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Standards & Procedures

The NTS 2.0 working groups are finalizing new standards and procedures:

  • Handling instructions
  • Numbered texts
  • Methods for encapsulating EmComm forms (ICS-213, etc.)

More standards are in progress and will be announced soon.

 

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