| NIMS
(National
Incident Management System)
The
NEW Driver of Emergency Response Initiatives
 Under
a major Homeland Security Presidential Directive issued by
President Bush in 2004, all Federal departments and
agencies are required to
adopt the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and to
utilize it in their individual domestic incident management
plans as well as all emergency preparedness, response,
recovery, and mitigation programs and activities.
NIMS enables responders at all levels to work together more
effectively and efficiently to manage domestic incidents --
no matter the cause, size or complexity -- including catastrophic
acts of terrorism and natural disasters.
Implementation
of NIMS System on a Fast Track
Every municipality,
local & state agency must adopt NIMS beginning
Oct. 1, 2004 (FY 2005). Emphasis is on ICS compliance,
resource typing and management combined with multi-jurisdictional
response planning are also key elements of NIMS.
NIMS
conversion provides organizations with the opportunity to
re-examine current emergency operations plans, tools and processes.
All-hazard approaches involving multiple jurisdictions and
agencies require tools and capabilities that deliver daily
value but can support the surge requirements of disasters.
Emergency Visions' software tools provide cost-effective
resource management, automated plans, and effective notification
and collaboration between responders.
To
learn more about how Emergency Visions' solutions address
NIMS requirements, please click here.
Emergency Visions' NIMS crosswalk tools support NIMS compliance
in the areas of:
- Standardized
organizational structures, processes and procedures
-- Cost
effective automation of existing plans, processes and procedures
- Standards for
planning, training and exercising -- Compliance
with NIMS while retaining existing, familiar plans and terminology
already in place for first responders
- Personnel qualification
standards -- Track
personnel compliance, certifications, training currency,
and skills for cost effective training and planning
- Equipment acquisition
and certification standards -- Manage
resources more accurately and quickly whether those resources
include equipment, emergency shelters, agency personnel
contact numbers, special needs capabilities or other critical
information needed during disasters
- Interoperable
communications processes, procedures and systems
- Information
management systems with a commonly accepted architecture
- Supporting technologies
– voice and data communications systems, information
systems, data display systems, specialized technologies
- Publication
management processes and activities
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