An emergency can happen at any time, and issues of identifying the correct resource in the correct configuration for mutual aid requests can not only make or break the response for the host agency but also have serious implications for the assisting agencies. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) requires the use of typing standards designed to simplify and speed the process of ordering and sending resources from state to state or for interstate, mutual aid. This organized response using pretyped and predefined resources helps to ensure appropriate resources necessary to support the incident or planned event are identified, located, requested, ordered, and tracked quickly and effectively and also helps to facilitate the movement of resources to the jurisdiction that needs them.