Be findable by function.
ESF 7 Logistics, typed and tagged.
Suppliers who list equipment or goods for response can describe them with ESF, logistics function and NIMS typing, so a coordinator searching by function finds them.
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What Incident Listings is
The incident fields are available on the Need and Offer forms, including the ESF #7 logistics function and NIMS resource typing for equipment. Suppliers use them when posting an offer tied to an incident.
What you can do
Everything below is a screen or a field in the product, not a roadmap item.
Turn it on only when a listing belongs to an incident. When it is off, no incident fields are required.
Choose Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response or Recovery, and a hazard from hurricane and flood to public health and infrastructure failure.
Pick the FEMA region, which is required for United States listings, and record the declaration status and FEMA declaration ID.
Pick a primary ESF from the fifteen, plus up to two secondary ones. The form suggests an ESF from the listing's category, and records whether the value came from you, the AI or a default.
ESF #6 Mass Care asks for a mass care function, and ESF #7 Logistics opens a logistics function field.
Search the resource catalog, then set the type (untyped or Type 1 to 4), the basis for it, the core capability and the ICS section.
Tie the listing to an Event so the response is read as one operation, though linking is optional.
How it runs
Start a Need or Offer
Open Create Need or Create Offer as usual and fill in the everyday fields.
Switch on incident-related
Choose the mission area and hazard, then the FEMA region and declaration if one applies.
Classify it
Pick the ESF and, where relevant, the NIMS resource and type. Post the listing.
Why this matters for suppliers
The problem
A catalogue listed by product name is hard for a responder to map to a function.
What the platform does
The same listing carries an ESF and a NIMS type.
What leadership sees
Which incident offers drew requests.
Is this the right fit?
Honest answer first.
Use ImpactMatrix when
You offer response equipment or goods and want to be found by function.
Use something else when
Your listings are ordinary retail supply. Supply listings alone cover that.
Where this sits in the chain
Every posted need travels the same path. Follow it forward or back.
Questions
Do I have to fill in ESF and NIMS fields?
No. They only apply when you mark a Need or Offer as incident-related. An everyday listing needs none of them.
What are Emergency Support Functions?
ESFs are fifteen standard categories for the kinds of help a response needs, from ESF #1 Transportation and #7 Logistics to #8 Public Health and Medical Services and #15 External Affairs. A listing has a primary ESF and up to two secondary ones.
What is NIMS resource typing?
It describes a resource in standard terms, such as its category, kind and capability level. A resource can be untyped or typed from Type 1 to Type 4, and you can search a catalog of resource types when you classify a listing.
Do supply listings use these fields?
The incident fields are on the Need and Offer forms. Supply listings are a separate catalogue.
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