North Carolina Emergency Management Fall Conference AHIMT Overview and Ocracoke Deployment

North Carolina Emergency ManagementFall Conference

AHIMT Overview and Ocracoke Deployment

Alex Auten, NCEMJustin Gibbs, Hyde County EMBill Rich, County Manager, Hyde County

North Carolina Emergency Management

A ll H aza rds In icid e n t M a na g em e n t T e am

Q u a lifica tio n C o m m ittee

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Administration and Oversight of the Program


AHIMT Work Group Membership

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Components of the Qualification System

The Qualifications Committee is authorized to determine if the

applicant meets the requirements for the NC AHIMT positions and the ability to respond as part of a NC AHIMT

the credentialing is given by the Qualifications Committee

Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Provides guidance on the

development, resourcing, credentialing, and sustainment of the Type 3 IMTs


Administration and Oversight of Teams

Eastern Branch, Central Branch and Western Branch Managers will be the Agency Administrators

AHIMT Technical Advisory Group (TAG) has been established to standardize the Teams


CredentialingFull Credential – The credential issued to an

individual that has completed all required training, demonstrated proficiency as documented in the position task book, and been recommended by their agency head or Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ).

Provisional Credential – A credential issued to an individual that has completed all required training with the exception O-305 for Type III AHIMT, demonstrated proficiency as documented in the position task book, and been recommended by their agency head or Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ).

No Credential – More experience or prerequisites needed


Credentialing, cont.Full Credentialing

Credentials will be maintained on a 5 year cycle from date of issue.

Requalification guidance is currently being reviewed by AHIMT TAG and Qualifications Committee

Credentialing – Task Book can be requested through Branch

Manager.


AHIMT Type 3 Team (8 Pax)

• Incident Commander - Type 3 (ICT3-A) All-Hazard

• Operations Section Chief - Type 3 (OSC3-A) All-Hazard

• Plans Section Chief - Type 3 (PSC3-A) All-Hazard

• Logistics Section Chief - Type 3 (LSC3-A) All-Hazard

• Finance/Administration Section Chief - Type 3 (FSC3-A) All-Hazard

• Safety Officer - Type 3 (SOF3-A) All Hazard

• Public Information Officer - Type 3 (PIO3-A) All Hazard

• Liaison Officer - Type 3 (LOF3-A) All Hazard

• Unit Leader Positions are to be provided by the requesting jurisdiction


Progress – NCEMJoint Mobile Operations

Center


Progress – NCEMAHIMT Branch Trailers


Progress – NCEMAHIMT Western Shelters


The Way Forward (Cont.)

Identify and attend discipline specific conferences and meetings to promote All Hazard Incident Management Teams.


The Way Forward (Cont.)

Position Task Books (PTB) will be used for all Command & General Staff and Unit Leader Positions, the term "current" will be used in all guides to allow transition to the national PTBs when they are approved


The Way Forward (Cont.) Initiating Authority (IA) for PTBs will

be the NCEM Branch Managers for Unit Leader Positions

State Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) will work with the Branch Managers on Communication Unit Leader PTB)

Qualification Board will be the IA for Command & General Staff PTBs


The Way Forward (Cont.) Additional O-305 (AHIMT) & Unit

Leader Courses will be scheduled to meet the needs of the AHIMT in North Carolina.

Develop Position Qualification data base in TERMS & Salamander ID system.

AHIMT TAG will continue to work on Team Policies/Procedures/Equipment


Application Pitfalls

Have your supervisor sign the application

Transcript or certificates for training Signed IAPs with you functioning in

the position applied for on the 203 Experience log


AHIMT Recent Deployments Western, Eastern, and Central SAR

Exercise. NC HART multi-platform training

Butner, NCHurricane Arthur, Ocracoke Island


AHIMT Deployments – Hurricane Arthur

AHIMT Duties: Incident Action Plan Emergency

Operations Center assistance

Establishing communications Viper / Phone /

Internet


Other AHIMT Utilization

Planned EventsExercisesTrainingLine of Duty Death

Services/FuneralsEOC Overhead Teams


Final ThoughtsAHIMT Process – Still a work in

progressGood pool of Qualified Individuals

to pull from as neededTeam Formalization – Well under

wayChallenge - Maintaining interest

and keeping current between deployments

North Carolina Emergency Management Fall Conference AHIMT Overview and Ocracoke Deployment

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