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10-509-1414

Name

Housing Task Force Field Coordinator (NQS)

Status

Published

Version

1.0

Updated

10/1/2019 11:19:38 AM

Original Release

10/01/2019

Last Major Release

10/01/2019

NQS Position

Resource Category

Emergency Management

Primary Core Capability

Housing

Secondary Core Capability

Resource Kind

Personnel

Overall Function

The Housing Task Force Field Coordinator coordinates short-term housing efforts as part of a Housing Task Force and assists the Housing Task Force with innovative, resilient long-term recovery housing coordination

Single resource

In conjunction with a NIMS typed team

NIMS Typed Team

Housing Task Force

In conjunction with a NIMS typed unit

NIMS Typed Unit

Description Notes

Not Specified

Supporting Core Capabilities
None

Types
Type 1	The Housing Task Force Field Coordinator: 1. Coordinates short-term recovery housing efforts 2. Ensures that short-term and long-term recovery housing teams implement the Housing Task Force's strategy 3. Supports local, state, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in assessing preliminary recovery housing impacts and needs 4. Supports local, state, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in identifying available options for short-term and innovative, resilient long-term recovery housing 5. Coordinates with local, state, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions to meet recovery housing needs 6. Identifies solutions for transitioning from short-term to long-term recovery housing efforts 7. Coordinates with voluntary agencies to address recovery housing needs 8. Reports to the Housing Task Force Leader

Type 1

The Housing Task Force Field Coordinator: 1. Coordinates short-term recovery housing efforts 2. Ensures that short-term and long-term recovery housing teams implement the Housing Task Force's strategy 3. Supports local, state, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in assessing preliminary recovery housing impacts and needs 4. Supports local, state, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in identifying available options for short-term and innovative, resilient long-term recovery housing 5. Coordinates with local, state, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions to meet recovery housing needs 6. Identifies solutions for transitioning from short-term to long-term recovery housing efforts 7. Coordinates with voluntary agencies to address recovery housing needs 8. Reports to the Housing Task Force Leader

Education

Not Specified

Component Types
Type	Criteria
Type 1	Not Specified

Training

Not Specified

Type 1

Completion of the following: 1. IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100 2. IS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS-200 3. IS-403: Introduction to Individual Assistance (IA) 4. IS-558: Public Works and Disaster Recovery 5. IS-700: National Incident Management System, An Introduction 6. IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction 7. IS-2700: National Mitigation Framework, An Introduction 8. IS-2900: National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) Overview 9. Housing or disaster-housing related training, as the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) requires

Experience

Personnel with these types of knowledge, skills, and abilities can have experience in various agencies and functions, such as emergency management, housing, economic development, or a state governor's office.

Type 1

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 1. Knowledge of relevant local, state, tribal, territorial, and Federal recovery housing programs, such as FEMA's IA program, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program (CDBG-DR), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Rural Housing Service 2. Knowledge of innovative housing solutions Experience: Successful completion of the National Qualification System (NQS) Position Task Book (PTB) for the NIMS Housing Task Force Field Coordinator, or equivalent AHJ documentation

Physical/Medical Fitness

The NIMS Guideline for the NQS defines Physical/Medical Fitness levels for NQS positions.

Component Types
Type	Criteria
Type 1	Light

Currency

Not Specified

Component Types
Type	Criteria
Type 1	Functions in this position during an operational incident, planned event, exercise, drill, or simulation at least once every three years

Professional and Technical Licenses and Certifications

Not Specified

Component Types
Type	Criteria
Type 1	Not Specified

Composition and Ordering Specifications
Specification
Requestor specifies any additional qualifications necessary based on incident complexity and needs
Discuss logistics for deploying this position, such as working conditions, length of deployment, security, lodging, transportation, and meals, prior to deployment

1015

Notes

References
Reference
FEMA, NIMS 508: Housing Task Force
FEMA, NIMS 509: Housing Task Force Leader
FEMA, National Qualification System (NQS) Position Task Book for Housing Task Force Field Coordinator, latest edition adopted
FEMA, National Incident Management System (NIMS), October 2017
FEMA, NIMS Guideline for the NQS, November 2017
FEMA, National Disaster Recovery Framework, June 2016
FEMA, National Mitigation Framework, June 2016
FEMA, National Response Framework, June 2016

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