Identifying Gaps and Areas for Improvement in the FEMA Qualification System for Incident Workforce Positions: Recommendations for Developing an Improvement and Evaluation Process

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Qualification System (FQS) is a credentialing process that focuses on standardizing personnel abilities through training and applied experience. FEMA's Integration Branch asked the authors of this report to identify existing gaps and areas for improvement and examine ways to measure and monitor the effectiveness of FQS in the future.