National Incident Management System

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National Incident Management System

• NIMS

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• Lesson 1
• What Is NIMS?

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LESSON ONE What is NIMS?

• A comprehensive, national approach to incident
  management
• Applicable at all jurisdictional levels and
  across disciplines

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NIMS Components

• Command and Management
• Preparedness
• Resource Management
• Communications and Information Management
• Supporting Technologies
• Ongoing Management and
  Maintenance

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Why Do We Need NIMS?

• Lessons learned have shown the need for
• A coordinated response.
• Standardization.
• Interoperability.

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NIMS Concepts and Principles

• NIMS is
• Flexible to enable all responding organizations
  to work together.
• Standardized to improve overall response and
  interoperability.

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NIMS Standard Structures

• Incident Command System (ICS)
• Multi-agency Coordination Systems
• Public Information Systems

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Preparedness

• Planning, training, exercises
• Personnel qualification certification
• Equipment acquisition certification
• Publication management
• Mutual aid/Emergency Management Assistance
  Compacts

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Resource Management

• Includes standardized
• Descriptions
• Inventories
• Mobilization
• Dispatch
• Tracking
• Recovery

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Communications/Information Management

• NIMS identifies requirements for
• Communications.
• Information management.
• Information sharing.

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Supporting Technologies

• NIMS provides systems to standardize
• Voice and data communications.
• Information management.
• Data displays.

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• NIMS BENEFITS

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• Lesson Two
• Command Management
• Part One

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LESSON TWO Command and Management-- Part One

• Overview
• Command and management under NIMS
• Incident Command System overview

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Lesson Objectives

• Identify the benefits of using ICS as the model
  incident management system.
• Identify the organizational structure of ICS.
• Identify five major management functions.
• Describe the purpose of unique position titles in
  ICS.
• Explain the roles and
  responsibilities of the Command
  and General staff.

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THANKSGIVING DINNER
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INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
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Incident Command SystemICS

• Proven on-scene, all-hazard concept
• Interdisciplinary and organizationally flexible
• Appropriate for all types of incidents

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ICS Features

• Common terminology
• Organizational resources
• Manageable span of control
• Organizational facilities
• Use of position titles
• Reliance on an Incident Action
  Plan
• Integrated communications
• Accountability

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Common Terminology

• ICS requires
• Common terminology.
• Clear text.

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Organizational Resources

• Includes
• Personnel
• Facilities
• Equipment and supplies
• Requires typing by capability

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Span of Control

• From 3 to 7 reporting elements per supervisor
• 5 reporting elements per supervisor is optimum

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Incident Facilities

• Established as required by the incident
• An Incident Command Post (ICP) is always
  established

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Incident Action Plans

• Communicate incident objectives
• Are based on operational periods
• Are disseminated throughout the incident
  organization

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Integrated Communications

• Hardware systems
• Planning for use of all frequencies and resources
• Procedures for transferring information
  internally and externally

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Accountability

• Orderly chain of command
• Check-in for all responders
• Assignment of only one supervisor per individual
  (Unity of Command)

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• As more and more resources report to the incident
  scene, the Incident Commander (IC) determines
  that there is a need to appoint an Operations
  Section Chief. The IC is making the appointment
  to maintain
• An orderly chain of command
• A manageable span of control
• Integrated communications
• Accountability

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• __________ depends on management by objectives to
  accomplish response tactics.
• Incident Action Plans
• Integrated communications
• Organizational resources

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• ICS requires that each individual involved in
  incident operations be assigned only one
  supervisor. This is an example of
• Manageable span of control
• Integrated communications
• Accountability

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For More Information

• For more information about the Incident Command
  System
• FEMA Independent Study www.training.fema.gov
• ICS Field Operations Guide (U.S. Coast Guard)
• www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/response/fog.pdf

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Lesson Three Command Management Part Two
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LESSON THREE Command and Management-- Part Two

• Overview
• Command and Management of
• Multiple concurrent incidents
• Incidents that are non-site specific, such as
  biological terrorist incidents
• Incidents that are
  geographically dispersed
• Incidents that evolve over time

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Lesson Objectives

• Determine when it is appropriate to institute a
  Unified or Area Command.
• Describe the functions and purpose of
  Multi-agency Coordination Systems.

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Unified Command
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How Does Unified Command Work?

• Agencies work together to
• Analyze intelligence.
• Establish objectives and strategies.
• Unified Command does not change other features of
  ICS.

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UNIFIED COMMAND
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Area Command
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What Does Area Command Do?

• Sets overall strategy and priorities
• Allocates resources
• Ensures proper management
• Ensures objectives are met
• Ensure strategies are followed

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Area Command
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NIMS Knowledge Review

• A fire has broken out at a local shopping center.
  Mutual aid agreements have been activated. The
  incident is limited to fire, police, and
  emergency medical service personnel.
• This incident should be managed through
• A Single Command
• A Unified Command
• An Area Command

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• An explosion has occurred at the local convention
  center. Multiple deaths and injuries have been
  reported. The fire department has controlled the
  fire, but the incident is also under
  investigation as a possible crime scene.
• This incident should be managed through
• A Single Command
• A Unified Command
• An Area Command

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• A suspicious flu-like virus has broken out
  throughout the State. So far, victims seem to
  have contracted the virus through personal
  contact, but public health officials cannot trace
  the source of the virus to a naturally occurring
  outbreak.
• Because the contamination area is spreading, the
  entire region has been placed on alert. This
  incident should be managed by
• A Single Command
• A Unified Command
• An Area Command

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Multiagency Coordination Systems

• Support incident management policies and
  priorities
• Facilitate logistics support and resource
  tracking
• Make resource allocation decisions based on
  incident management priorities
• Coordinate incident-related information
• Coordinate interagency and inter-
• governmental issues regarding
• incident management policies,
• priorities, and strategies

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Multiagency Coordination System Elements

• EOC
• Other entities

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EOC Organization
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EOC Organization
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Lesson Four Public Information
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LESSON FOURPublic Information

• Overview
• Principles to support effective Public
  Information Systems
• Public Information Systems required by NIMS

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Public Information for Domestic Incidents

• Advises the IC
• Establishes and operates within the JIS
• Ensures that decision-makers and the public are
  informed

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The JIC

• Physical location where public information staff
  collocate
• Provides the structure for coordinating and
  disseminating critical information

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JICs
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JIC Characteristics

• Includes representatives of all players in the
  response
• Has procedures and protocols for communicating
  and coordinating with other JICs

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JICs
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NIMS Knowledge Review

• JICs provide the organizational structure for
  coordinating and disseminating official
  information.
• True
• False

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• JICs should include representatives from only
  those jurisdictions, agencies, or entities
  represented in the Unified Command.
• True
• False

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• When multiple JICs are established, they operate
  independently and disseminate only the
  information related to their areas of
  responsibility.
• True
• False

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Lesson Five What Is Preparedness?
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LESSON FIVEWhat Is Preparedness?

• Overview
• Actions to establish and sustain prescribed
  levels of capability
• Ensures mission integration and interoperability

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Responsibilities of Preparedness Organizations

• Establishing/coordinating plans and protocols
• Integrating/coordinating activities
• Establishing guidelines and protocols to promote
  interoperability
• Adopting guidelines for resource management
• Establishing response priorities
• Establishing/maintaining multi-
• agency coordination mechanisms

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Preparedness Planning

• Plans describe how resources will be used.
• Plans describe mechanisms for
• Setting priorities.
• Integrating entities/functions.
• Establishing relationships.
• Ensuring that systems support
• all incident management
• activities.

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Types of Plans

• Emergency Operations Plans
• Procedures
• Preparedness Plans
• Corrective Action and Mitigation Plans
• Recovery Plans

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Training and Exercises

• The NIMS Integration Center (NIC) will
• Facilitate development and dissemination of
  national standards, guidelines, and protocols.
• Facilitate use of modeling/simulation.
• Define general training requirements
• and approved courses.
• Review/approve discipline-
• specific training require-
• ments.

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Personnel Qualifications and Certification

• Development of standards, including
• Training
• Experience
• Credentialing
• Currency requirements
• Physical and medical
• fitness

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Equipment Certifications

• Facilitate development of national equipment
  standards, guidelines, and protocols
• Review and approve equipment meeting national
  standards

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Mutual Aid and EMACs

• Jurisdictions at all levels are encouraged to
  enter into agreements with
• Other jurisdictions.
• Private-sector Non Governmental
• Organizations (NGOs).
• Private organizations.

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Publication Management

• The development of naming and numbering
  conventions
• Review and certification of publications
• Methods for publications control
• Identification of sources and suppliers for
  publications and related services
• Management of publication distribution

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• To improve all-hazard incident management
  capability, the NIMS Integration Center will
• Deliver all incident management training at the
  Federal level
• Facilitate the development of national training
  standards and approved courses
• Require that all training be
  combined with a progressive
  exercise program
• Distribute training material
• from state and local sources

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• A critical component of operational preparedness
  is the acquisition of equipment that will perform
  to certain standards, including the capability to
  be __________ equipment used by other
  jurisdictions.
• Unique from
• Interchangeable with
• Interoperable with

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• For more information about preparedness, visit
  the following website
• Guide for All-Hazards Emergency Operations
  Planning
• http//www.fema.gov/plan/gaheop.shtm

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Lesson Six Resource Management
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LESSON SIXResource Management

• Overview
• Resource management includes coordination and
  oversight of
• Tools.
• Processes.
• Systems.
• NIMS affects the way resources
• are managed.

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What Is Resource Management?

• Four tasks
• Establishing systems
• Activating the systems
• Dispatching resources
• Deactivating resources

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Resource Management Concepts

• Standardize identification, allocation, and
  tracking
• Classify by kind and type
• Implement credentialing system
• Incorporate resources from private sector and NGOs

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Resource Management Principles

• Advance planning
• Resource identification and ordering
• Resource categorization
• Use of agreements
• Effective management

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NIMS Intent

• Broad applicability
• Improve coordination and cooperation among all
  response organizations

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NIMS Knowledge

• Resource Typing involves categorizing resources
  according to measurable standards of capability
  and performance.
• Requests for items that the IC cannot obtain
  locally must be submitted through
  the EOC or Multi- agency
  Coordination Entity.

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• Managers should plan for Demobilization at the
  same time that they begin the mobilization
  process.
• For more information about managing resources,
  visit the following website
• Resource Management
• www.fema.gov/pdf/rrr/5-ch-h.pdf

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Lesson Seven Communications, Information
Management, and Supporting Technology
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LESSON SEVENCommunications, Information
Management, and Supporting Technology

• Overview
• Advantages of common communication and
  information management standards
• How NIMS will influence technology/technological
  systems

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Communications and Information Management

• Principles
• Common operating picture
• Accessible across jurisdictions and agencies
• Common communications and data standards

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Supporting Technologies

• Principles
• Interoperability and compatibilities
• Technology support
• Technology standards
• Broad-based requirements
• Strategic planning and R D

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Communications and Information

• Facilitate a common operating picture for
• Incident management
• Information management
• Interoperability standards

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• The NIMS Integration Center will develop a
  national database on incident reports
• True
• False

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NIMS Knowledge Review

• __________ are key to facilitating
  interoperability and compatibility of major
  systems.
• Technology supports
• Technology standards
• Broad-based requirements
• National R D Systems

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To Summarize...
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NIMS Concepts and Principles

• Flexible framework that
• Facilitates working together . . .
• At any type of incident . . .
• Regardless of size, location, or complexity
• Flexible structures
• Requirements for processes,
  procedures, and systems

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NIMS Components

• Command and management
• Preparedness
• Resource management
• Communications and information management
• Supporting technologies
• Ongoing management
  and maintenance

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Command and Management

• Incident Command System (ICS)
• Multiagency Coordination Systems

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ICS Features

• Common terminology
• Organizational resources
• Manageable span of control
• Organizational facilities
• Use of position titles
• Reliance on an Incident
  Action Plan
• Integrated communications
• Accountability

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Unified Command

• More than one responding agency within a
  jurisdiction
• Incidents cross jurisdictions

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Area Command

• Multiple incidents within a jurisdiction
• Large incidents that cross jurisdictions

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Multiagency Coordination Systems

• Support incident management
• Facilitate logistic support and resource tracking
• Allocate resources
• Coordinate information
• Coordinate issue resolution

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Multiagency Coordination Systems

• EOC
• Multiagency Coordination Entities

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Public Information

• Provides information to
• Command
• The Public
• Ensures information provided is
• Accurate
• Timely
• Coordinated

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Preparedness

• Actions involved to establish/maintain prescribed
  capability
• NIMS focuses on guidelines, protocols, and
  standards

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Types of Plans

• EOP
• Procedures
• Preparedness Plans
• Corrective Action and Mitigation
• Recovery

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Training and Exercises

• Facilitate national standards, guidelines, and
  protection
• Facilitate use of modeling/simulation
• Define general training requirements
• Review/approve discipline specific
  requirements/courses

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Personnel Qualifications

• Preparedness based on standards for
  qualification/certification
• Includes minimum
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Experience

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Equipment Certification

• Ensure performance to standards and
  interoperability
• Facilitate development of national standards and
  protocols
• Review and approve equipment meeting standards

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Resource Management

• Establish systems for
• Describing
• Inventorying
• Requesting
• Tracking
• Activating systems
• Dispatching resources
• Deactivating/recalling
  resources

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Managing Resources

• Identifying and typing resources
• Certifying and credentialing personnel
• Inventorying resources
• Identifying resource requirements
• Ordering and acquiring resources
• Tracking and reporting resources
• Mobilizing resources
• Recovering resources
• Reimbursement

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NIMS Focus on Supporting Technology

• Interoperability and compatibility
• Technology support
• Technology standards
• Broad-based requirements
• Strategic planning and RD

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Managing Communications and Information

• Incident management communications
• Information management
• Interoperability standards