Qualifications and Certifications Sample Clauses

Qualifications and Certifications a. The development of a national credentialing system is a fundamental component of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). According to the NIMS, “credentialing involves the provision of documentation that can authenticate and verify the certification and identity of designated incident managers and emergency responders” to ensure that response personnel “possess a minimum common level of training, currency, experience, physical and medical fitness, and capability” for the roles they are tasked to fill. b. The NIMS Integration Center (NIC) initiated the development of a national credentialing system to help governments at all levels identify, request and dispatch qualified emergency responders from other jurisdictions when needed. Washington State has adopted the All-Hazards Incident Management Team Association (AHIMTA) Interstate Incident Management Qualification System (IIMQS) for deployable Type 3 All Hazard Incident Management Team personnel. c. A national credentialing system ensures that personnel resources requested from another jurisdiction to assist in a response operation are adequately trained and skilled. A national system to verify the identity and qualifications of emergency responders will not provide automatic access to an incident site. This system can serve to prevent unauthorized, self-dispatched or unqualified personnel, access to an incident site. d. If a person or entity holds a license, certificate or other permit issued by a participating party or the state evidencing qualification in a professional, mechanical or other skill and the assistance of that person or entity is requested by a participating party, the person or entity shall be deemed to be licensed, certified or permitted with the party requesting assistance for the duration of the declared emergency or authorized drills or exercises and subject to any limitations and conditions the chief executive of the participating party receiving the assistance may prescribe by executive order or otherwise. The party owning or employing a resource is responsible to verify or certify the credentials of a resource or if appropriate shall identify the resource as licensed and certified and is responsible to verify or certify the credentials.