personnel: Personnel with a critical role in the response to a college emergency

3. Leadership Personnel: Personnel with a leadership role in the response to a college emergency

General Personnel / Critical Personnel / Leadership Personnel
· All Essential Miami Dade College Personnel / · All Members of a Campus Crisis Management Team
· All Members of the District Crisis Management Team
· All Public Safety Personnel / · Provost
· Vice Provosts for BA, FM, HR, & IT
· Campus Deans & Directors of Administrative Services
· Campus Public Safety Chiefs
Course # / Course Title / General / Critical / Leadership
100.a / An Introduction to ICS / X / X / X
200.a / ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents / X / X
300 / Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents / X
400 / Advanced Incident Command / X
700.a / An Introduction to NIMS / X / X / X
800.b / An Introduction to the National Response Framework (NRF) / X / X

The MDC Director of Emergency Preparedness is required to maintain a database of all mandatory trainings taken by college personnel and ensure the MDC training program is compliant with current state and federal regulations. The Director of Emergency Preparedness is responsible for collaborating with all local and state emergency response agencies to identify additional training opportunities that can benefit MDC personnel.