National Incident Management System (NIMS) & Incident Command System (ICS)

1. National Incident Management System (NIMS)&Incident Command System(ICS)

2. Objectives • Recognize the role of NIMS • Identify the Components of NIMS • Understand its applicability to all jurisdictions • Comprehend how volunteers integrate with typical responders via NIMS.

3. What is NIMS? • The name of your mother-in-law’s cat? • The name of a new Russian spaceship?

4. Really…What is NIMS (and ICS)? • NIMS = National Incident Management System • ICS = Incident Command System • ICS is the jelly of the NIMS donut

5. Lesson 1: What is the National Incident Management System (NIMS)?

6. NIMS • Comprehensive, National Approach • Applicable to all jurisdictional levels • Works across functional disciplines • Applicable to full spectrum of events (regardless of size or complexity) • Improves coordination and cooperation b/w public & private entities

7. INTEROPERABILITY & COMPATIBILITY

8. NIMS Components • Command & Management • Preparedness • Resource Management • Communications and Information Management • Supporting technologies

9. Command & Management • Incident Command System (ICS) • Emergency Operations Center • Public Information System

10. Resource Management • Inventorying during event • Mobilizing during event • Dispatching during event • Tracking during event • Recovering resources after event ends (Demobilizing)

11. Lesson 2 & 3: Command and Management Under NIMS

12. NIMS – Levels of Management • Incident Command System (ICS) • A standard, on-scene, all-hazard incident management system • Allows users to adopt an integrated organizational structure to match the needs of single or multiple incidents (aka Flexible) • Based on 30 years of best practices • National Standard for scene response • Emergency Operations Center (EOC) • Central site for large disaster management • Combo of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications integrated into a common framework for coordinating and supporting incident management

13. Incident Command System (ICS) • Interdisciplinary and organizationally FLEXIBLE • Meets the needs of incidents of any kind, size, or complexity (EXPANDABLE) • Provides responders with what they need, when they need it • Provides a safe, efficient, and cost-effective response and recovery strategy

14. ICS Features • Common Terminology • Organizational resources • Management span of control • Organizational facilities • Use of ICS position titles • Reliance on an Incident Action Plan • Integrated communications • Accountability

15. ICS – Common Terminology & Organizational Resources • Analogy – What is a truck? • Efficient, clear communication is critical • Use of standard titles for facilities and positions within the organization • No agency-specific codes or jargon • All personnel, facilities, and major equipment are assigned common designations • Resources are “typed” with respect to capability to help avoid confusion and enhance interoperability

16. ICS – Span of Control • Effective span of control may vary from 3 to 7 per supervisor • 5 reporting elements (people or equipment) is recommended • Expansion or consolidation may be required if span of control is exceeded

17. ICS – Organizational Facilities • Common terminology is used to define facilities • Ex: Incident Commander at the Incident Command Post • Staging Areas, Bases, Camps, etc. are various levels

18. ICS – Position Titles • All positions have distinct titles • Incident Commander (only one) • Command Staff Officer (PIO, Liaison, Safety) • Section Chiefs (Operations, Logistics, Planning, Finance, and Administration) • Branch Directors • Division Supervisors • Unit Leaders Forget the day-to-day titles!!!

20. Questions….

21. What happens if there are… • Multiple concurrent incidents • Incidents that are nonsite-specific (bioterrorism) • Incidents that are geographically dispersed (pandemic) • Incidents that evolve over time

22. Unified Command

23. Area Command

24. Emergency Operations Center (EOC) • Example of Multiagency Coordination System • Locations where coordination of information and resources to support incident take place • Can be established at local, state, and federal levels • Includes coordination, communications, resource tracking/dispatching, and information collection, analysis, and dissemination • Size, staff, and available equipment in EOC may different depending on jurisdictional size • Make resource allocation decisions based on incident management priorities

25. Lesson 4: Public Information

26. Quick Review – PIO • Under ICS, the PIO is a member of the command staff • The PIO advises the IC on public information matters, including: • media and public inquiries • Emergency public information & warnings • Rumor monitoring & control • PIO establishes and operates within the protocols & parameters established by the Joint Information System (JIS)

27. Joint Information Center (JIC) • Physical location where PIOs meet • May need to be virtual in a PH Emergency • Place to exercise the JIS (rules and regulations)

28. Lesson 5: Preparedness

29. What is Preparedness? • Critical stage of emergency management • Involves all actions required to establish and sustain the level of capability necessary to execute a wide range of emergency operations • Implemented thru a continual cycle of planning, training, equipping, exercising and evaluating • Responsibility of individual jurisdictions • NIMS helps

30. NIMS Integration Center • Facilitate the development and dissemination of national standards, guidelines, and protocols for incident management training • Facilitate the use of modeling and simulation in training and exercise programs • Define general training requirements and approved training course for all NIMS users • Review and approval of discipline-specific training requirements and courses

31. Mutual Aid Agreements • Non-government organizations (NGOs) • Local government jurisdictions – Health • Local government jurisdictions – Other responders • Private businesses (Budweiser, POD sites) • Ultimately facilitate the timely delivery of assistance during incidents

32. Lesson 6: Resource Management

33. Resource Mgmt – Primary Tasks • Establishing systems for describing, inventorying, requesting, and tracking resources • Activating those systems prior to, during, and after an incident • Dispatching resources prior to, during, and after an incident • Deactivating or recalling resources during or after an incident • NIMS provides a uniform method for these tasks

34. Lesson 7 Communications, Information Management, and Supporting Technology

35. Communication and Technology • Common operating picture • NIMS will leverage science and technology to improve capabilities at a lower cost • INTEROPERABILITY & COMPATABILITY • Technology support • Technology standards • Broad-based requirements • Strategic Planning and R&D • MEDS/POD, Surge Trailers, Phones, etc. • Find ways to improve communications at EOCs via INTEROPERABILITY standards

36. Lesson 8: Course Summary

37. Interoperability & Compatibility • Command and Management • Preparedness • Resource Management • Communications and Information Management • Supporting Technologies

38. Sample Questions IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100 IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction

39. IS-100 • A basic ICS principle is that the first Incident Commander is responsible until the • a. Event or incident has demobilized. • b. Five management functions are activated. • c. Next operational period has begun. • d. Authority is delegated to another person.

40. IS-100 • The ability to communicate within ICS is absolutely critical. To ensure efficient, clear communication, ICS requires the use of: • a. Agency-specific codes. • b. Radio codes. • c. Common terminology. • d. Technical language.

41. IS-100 • Which General Staff position conducts tactical operations, develops the tactical objectives and organization, and directs all tactical resources? • a. Operations Section Chief • b. Finance/Administration Section Chief • c. Logistics Section Chief • d. Planning Section Chief

42. IS-100 • Which Command Staff position monitors safety conditions and develops measures for assuring the safety of all assigned personnel? • a. Public Information Officer • b. Safety Officer • c. Liaison Officer • d. Resource Officer

43. IS-100 • Which incident facility is positioned outside of the present and potential hazard area, but close enough to the incident to maintain command? • a. Incident Command Post • b. Command Center • c. Operations Station • d. Staging Area

44. IS-700 • One of the chief benefits of NIMS is that it is: • a. Accompanied by Federal funding. • b. Applicable across jurisdictions and functions. • c. Based on an entirely new concept of response.

45. IS-700 • Public health emergencies that are not site specific are a good use for a(n): • a. Emergency Operations Center (EOC). • b. Area Command. • c. Multiagency Coordination System. • d. Unified Command.

46. IS-700 • When a Joint Information Center is established as part of a Unified Command, agencies or organizations contributing to joint public information management: • a. Work independently. • b. Clear all information with the Incident Commander. • c. Retain their organizational independence. • d. Report to the chief elected official.

47. IS-700 • One responsibility of preparedness organizations at all levels is to: • a. Specify response requirements for every type of incident. • b. Determine the role and responsibilities of Incident Commanders. • c. Delegate preparedness to responsible agencies. • d. Establish guidelines and protocols for resource management.

48. IS-700 • One area of focus for the NIMS Integration Center is to: • a. Track all resources on a regional basis. • b. Ensure compliance with all NIMS requirements. • c. Facilitate the definition of general training requirements and approved courses. • d. Maintain a database of personnel meeting credentialing requirements.

49. IS-700 • NIMS ensures that all personnel possess a minimum level of training, experience, fitness, capability, and currency by: • a. Maintaining a database of personnel who have been trained for specific positions. • b. Providing training to personnel who will be assigned to Command Staff positions. • c. Overseeing a national training and exercise program. • d. Establishing certification and credentialing standards for key personnel.

50. Now What Do I Do?