Incident Management Teams
Hours
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday
except state-observed holidays
Indiana Dept. of Homeland Security
Indiana Government Center-South, Room E208
302 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739
Email: efunkhouser@dhs.in.gov
About the All-Hazards Incident Management Program
The All-Hazards Incident Management Program provides guidance to Incident Management Teams (IMTs) in Indiana. These teams serve as resources to manage or enhance emergency response operations. They have predesignated roles and responsibilities for members who are pre-identified, trained and able to deploy to incidents.
Local IMTs typically form immediately after an emergency occurs. As the situation warrants and operations continue, they may transition to include personnel from additional jurisdictions and adapt to a new Incident Command System structure. Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Teams (AHIMTs), for example, consist of 10-20 personnel from multiple agencies and jurisdictions and are used for extended major or complex incidents requiring significant amounts of local or state resources.
IMTs are often used during national disasters, planned exercises or public events that require cooperation and participation of multiple agencies and jurisdictions, terrorist incidents, public health emergencies and large or complex accidents, such as aircraft and train incidents. Learn more
Mission
The State of Indiana and IDHS are committed to improving emergency management and the response capabilities of emergency management and response personnel for all major disasters and other incidents where mutual aid is required. The intent is to build on existing processes and systems to improve the delivery of intrastate mutual aid and recognize that the local authorities having jurisdiction regulate the provision of mutual aid.
As part of the All-Hazards Incident Management Qualification Program, the state has implemented a phased approach. Recognized Prior Learning (RPL) has been implemented following national standards for a predetermined limited time as the newly-formed Indiana Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT)/Incident Management Team (IMT) program is fully established. Task books were adopted both for Incident Command System (ICS) positions and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) positions based on the most current EOC skillsets for qualification, and finally, the continuation of qualification and maintenance of the All-Hazards Incident Management Qualification Program. The program includes the use of a state training, education and membership committee that is responsible for the oversight of the program, revision of this guide as needed, and recommendations for statewide all-hazards incident management training and exercises.
IDHS is also rebuilding the Indiana IMAT, which is a forward response team during disasters and large-scale emergencies. It is hosted by IDHS, comprises members of both state and local agencies and is designed to handle all types of emergencies. To learn more about that team and how you can apply to be a member, visit the Incident Management Assistance Team page.
Incident Management Positions
FEMA oversees the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and defines the positions needed for effective and comprehensive incident responses. People who work in these management and support positions during incidents must meet a minimum set of criteria to be qualified, and FEMA also outlines the competencies, behaviors and tasks that individuals should demonstrate to become qualified for these positions in documents called position task books.
The following position task books are currently available in Indiana:
