Mutualink is assisting in National Incident Management System, (NIMS) Compliance. We provide guidance and assistance in meeting the goals of the National Incident Management System through providing ICS-700 and ICS-100 Training to Mutualink IWS users and private sector partnerships. ICS-700 and 100 are nationally accepted standards to respond to national, regional, and community incidents or disasters. This training has a proven track record resulting in reducing costs, reduced duplication of activities, and more effective response to incidents.

What is ICS-700?

ICS-700 is an introduction to an awareness level course that explains NIMS components, concepts and principles. It is provided through a self taught web based program through the Federal Emergency Management Agency 's Independent Web Site or through a class room environment.

What is ICS-100?

Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This program also is provided through a self taught web based program through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Independent Web Site or through a class room environment.

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	Please call Craig Martin (856) 685-9298 or email: cmartin@mutualink.net to assist you with schedules and training.

Congratulations to Paramus PD, NW Bergen Central Dispatch, UMDNJ REMS, Newark PD, Newark Arena, Palisades Park PD, and Trenton PD for active participants in random roll call exercises.

Intercom testing for September and October has come to a successful end. We are looking forward to multi-agency linked and field-to-field linked exercises during the month of November.

The National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) established the following seven objectives for improving emergency communications for the Nation’s Federal, State, local, and tribal emergency responders:

	Formal decision-making structures and clearly defined leadership roles coordinate emergency communications capabilities.
	Federal emergency communications programs and initiatives are collaborative across agencies and aligned to achieve national goals.
	Emergency responders employ common planning and operational protocols to effectively use their resources and personnel.
	Emerging technologies are integrated with current emergency communications capabilities through standards implementation, research and development, and testing and evaluation.
	Emergency responders have shared approaches to training and exercises, improved technical expertise, and enhanced response capabilities.
	All levels of government drive long-term advancements in emergency communications through integrated strategic planning procedures, appropriate resource allocations, and public-private partnerships.
	The Nation has integrated preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery capabilities to communicate during significant events.

Our mission is to make Mutualink the communication resource sharing platform for the implementation of the Department of Homeland Security's National Response Framework (NRF). The NRF is an all hazards all disciplines plan that defines the roles and responsibilities for all levels of federal, state and local governments as well as private entities to ensure a state of national emergency preparedness and response readiness.

A key element of national and community preparedness is coordinated planning and response among public and private organizations. Collaborative, real time interoperable communications capability is a foundational aspect of implementing an effective preparedness network, because incident command and management is based upon information sharing and situational awareness, fast and reliable communications, and well coordinated response activities.

Effective preparedness and incident response requires communication among first responders and other critical community assets. While two-way radio is the primary tool of voice communications among first responders, there other communications methods and forms that play an important role in creating a seamless, real time emergency preparedness and response platform. An environment that permits communications between and among participants that use different communications systems and methods enables the sharing of information, data and video. This capability creates the necessary framework for effective incident command system implementation, establishes shared situational awareness, and enables an adaptive and robust coordinated response capability.

Mutualink is an affordable community-wide interoperable multi-media communications platform that links together police, fire, EMS, hospitals, schools, utilities, malls and other key community assets.

Through Mutualink, two-way radios, telephones, public address systems, video, and data files can be shared among parties on a real time incident basis providing critical communications that enhance preparedness and effective emergency management, coordination and response.

Mutualink is an essential tool enabling NRF compliance and improving your community’s safety and readiness.