NFPA-1026(14): Standard for Incident Management Personnel Professional Qualifications
NFPA-1026(14): Standard for Incident Management Personnel Professional Qualifications
From incident commander to ground support personnel, NFPA 1026 defines Incident Management Team member qualifications.
With concerns for large-scale emergency incidents or events, operations considerations need greater management oversight. NFPA 1026: Standard for Incident Management Personnel Professional Qualifications identifies the minimum Job Performance Requirements (JPRs) for personnel performing roles within an all-hazard Incident Management System (IMS).
The Job Performance Requirements (JPRs) are consistent with, complementary to, and supportive of, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) ICS Core Competencies for:
- Incident Commander
- Safety Officer
- Public Information Officer
- Liaison Officer
- Operations Section Chief
- Staging Area Manager
- Operations Branch Director
- And many other roles
Throughout the incident command system -- from initial local response to multi-jurisdiction situations -- every member of an Incident Management Team (IMT) should be qualified through this NFPA® Standard. (Softbound, 90 pp., 2014)