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NWS Impact-Based Decision Support Services PDS

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Weather-Ready Nation is about building community resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather. To achieve this goal, it is imperative that the NWS expand its capacity to provide superior impact-based decision support services (IDSS) in all phases of the disaster life cycle. This Professional Development Series (PDS) focuses on identifying professional competencies needed to perform IDSS, along with an inventory of instructional components available to build those skill sets.

PCU 4 : Preparing for Deployment


Prepare for deployment and gain advanced understanding of ICS, leadership, and roles.

Total Duration: 10.02 Hours

To find each course copy and paste the title into the search box on the CLC. You can also access each PCU curriculum from the IDSS PDS PCU 4-7 CLC Home Page.

Instructional Components:

  • Welcome to Professional Competency Unit 4 (0.02 hours)
  • IS-200 : ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (3 hours)
  • IS-700: National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction (3 hours)
  • IS-800 : National Response Framework Introduction (3 hours)
  • EX: Deployment Resources & Requirements (1 hour)