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0 5 <br />EM FORM 66A (Rev. 03/07) <br />NOTE: In order to receive FY08 preparedness funding, the FY07 NIMS compliance <br />requirements described above must be met. Applicants will be required to certify as part of their <br />FY08 grant applications that they have met the FY07 NIMS requirements. NIMCAST is the <br />primary tool for measuring NIMS compliance. <br />Requirements that must be completed, updated or maintained <br />to continue NIMS Compliance in FY 2008 and Beyond <br />FY 2008 <br />• <br />Amend or re-authorize, as necessary the executive order, proclamation, resolution, or <br />legislation of NIMS as the official all-hazards, incident response system, <br />• <br />Ensure that NIMS training is part of the program for all new employees, recruits and first <br />responders who have direct role in emergency preparedness, incident management, or <br />response; <br />• <br />Complete all NIMS local matrix requirements for FY 2008 as defined by the DHS National <br />Integration Center (NIC); <br />• <br />Complete training that may be required to satisfy credentialing standards, <br />• <br />Manage incidents and events using ICS. <br />• <br />Update plans and SOPs, incorporating lessons learned and best practices from <br />exercises and response operations; <br />Expand mutual aid agreements beyond support services and equipment to include <br />O <br />information sharing; <br />• <br />Support and adopt the ongoing efforts of the NIMS Integration Center (NIC) to develop <br />a national credentialing system; <br />• <br />Work towards developing procedures to credential first responders in conformance <br />with national standards; <br />• <br />Continue to incorporate NIMS into all local training and HSEEP compliant exercises, <br />to include drills, tabletop exercises, functional exercises, and full-scale exercises; <br />• <br />Continue to participate in NIMS -oriented exercises, to include drills, tabletop <br />exercises, functional exercises, and full-scale exercises; <br />• <br />Develop and implement a county resource inventory, ordering and tracking system <br />• <br />Report all training conducted using federal preparedness funds to the NCEM Training <br />and Exercise Branch; <br />• <br />Continue featuring common terminology and plain English commands for all response <br />activities. <br />DI <br />s <br />