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■ EM personnel completed the (ICS -100) An Introduction to ICS (online) and (ICS- 200)Baslc ICS Course (classroom), ICS -300 for everyone and ICS -400 for those in senior management positions by September 30, 2007: ■ Each county by September 30, 2007 should have completed the following: • Adopted NIMS at the community level for all government departments and agencies; as well as promoted and encouraged NIMS adoption by associations, utilities, non - governmental organizations (NGOs), and private sector incident management and response organizations; • Updated and incorporated NIMS into Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) and provided an electronic CD copy of your county EOP to the NCEM I&P Planning Support Branch Manager, Ed Jenkins, and your Branch offices; • Revised and updated plans and SOPs to incorporate NIMS components, principles and policies, to include planning, training, response, exercises, equipment, evaluation, and corrective actions; • Provided letter from county manager to your Branch office certifying that tasks identified in the NIMS 2007 Local Matrix have been completed. Matrix to be provided by separate correspondence. Local Matrix provided as FY2007 NIMS Compliance Matrix Local/Tribal at http: /hvww.fama.aov /pdf /emergency /nims /comp met Iocal.odf. • Incorporated NIMS into existing training programs and exercises; • Managed all emergency incidents and preplanned (recurring /special) events in accordance with r ICS organizational structures, doctrine, and procedures, as defined in NIMS; • Incorporated corrective actions from after action reviews into preparedness and response plans and procedures; • Inventoried community response assets to conform to homeland security resource typing standards; • Reviewed, promoted, and facilitated mutual aid agreements; i • Attended training on utilizing Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) and conducted exercises in compliance with HSEEP standards; • Reported all training and exercises conducted utilizing federal preparedness funds to the Division Training & Exercise Branch • Identified from available resources a dedicated WebEOC operator, training to be provided by NCEM. Recommendation would be from 24 hour Communication Center, • Updated your County Mutual Aid Agreement to include signed additional local governments or as ! necessary updated your current County Mutual Aid Agreement and sent in the new or updated agreement to the NCEM Logistics Chief, Steve Sloan, by September 30.2007: • At a minimum verged at least one person from each funded jurisdiction attended the Spring All Hazards Conference. Attendance of all local EM staff at both the Spring and Fall conferences is i encouraged, but not required; • Each funded jurisdiction conducted an annual Training Exercise Planning Workshop (TEPW) sponsored by NCEM to determine the types of training needed to further develop and maintain a quality Emergency Management Program in that jurisdiction by September 30.2007: ■ Each funded jurisdiction planned for and participated in a minimum of two all hazards exercises. Exercises should include multiple local and/or state agencies, and may take the form of a table- top, functional or full scale activity. Exercise activity should be coordinated with your appropriate Branch Office; and the Division's Training and Exercise Branch, including dates, number personnel trained, scenario utilized, and planning meetings conducted - This information is required by the DHS National Exercise Schaduler (NEXS) system; • During this fiscal year each funded jurisdiction tested the satellite telephone by contacting your appropriate NC Division of Emergency Management's Branch Office the first and last Fridays of each month; • During this fiscal year funded jurisdictions should have continued the formation and support of a Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). The LEPC should be County or Regional; • Each funded jurisdiction sent in EM -43 Emergency Event Forms to advise the Division's j Communication Officer of events such as, Hazardous Material Spills, Property Damage, Injuries and / or Deaths, Relocation of a minimum of 10 Residents, Opening of Shelter(s), and Terrorism ' related activities; (Reporting was to be done on WebEOC by June 181); Page 2 of 4