National Incident Management System (NIMS)
"A Strategic Implementation Process for Compliance"About the Program
This two day workshop will build on the foundation provided by existing
incident management and emergency response systems used by
jurisdictions and functional disciplines at all levels. The focus will
be to provide a comprehensive overview of NIMS and the requirements of
agencies to become NIMS compliant by October 1, 2006.
Who Should Attend
Individuals
from Federal, State, local, tribal governments and private agencies
that, prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic
incidents, regardless of cause, size, or complexity should attend this
workshop.
Why Should I Attend?
Identifying the
requirements, as outlined in the National Incident Management System
Capability Assessment Support Tool (NIMCAST), and participation in this
workshop should provide the attendee with a strategic guide for use in
preparing for NIMS compliance. It also sets in motion the mechanisms
necessary to leverage new technologies and adopt new approaches that
will enable continuous refinement of the NIMS over time. Networking
with attendees will provide insight and a collaborative,
intergovernmental partnership with significant input from the incident
management functional disciplines, the private sector, and
nongovernmental organizations.
Agencies receiving federal
preparedness funding must become NIMS compliant by October 1, 2006 by
submitting a compliance strategy no later than October 1, 2006.
What is National Incident Management System (NIMS)?
NIMS is a comprehensive, national approach to incident management that
is applicable at all jurisdictional levels and across functional
disciplines. The intent of NIMS is to
- be applicable across a full spectrum of potential incidents and hazard scenarios, regardless of size and complexity.
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improve coordination and cooperation between public and private
entities in a variety of domestic incident management activities.
On February 28, 2003, President Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5. HSPD-5 directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System. NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private-sector, and non-governmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents.
Why Do We Need a National Incident System?
Emergencies occur every day somewhere in the United States. These
emergencies are large and small and range from fires to hazardous
materials incidents to natural and technological disasters. Each
incident requires a response. Whether from different departments within
the same jurisdiction, from mutual aid partners, or from State and
Federal agencies, responders need to be able to work together,
communicate with each other, and depend on each other. Until now, there
have been no standards for domestic incident response that reach across
all levels of government and all emergency response agencies.
The
events of September 11 have underscored the need for and importance of
national standards for incident operations, incident communications,
personnel qualifications, resource management, and information
management and supporting technology. To provide standards for domestic
incident response, President Bush signed Homeland Security Presidential
Directive–5. HSPD-5 authorized the Secretary of Homeland Security to
develop the National Incident Management System, or NIMS. NIMS provides
for interoperability and compatibility among all responders.
Training Schedule
There are currently no dates scheduled for this training. To discuss
hosting this training at your facility, please contact
Gerald Cavis, FVTC National Security Programs Manager, U.S. Secret Service (Ret.) by Ph:
(888) 370-1752 or E-mail:
cavis@fvtc.edu.