Incident Management
Incident Command System Public Information Officer (NQS)
About This Position
Sameas Type2,PLUS: Sameas Type3,PLUS: The ICSPIO: Not Specified Conductspublicinformationandexternal 1.Interfaceswith PIOsfromother 1.Servesinan ICSrole affairsactivitiesincomplexand agenciesandjurisdictionstoensurethe 2.Interfaceswiththepublic,mediaand protractedoperationsinvolvingstate, releaseofaccurateinformationtothe otheragencies;monitorspublic regionaland Federalentities publicandmedia informationtoensureaccuracy 2.Developsandimplementsatransition 3.Engagesinactivecommunicationand planbasedonescalatingincident informationsharingwithelectedand complexity appointedofficials 4.Collects,verifies,prepares, coordinatesanddisseminates community-relatedincidentinformationto thepublicthroughthenewsmedia,radio, newspaperandsocialmedia stakeholderstoprovideinformationand updatesbasedonchangesinincident status 5.Usesinformationfromothermembers ofthe Incident Management Team(IMT) and Commandand General Staffto developaccurate,accessibleand completeinformationonanincident’s cause,size,current
Training Requirements
Sameas Type2 Sameas Type3,PLUS: Completionofthefollowing: 1.Identifiedequivalenttrainingsshould 1.E/L0388:Advanced Public 1.IS-29:Public Information Officer meetorexceedcourselearning Information Officer,orequivalent Awareness objectives. 2.IS-100:Introductiontothe Incident 2.The NIMSTraining Programdefinesa Command System,ICS-100 nationalbaselinetoguideandpromote 3.IS-200:Basic Incident Command NIMStraining.Itprovides Systemfor Initial Response,ICS-200 recommendationstoassistthe 4.ICS-300:Intermediate Incident Authorities Having Jurisdiction(AHJ)in Command Systemfor Expanding developingtheirowntrainingplans, Incidents tailoredtotheirspecificneeds. 5.ICS-400:Advanced Incident 3.ICSPIOsservinginan Emergency Command Systemfor Commandand Operations Center(EOC)or JICshould General Staff–Complex Incidents refertothe NIMSTraining Programfor 6.IS-700:National Incident Management training. System,An Introduction 7.IS-800:National Response Framework,An Introduction 8.E/G/L0191:Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface 9.E/L0952:National Incident Management System Incident Command System All-Hazards Public Information Officer,orequivalent 10.United States Fire Administration (USFA)O-0305:Type3All-Hazards Incident Management Team(AHIMT) Introduction,orequivalent
Experience
Sameas Type2,PLUS: Sameas Type3,PLUS: 1.Successfulcompletionofthe NQS Not Specified 1.Successfulcompletionofthe National 1.Successfulcompletionofthe NQS PTBforthe NIMSType3Incident Qualification System(NQS)Position PTBforthe NIMSType2Incident Command System Public Information Task Book(PTB)forthe NIMSType1 Command System Public Information Officer,orequivalent AHJdocumentation Incident Command System Public Officer,orequivalent AHJdocumentation Information Officer,orequivalent AHJ 2.Experienceinincidentmanagementin documentation 2.Successfulperformanceasa NIMS asubordinateposition 2.Successfulperformanceasa NIMS Type3ICSPIO Type2ICSPIO
FEMA RTLT Standard
Incident Command System Public Information Officer (NQS)
ID: 2-509-1037
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