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... 23 Basic NIMS/ICS courses should be taken by airport personnel so they understand the NIMS/ICS model. These courses include ICS 100, 200, 300, 400, 700, and 800 (see Table 7)
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... 24 A Guidebook for Integrating NIMS for Personnel and Resources at Airports Independent Study program. State emergency management agencies and state fire training facilities also offer scheduled NIMS/ICS courses.
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... Figure 5. Matrix of recommended NIMS/ICS training by staff position and ICS role.10
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... 26 A Guidebook for Integrating NIMS for Personnel and Resources at Airports benefit from the training. Figure 6 depicts the steps for planning and scheduling exercises, and how the experience gained from such drills feeds back to everyone's emergency plans.
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... NIMS Training 27 Tabletop Exercises Tabletop exercises provide an opportunity to interact across agency lines in a low-stress, low-impact environment. Tabletops can be planned in short periods of time and usually only require participation of responders from two (2)
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... 28 A Guidebook for Integrating NIMS for Personnel and Resources at Airports After-action reviews take on a more formal atmosphere and allow a more comprehensive approach to covering all aspects of the exercise than a hot wash. These meetings generally include the primary representatives from each responding agency and can take on a more comprehensive view of the exercise.

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