Let’s summarize what you have learned in this lesson:

• The concepts of resource management include consistency, standardization, coordination, information management, and credentialing.
• Effective management of resources requires a standardized process for requesting resources; prioritizing requests; activating and dispatching resources; and demobilizing resources.
• The use of pre-existing agreements facilitates effective resource management by ensuring standardized resources and saving time.
• The EMAC is an interstate mutual aid agreement that allows States to assist one another in responding to disasters.
• Pushing resources occurs when dispatching resources to non-intrusive locations of an incident without a specific request, and this process transitions to a pull process when the operational control is established at the incident level.
• A MA is a work order issued by FEMA to another Federal agency directing completion of a specific task, and citing funding, other managerial controls, and guidance.
• The process of requesting and using resources involves setting an objective, identifying the resource, and determining if the source can or should be obtained internally through FEMA, once approved by the Operations Section Chief at the JFO/Resource Capability Branch Director at the RRCC or NRCC.

Now that you have learned about the resource requirements process and management, you will review what you have learned in this course in the next lesson.