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NIMS Resource Management Guidance and Tools

In November 2017, FEMA published a series of National Incident Management System (NIMS) resources. They include: the NIMS Guideline for Mutual Aid, the NIMS Guideline for the National Qualification System (NQS), NIMS Job Titles/Position Qualifications, and NIMS Position Task Books (PTBs). FEMA also created a Resource Typing Library Tool website, where partners can find “other than NQS” Job Titles/Position Qualifications and Resource Typing Definitions.

Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)/Mutual Aid

The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is a congressionally ratified mutual aid compact that legally establishes a national system to facilitate resources across state lines during an emergency or disaster. EMAC’s distinctive character among mutual aid agreements lies in its governance structure; its relationship with states, regions, territories, national membership, and federal organizations; and its ability to move any type of needed resource from one state to another.

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