National Incident Management System (NIMS)

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• National Incident Management System (NIMS)

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Topics to be Covered

• Scope and Benefits of NIMS
• NIMS Components
• Role of the National Integration Center (NIC)
• How could you fit in

NIMS
SEMS
ICS
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Scope of NIMS

• A national approach to managing incidents,
  regardless of cause, size or complexity
• Based on best practices
• Applies to all levels of government
• Involves support from
• Private sector
• Non-governmental organizations
• Tribal governments

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Legal Basis

• NIMS
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5
  (HSPD-5)
• ? Management of Domestic Incidents
• ? Adoption by States, tribes, etc. condition for
  Federal preparedness assistance
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8
  (HSPD-8)
• ? National Preparedness

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Benefits

• Improves incident coordination and cooperation
  between public private entities on a national
  scale
• Provides guidance and certification standards for
  all resources used in incident management
• Provides for compatibility and interoperability
  among all involved organizations
• Standardized organizational structure

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Flexibility
Forecasted Events
Planned Events

• No-Notice Events

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NIMS What It Is vs. What Its Not

• NIMS is not . . .
• An operational incident management plan
• A resource allocation plan
• A terrorism/WMD-specific plan
• Designed to address international events

• NIMS is . . .
• A flexible framework of
• Doctrine
• Concepts
• Principles
• Terminology
• Organizational processes
• Applicable to all hazards and jurisdictions

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NIMS and Other Preparedness Efforts

• HSPD-7 Critical Infrastructure Identification,
  Prioritization, and Protection established the
  U.S. policy for enhancing protection of the
  Nations critical infrastructure and key
  resources.
• HSPD-8 National Preparedness directed DHS to
  develop a common, unified approach to strengthen
  the preparedness of the United States to prevent
  and respond to threatened or actual domestic
  terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other
  emergencies.

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National Response Framework (NRF)

• Guide to how US conducts response to incidents
• Provides structure and mechanisms to ensure
  effective Federal support
• Builds on NIMS to align key roles and
  responsibilities
• Basic premise of NIMS and NRF is incidents are
  managed at local level (Just like SEMS)

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Elected and Appointed Officials

• Understand and commit to NIMS
• Support training on NIMS
• Understand emergency management, COOP/COG,
  response capabilities
• Encourage preparedness
• Support mitigation
• Maintain awareness

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NIMS Components

• Command and Management
• Preparedness
• Resource Management
• Communications and Information Management
• Supporting Technologies
• Ongoing Management and Maintenance
• Lets see what each component includes

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Command and Management

• Incident Command System
• Multi-Agency Coordination System
• Public Information System

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Command and Management Elements
Resource Management
Communications Information Management
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Multi-Agency Coordination Systems

• MACs are a combination of resources working
  together
• Components include
• Emergency operation centers
• Equipment
• Facilities
• Personnel
• Procedures
• Communications

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Multi-Agency Coordination Systems

• MACs provide the architecture to support
  coordination for
• incident prioritization
• critical resource allocation
• Communications systems integration
• Information coordination

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Public Information System

• Joint Information System (JIS)
• The framework for organizing, integrating and
  coordinating the delivery of public information

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Public Information System

• Joint Information Center (JIC)
• Where the coordination of information and
  resources to support incident management can take
  place
• Physical location where public information staff
  from various agencies convene
• Scale of incident may require multiple JIC
  locations
• Different JICs can communicate with each other
  through established protocols

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Preparedness

• Actions required to establish and maintain
  incident response capability
• Includes efforts to coordinate between public and
  private organizations
• Each level of government is responsible for
  preparedness activities

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Aspects of Preparedness

• Planning
• Training and Exercises
• Personnel Qualification and Certification
• Equipment Certification
• Publication Management
• Mutual Aid Agreements
• Lets look at each aspect

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Planning

• Plans describe how resources will be used
• Set priorities
• Establish relationships and coordinate efforts
  between organizations
• Ensure support for all incident management
  activities

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Training

• Allows participants to
• Practice roles and responsibilities
• Become more comfortable using ICS
• Foster relationships between agencies and
  jurisdictions

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Exercises

• Can improve performance and identify need for
  corrective action
• Multidisciplinary/multijurisdictional incidents
• Interact with private, nongovernmental
  organizations
• Cover aspects of preparedness plans
• Allows practice of concepts learned in training
  sessions

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National Integration Center

• Oversees all aspects of NIMS including
• Development of compliance assessment criteria
• Promoting compatibility between national-level
  standards and those developed by other private
  and public groups
• Facilitates the establishment and maintenance of
  a database related to qualification,
  certification and credentialing or personnel and
  organizations

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Credentialing

• Ensure consistent
• Training
• Licensure
• Certification standards
• Competency or proficiency

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Credentialing

• Involves evaluation and documentation of
• Certification, license or degree
• Training and experience
• Competence and proficiency

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Ongoing Management and Maintenance

• NIC responsible for providing strategic direction
  for and oversight of NIMS
• Includes developing a process for ongoing
  revisions and updates to the NIMS
• Input will be encouraged from all entities

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Resource Management

• Advance Planning
• Resource Identification and Ordering
• Categorizing Resources
• Use of Agreements
• Effective Management of Resources
• Management Information Systems
• Ordering, Mobilization, Dispatching and
  Demobilization Protocols

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Resource Management (cont.)

• Identifying and Typing Resources
• Certifying and Credentialing Personnel
• Identifying Resource Requirements and
  Inventorying Resources
• Ordering and Acquiring Resources
• Mobilizing and Tracking
• Recovering Resources
• Reimbursement

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Identify Requirements

• When incident occurs identify
• What and how much is needed
• Where and when is it needed
• Who will be receiving or using it

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Mobilize

• Notifications include
• Date, time, place of departure
• Mode of transportation
• Estimated date and time of arrival
• Reporting location
• Anticipated incident assignment
• Anticipated duration of deployment
• Resource ordering number
• Incident number
• Applicable cost codes

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Track and Report

• Where resources are located
• Help staff prepare to receive resources
• Protect security and safety of resource
• Enable resource coordination
• and movement

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Recover/Demobilize

• Recovery
• Final disposition
• Rehab, replenish, dispose
• Demobilization
• Orderly, safe, efficient return to original
  location and status
• Begin as soon as possible to facilitate
  accountability
• Fully account for all resources
• Expendable nonexpendable

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Reimburse

• Mechanism to recoup funds
• Collect bills and documentation
• Validate costs against scope of work
• Ensure proper authorities are secured
• Use proper procedures/forms/software

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Inventory

• Inventory and maintain information on resources
• Resource typing
• Category functions
• Kind what it is
• Type size, capability, staffing qualifications
  (including credentialing)

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Communications and Information Management

• Need for a common operating picture that is
  accessible across jurisdictions and agencies
• Common communications and data standards are
  essential
• Use of common terminology is encouraged
• NIC responsible for facilitating progress

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Communications and Information Management

• Systems need to be
• Interoperable
• Reliable
• Portable
• Scalable
• Resilient
• Redundant

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Mutual Aid

• Agreements which provide services, resources, and
  facilities, when jurisdictional resources are
  inadequate
• Allow jurisdictions to obtain assistance and
  resources quickly
• Without agreements, costs might need to be
  negotiated

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Mitigation Preparedness

• Reduce loss by avoiding/lessening impact of
  disaster
• Find the best safeguard solutions
• Impedes cycle of disaster damage

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Personal Preparedness
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Personal Preparedness

• Get Informed about
• Community hazards
• Disaster plans
• Warning systems
• Make a Plan
• Meet with family members
• Choose an out-of-town contact
• Decide where to meet

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Personal Preparedness

• 2. Make a Plan (continued)
• Complete a Family Communication Plan
• Establish escape routes
• Plan for pets, persons with disabilities and
  special needs
• Prepare for different hazards
• Assemble Disaster Supplies Kit
• Maintain Your Plan

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NIMS Components
Preparedness
Communications and Information Management
IncidentCommandSystem
Resource Management
Multiagency Coordination Systems

• Command and Management

Ongoing Management and Maintenance
Public Information
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Summary

• NIMS Components
• Command and Management
• Preparedness
• Resource Management
• Communications and Information Management
• Supporting Technologies
• Ongoing Management and Maintenance
• Similarities with Californias SEMS
• Use of ICS