The National Incident Management System

1. The National Incident Management System

2. Objectives IS-700 • Identify how ICS is a component of NIMS. • Describe the functions and purpose of Multiagency Coordination Systems. • Identify resource management and the coordination and oversight of resources. • Explain the area command and unified command as it relates to NIMS.

3. What is NIMS? • A comprehensive, national approach to incident management • Applicable at all jurisdictional levels and across disciplines

4. NIMS: What It Is / What It’s Not NIMS is… • Core set of: • Doctrine • Concepts • Principles • Terminology • Organizational processes • Applicable to all hazards NIMS is not… • An operational incident management plan • A resource allocation plan • A terrorism / WMD-specific plan • Designed to address international events

5. NIMS – HSPD-5

6. NIMS Compliance Your jurisdiction must adopt NIMS: • ICS by Oct 1, 2004 • Other aspects by a later date (to be determined)

7. Why Do We Need NIMS? Lessons learned have shown the need for: • A coordinated response • Standardization • Interoperability

8. NIMS Concepts and Principles NIMS is: • Flexible to enable all responding organizations to work together. • Standardized to improve overall response and interoperability.

9. NIMS Standard Structures • Incident Command System (ICS) • Multi-agency Coordination Systems • Public Information Systems

10. Preparedness • Planning, training, and exercises • Personnel qualification and certification • Equipment acquisition and certification • Publication management • Mutual Aid/Emergency Management Assistance Compacts (EMAC)

11. Resource Management Includes standardized: • Descriptions • Inventories • Mobilization • Dispatch • Tracking • Recovery

12. Communications &Information Management NIMS identifies requirements for: • Communications • Information management • Information sharing • Consistency

13. Supporting Technologies NIMS provides systems to standardize: • Voice and data communications • Information management • Data displays

14. ICS • Proven on-scene, all-hazard concept • Interdisciplinary and organizationally flexible • Appropriate for all types of incidents

15. ICS Features • Common terminology • Organizational resources • Manageable span of control • Organizational facilities • Use of position titles • Reliance on an Incident Action Plan • Integrated communications • Accountability

16. Common Terminology ICS requires: • Common terminology • “Clear” text • Reduce Confusion • Outlines person’s position

17. Organizational Resources • Includes: • Personnel • Facilities • Equipment and supplies • Requires “typing” by capability

18. Span of Control • From 3 to 7 reporting elements per supervisor • 5 is optimum

19. Incident Facilities • Established as required by the incident • An ICP is always established

20. Organizational Level Incident Command Command Staff General Staff (Section) Branch Division/Group Unit Strike Team/Task Force Title Incident Commander Officer Chief Director Supervisor Leader Leader Incident Command

21. Incident Action Plans • Communicate incident objectives • Are based on operational periods • Are disseminated throughout the incident organization • Management by objectives

22. Integrated Communications • Hardware systems • Planning for use of all frequencies and resources • Procedures for transferring information internally and externally

23. Accountability • Orderly chain of command • Check-in for all responders • Assignment of only one supervisor per individual (unity of command)

24. Unified Command (Representatives From Local Jurisdictions) Finance/ Administration Logistics Planning Operations Unified Command

25. How Does Unified Command Work? • Agencies work together to: • Analyze intelligence • Establish objectives and strategies • More than one agency has responsibility Unified Command does not change other features of ICS.

26. Area Command ICP 1 ICP 2 ICP 3 Area Command

27. What Does Area Command Do? • Sets overall strategy and priorities • Not site specific • Allocates resources • Ensures proper management • Ensures objectives are met • Ensure strategies are followed • Operations not conducted on scene

28. Area Command Finance/ Administration Planning Logistics Area Command

29. Multiagency Coordination Systems • A combination of resources • Integrated into a common framework • Used to coordinate and support incident management activities • Direct tactical operations for the incident

30. Multiagency Coordination Systems • Support incident management policies and priorities • Facilitate logistics support and resource tracking • Make resource allocation decisions based on incident management priorities especially if not found locally • Coordinate incident-related information • Coordinate interagency and intergovernmental issues regarding incident management policies, priorities, and strategies

31. Multiagency Coordination System Elements • EOC • Other entities

32. EOC Manager Resource Management Information Management Communications Coordination EOC Organization

33. Coordination Other Multiagency Coordination Entities Multiagency Coordination Entity • Resources • Priorities • Strategic coordination • Resources • Priorities • Strategic coordination • Situation status • Resource needs Incident Command/ Unified Command 1 Incident Command/ Unified Command 2 EOC Organization

34. Public Information for Domestic Incidents • Advises the IC • Establishes and operates within the JIS • Ensures that decision makers and the public are informed

35. Integration Center • DHS established the NIMS Integration Center to provide strategic direction and oversight in support of routine review and continual refinement of both the system and its components over the long term. • National-level preparedness standards related to NIMS will be maintained and managed through a multijurisdictional, multidiscipline center, using a collaborative process at the NIMS Integration Center. • Managed by the NIMS Integration Center, standards will help ensure that the participating agencies’ and organizations’ field personnel possess the minimum knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to perform activities safely and effectively.

36. The JIC • Physical location where public information staff collocate • Retain organizational independence • Provides the structure for coordinating and disseminating critical information

37. State JIC Local JIC 2 Local JIC 1 Agency 1 PIO Agency 2 PIO IC/UC/Area Command PIO (at incident JIC) JICs

38. JIC Characteristics • Includes representatives of all players in the response • Has procedures and protocols for communicating and coordinating with other JICs

39. Joint Information Center Press Secretary (jurisdictional) Liaison (as required) Research Team Media Team Logistics Team JICs

40. What Is Preparedness? • Actions to establish and sustain prescribed levels of capability • Ensures mission integration and interoperability

41. Responsibilities of Preparedness Organizations • Establishing/coordinating plans and protocols • Integrating/coordinating activities • Establishing guidelines and protocols to promote interoperability • Adopting guidelines for resource management • Establishing response priorities • Establishing/maintaining multiagency coordination mechanisms

42. Preparedness Planning • Plans describe how resources will be used. • Plans describe mechanisms for: • Setting priorities • Integrating entities/functions • Establishing relationships • Ensuring that systems support all incident management activities

43. Types of Plans • Emergency Operations Plans (SEOP/LEOP) • Procedures • Preparedness Plans • Corrective Action and Mitigation Plans • Recovery Plans

44. Types of Plans • Jurisdictions must develop several types of plans, including: • 􀂃 Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs), which describe how the jurisdiction will respond to emergencies. • 􀂃 Procedures, which may include overviews, standard operating procedures, field operations guides, job aids, or other critical information needed for a response. • 􀂃 Preparedness Plans, which describe how training needs will be identified and met, how resources will be obtained through mutual aid agreements, and the facilities and equipment required for the hazards faced by the jurisdiction. • 􀂃 Corrective Action or Mitigation Plans, which include activities required to implement procedures based on lessons learned from actual incidents or training and exercises. • 􀂃 Recovery Plans, which describe the actions to be taken to facilitate long -term recovery.

45. Training and Exercises The NIMS Integration Center will: • Facilitate development and dissemination of national standards, guidelines, and protocols. • Facilitate use of modeling/simulation. • Define general training requirements and approved courses. • Review/approve discipline-specific training requirements.

46. Personnel Qualifications and Certification Development of standards, including: • Training • Experience • Credentialing • Currency requirements • Physical and medical fitness

47. Equipment Certifications • Facilitate development of national equipment standards, guidelines, and protocols • Review and approve equipment meeting national standards

48. Mutual Aid and EMACs Jurisdictions at all levels are encouraged to enter into agreements with: • Other jurisdictions • Private-sector and NGOs(Non Governmental Organizations) • Private organizations

49. Mutual Aid and EMACs • Mutual Aid Agreements and Emergency Management Assistance Compacts Mutual aid agreements and Emergency Management Assistance Compacts (EMACs) provide the means for one jurisdiction to provide resources or other support to another jurisdiction during an incident. To facilitate the timely delivery of assistance during incidents, jurisdictions (including States) are encouraged to enter into agreements with: • 􀂃 Other jurisdictions. • 􀂃 Private-sector and nongovernmental organizations. • 􀂃 Private organizations, such as the American Red Cross.

50. Publication Management • The development of naming and numbering conventions • Review and certification of publications • Methods for publications control • Identification of sources and suppliers for publications and related services • Management of publication distribution