As part of our nation's efforts to strengthen catastrophic response capabilities in line with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), FEMA's NIMS Integration Center has released initial minimum criteria for personnel to be deployed using a national credentialing system. For each job title, working groups identified "requisite" and "recommended" baseline criteria for education, training, experience, physical/medical fitness, certification, and licensing. These criteria are intended to complement and support existing credentialing systems. Where national standards do not exist under "requisite" criteria, "recommended" criteria are listed for current and/or future consideration.
ASCE has been invited to comment on the draft Public Works job titles. For further information and to review draft descriptions, visit http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/rm/job_titles.shtm. All comments should be forwarded to CCI Chair, Paul Mlakar, for coordination.