National Incident Management System

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National Incident Management System

• Allegany County Department of Emergency Services
• November 9, 2005

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Overview

• What is the NIMS?
• Who is required to implement NIMS?
• What are the implementation requirements?
• Who will need to be trained within your agency?
• How do we institutionalize NIMS?
• Timetable

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What is NIMS?

• A comprehensive approach to incident management
• An Incident Management System
• This system will provide a consistent approach
  for Federal, State, and Local governments to work
  effectively and efficiently together to prepare
  for, respond to, and recover from domestic
  incidents, regardless of cause, size or
  complexity.

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More Than Just Incident Command
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NIMS Components

• Command and Management
• ICS
• Multi-agency Coordination Systems
• Public Information Systems
• Preparedness
• Planning
• Training
• Exercises
• Qualifications and Certifications
• Equipment Acquisition and Certification
• Publications Management

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NIMS Components

• Resource Management
• Communications and Information Management
• Incident Management Communications
• Information Management
• Supporting Technologies
• Ongoing Management and Maintenance

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Who is required to implement NIMS?

• Hazardous Materials
• Emergency Management
• Public Works
• Public Safety Communications
• Public Health

• Fire Service
• Emergency Medical Services
• Law Enforcement
• Government Administration
• Health Care

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What are the implementation requirements?

• Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)
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• Adopt NIMS by resolution or executive order
• Funding Stipulations
• Institutionalize NIMS
• Train personnel on NIMS
• Provide ongoing Training in NIMS

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Who will need to be trained in your department or
agency?

• Complete the NIMS Decision Tree
• Be realistic
• If your personnel are involved in any type of
  emergency or disaster response, they need to be
  trained.

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What levels of training will be needed?

• Awareness (4 hours) -
• IS 700 (online program)
• IS 100 (online program)
• No operational role but merely support others who
  do
• Operations (8 hours)
• Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
• An actual operational role in the response or
  recovery

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What levels of training will be needed?

• Supervisor/Command (16 hours)
• Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
• A supervisory or Command role in the situation
  or event
• Executive Briefing
• Completed locally for elected officials
• Approximately 1.5 hours
• For elected officials for County and municipal
  governments

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How do we institutionalize NIMS?

• Include NIMS in job descriptions
• Train new personnel in NIMS
• Provide ongoing training in NIMS
• Pursue local instructors
• Include NIMS in Emergency Operations Plans

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Timetable

• Complete Training Survey Return to ACES by Dec.
  9, 2005
• Formally adopt NIMS by resolution
• Training may begin immediately in Awareness
• ACES will compile training surveys and will
  request training from MFRI
• Training to begin for other levels approximately
  March 1, 2006
• Institutionalizing NIMS should begin immediately

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Review

• What is the NIMS?
• Who is required to implement NIMS?
• What are the implementation requirements?
• What and who will need to be trained within your
  agency?
• How do we institutionalize NIMS?