The New Zealand Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS)

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The New Zealand Coordinated Incident Management
System (CIMS)

• An Introduction

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CIMS

• A structure to manage emergency incidents
• Defines rules for the organisation involved

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Key components of Emergency Management

• Reduction
• Readiness
• Response
• Recovery

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Where can CIMS be used?

• Planned events Unplanned events
• Official visits Road accidents
• Concerts Natural disasters
• Sports events Search and rescue

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CIMS focuses on where organisations meet
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CIMS Principles

• Common terminology
• Modular organisation
• Communications
• Incident Action Plans
• Span of control
• Incident facilities
• Resource management

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Lead Agency

• Authority for control
• Determined by
• statute
• agency protocols
• agreements

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Lead Agency Examples
Incident Lead Agency
House Fire NZ Fire Service
Earthquake Ministry of Civil Defence/ Civil Defence Emergency Management Group
Civil Disturbance New Zealand Police
Marine Pollution Maritime New Zealand
Rural fire Rural Fire Authority
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Support Agency

• Contributing services or resources to a lead
  agency

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Command, Control and Coordination
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Four Key Components

• Control
• Planning / intelligence
• Operations
• Logistics
• The foundation on which CIMS is built

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Incident Management Diagram
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Responsibilities of the IC

• Assume control
• Establish ICP
• Protect life and property
• Establish CIMS structure
• Appoint, brief, and task staff
• Initiate IAP planning cycle
• Liaise with outside organisations

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Operations

• Manage operational activities
• Provide input to the IAP
• Set the operational structure
• Identify resources
• Implement IAP

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Planning / Intelligence

• Gather and disseminate information
• Analyse incident data
• Identify resource requirements
• Prepare IAP
• Maintain resource status and location

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Logistics

• Provide and maintain
• Personnel
• Materials
• Facilities
• Services

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Incident Facilities
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Incident Action Plan
Outlines objectives and management of incident
and describes

• Management structure
• Objectives, strategies and tasks
• Critical elements
• Communication and information flow
• Safety plan

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Multi-Incident Response
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Advantages of CIMS

• Common incident management structure
• Systematic information management
• Standardised key management principles