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f!*D^urn", r frATIAGEIIENTY/KtrnrascouvrY KITTITAS COUNTY CEMP in accordance with their incident management responsibilities, and that the required level of training is consistent with the organization's plan and policies. Each department and agency within the CEMP are responsible for maintaining their own individual training records. Nationally standardized criteria and minimum qualifications for positions provide a consistent baseline for qualifying and credentialing the incident workforce. Along with the job title and position qualifications, the position task book (PTB) is a basic tool that underpins the NIMS performance-based qualification process. PTBs describe the minimum competencies, behaviors, and tasks necessary to be qualified for a position. PTBs provide the basis for qualification, certification, and credentialing process that is standard nationwide. Kittitas County adheres to NIMS qualification standards to ensure EOC and IMT team members are prepared for the duties of the positions they train for. A2. Exercise Program lf no disaster has impacted the jurisdiction in a year's time, the following guidelines are used to conduct an annual exercise to test the plan and the core capabilities of the county, its contract cities, and other public safety partners, agencies and organizations throughout the county. Annual exercises are used to improve the operational coordination, operational communications, and the emergency preparedness of response agencies and the community. The exercises may be discussion-based (seminars, workshops, tabletops and games) or operation-based (drills, functional, and full-scale) to test the full spectrum of preparedness. Applying the following principles to both the management of an exercise program and the execution of individual exercises is critical to the effective examination of capabilities Guided by Elected and Appointed Officials - provide the overarching guidance and direction for the exercise and evaluation program as well as specific intent for individual exercises. Capahility-based, Objective Driven - through HSEEfl organizations can use exercises to examine current and required core capability levels and identify gaps; exercises focus on assessing performance against capability-based objectives. Progressive Planning Approacfi - a progressive approach includes the use of various exercises aligned to a common set of exercise program priorities and objectives with an increasing level of complexity over time. Whole Community Integration - encourage exercise planners to engage the whole community throughout exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. Informed by Risk- identifying and assessing risks and associated impacts helps organizations identify priorities, objectives, and core capabilities to be evaluated through exercises. November 2024 | BASIC PLAN Page 60 of 63