Location:
TBD in the Central Region within Middlesex, Union, Somerset Counties
Dates: Monday, November 29 – Friday, December 3, 2021 Time: 8A to 4P each day
Course Overview This five-day course serves as a basic introduction to the activities and processes of a Type 3 All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT), enabling them to be better prepared to support large scale or complex operations in their communities.
This course meets the needs of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF) while focusing on the importance of developing and operating as a functional Type 3 AHIMT and will assist individual responders to perform
as viable team members.
Specific Course Topics
- Demonstrating the goals of NIMS and the NRF.
- Emphasizing the nature and purpose of a USFA Type 3 AHIMT so that others int he community and emergency services
are more willing and able to assist within various components of their local USFA Type 3 AHIMT.
- Demonstrating the critical role that leadership and teamwork skills play in the success of an USFA Type 3 AHIMT.
- Providing a basic framework for building and maintaining critical interpersonal communications and for working together
as a team member of an USFA Type 3AHIMT.
- Offering practical experience of on-scene operations through extensive exercises and simulations, as well as through
post-course refresher training by providing students with the opportunity to perform as members of a USFA Type 3 AHIMT during a mock incident management situation.
Primary Audience
The target audience of this course is entry level participants who are new to an assignment on an AHIMT. Given its intended audience, participants in this course should include emergency
response personnel, such as fire protection and law enforcement personnel, emergency medical services (EMS) responders, Department of Public Works, Department of Public Health, Emergency Management, Mass Care, Non-Governmental agencies, and members of various
community and tribal groups offering critical emergency response services. Although the course is intended to be a basic introduction to AHIMTs, participants should have a foundational understanding of the Incident Command System
Prerequisites The following courses are mandatory prerequisites to this course and must be included with your application:
- ICS 100 (Introduction to ICS) most current version
- ICS 200 (Basic ICS) most current version
- ICS 300 (Intermediate ICS)
- ICS 700 (Intro to NIMS) most current version
- ICS 800 (National Framework, an Intro) most current version.
Registration is required Please fill out the NJ-AHIMT Course Application. Then, scan the completed application with certs and email it to nja...@njsp.org. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. You will be receive a class confirmation
via email prior to the class start date. Additional course information will be emailed to you when your application is received and approved. For questions or concerns, contact Lisa Werner at NJA...@njsp.org