PSA 333: National Incident Management Systems

3 credits

The purpose of the course is to examine the evolution of incident management systems in responding to domestic disaster events. The course examines the broad emergency management context of incident management, the creation of FEMA’s National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) and how NIMS is structured and works. The course includes a lab segment that compliments the presentation and discussions conducted in the course sessions. Offered odd Summer.