The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a
systematic, proactive approach to guide departments and agencies at
all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and the
private sector to work seamlessly to prevent, protect against,
respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents,
regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to
reduce the loss of life and property and harm to the environment.
NIMS works hand in hand with the National Response Framework (NRF).
NIMS provides the template for the management of incidents, while
the NRF provides the structure and mechanisms for national-level
policy for incident management. On February 28, 2003, the President
issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5),
"Management of Domestic Incidents," which directed the Secretary of
Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident
Management System (NIMS). This system provides a consistent
nationwide template to enable Federal, State, tribal, and local
governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the private
sector to work together to prevent, protect against, respond to,
recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of
cause, size, location, or complexity. This consistency provides the
foundation for utilization of NIMS for all incidents, ranging from
daily occurrences to incidents requiring a coordinated Federal
response. NIMS represents a core set of doctrines, concepts,
principles, terminology, and organizational processes that enables
effective, efficient, and collaborative incident management. HSPD-5
requires all Federal departments and agencies to adopt NIMS and to
use it in their individual incident management programs and
activities, as well as in support of all actions taken to assist
State, tribal, and local governments. The directive requires
Federal departments and agencies to make adoption of NIMS by State,
tribal, and local organizations a condition for Federal
preparedness assistance (through grants, contracts, and other
activities). NIMS recognizes the role that NGOs and the private
sector have in preparedness and activities to prevent, protect
against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of
incidents. Building on the foundation provided by existing
emergency management and incident response systems used by
jurisdictions, organizations, and functional disciplines at all
levels, NIMS integrates best practices into a comprehensive
framework for use nationwide by emergency management/response
personnel in an all-hazards context. These best practices lay the
groundwork for the components of NIMS and provide the mechanisms
for the further development and refinement of supporting national
standards, guidelines, protocols, systems, and technologies. NIMS
fosters the development of specialized technologies that facilitate
emergency management and incident response activities, and allows
for the adoption of new approaches that will enable continuous
refinement of the system over time. The Secretary of Homeland
Security, through the National Integration Center (NIC), Incident
Management Systems Integration Division (formerly known as the NIMS
Integration Center), publishes the standards, guidelines, and
compliance protocols for determining whether a Federal, State,
tribal, or local government has implemented NIMS.Additionally, the
Secretary, through the NIC, manages publication and
collaboratively, with other departments and agencies, develops
standards, guidelines, compliance procedures, and protocols for all
aspects of NIMS. This document was developed through a
collaborative intergovernmental partnership with significant input
from the incident management functional disciplines, NGOs, and the
private sector.
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