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1NIMS NRP Katrina Response
Al Fluman, Acting Director NIMS Integration
Center
2Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5
- National Incident Management System (NIMS)
- A consistent nationwide approach for all levels
of government to work effectively and efficiently
together to prepare for and respond to domestic
incidents - Core set of concepts, principles and terminology
for incident command and multi-agency
coordination
3Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5
(Continued)
- National Response Plan (NRP)
- Provides the structure and mechanisms for a
comprehensive nationwide approach to domestic
incident management - Applicable to all federal departments and
agencies that may be involved in responding to an
Incident of National Significance.
4Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5
(Continued)
- Requires all Federal Departments and Agencies to
adopt the NIMS and the NRP - Requires state and local NIMS compliance as a
condition for Federal preparedness assistance
5NIMS Key Concepts
- Framework for interoperability and compatibility
- Flexibility
- Consistent, flexible, and adjustable national
framework - Applicable regardless of incident cause, size,
location, or complexity. - Standardization
- Standard organizational structures
- Key to interoperability
- Ongoing support NIMS Integration Center
6NIMS Components
- Command and Management
- Incident Command System
- Multi-agency Coordination Systems
- Public Information Systems
- Preparedness
- Resource Management
- Communications and Information Management
- Supporting Technologies
- Ongoing Management and Maintenance
7NIMS Components (Continued)
- Command and Management Incident Command System
- ICS defines the operating characteristics,
interactive management components, and structure
of incident management and emergency response
organizations engaged throughout the life cycle
of an incident.
8Key Components of ICS
Common Terminology
Modular organization
Unified Command Structure
Incident Action Plan
Manageable Span-of-Control
Comprehensive Resource Management
Pre-designated Incident Facilities
9ICS Command and General Staff Titles
Command Staff The Command Staff provides
Information, Safety, and Liaison services for
the entire organization.
General Staff The General Staff are assigned
functional authority for Operations, Planning,
Logistics, and Finance/Administration.
10NIMS Components (Continued)
- Command and Management Multi-Agency
Coordination System - The multi-agency coordination system is the
system that ties together all the support and
coordination structures utilized in an incident.
The primary function of MACS are to support and
coordinate incident management policies and
priorities.
11NIMS Components (Continued)
- Command and Management Public Information
System - The public information system includes processes
and procedures for communicating timely and
accurate information to the public during crisis.
All levels of government, along with volunteer
organizations and private industry, must have the
ability to gather public information, verify
public information, coordinate public
information, and disseminate public information
during a disaster.
12NIMS Components (Continued)
- Preparedness
- Preparedness involves an integrated combination
of planning, training, exercises, personnel
qualification and certification standards,
equipment acquisition and certification
standards, and publications management processes
well in advance of any potential incident.
13NIMS Components (Continued)
- Resource Management
- Resource management under NIMS defines
standardized mechanisms and establishes
requirements for processes to describe,
inventory, mobilize, dispatch, track, and recover
resources over the cycle of the incident.
14NIMS Components (Continued)
- Communications and Information Management
- Communications and information management under
NIMS identifies the requirement for a
standardized framework for communications,
information management (collection, analysis, and
dissemination), and information-sharing at all
levels of incident management.
15NIMS Components (Continued)
- Supporting Technology
- Technology and technological systems provide
supporting capabilities essential to implementing
and continuously refining NIMS. These include
voice and data communications systems,
information management systems (i.e. record
keeping and resource tracking), and data display
systems.
16NIMS Components (Continued)
- Ongoing Management and Maintenance
- This component of NIMS establishes an activity to
provide strategic direction for an oversight of
the NIMS, supporting both routine and continuous
refinement of the system and its components over
the long term.
17NIMS Command Management Lessons Learned
- Incident Command System (ICS)
- Positive Some form of ICS used at all levels of
government during incident (Local, State, and
Federal) - Continued use of ICS requires significant
additional training and exercises - Need to standardize ICS forms and reporting in
general for use by everyone - Officials at all levels need to understand ICS,
NIMS, and NRP and the use of Incident Actions
Plans (IAPs) - Need to standardize IAP formats between Joint
Field Offices and practice incident action
planning
18NIMS Command Management Lessons Learned
(Continued)
- Incident Command System (ICS)
- IAP Issues If done properly most of the
questions asked by the White House, DHS, FEMA HQ
can be answered from the IAP! - IAP Issues Need to use IAPs and operational
reporting periods to answer requests - IAP Issues More time needs to be spent at all
levels developing strategies and tactics that
support incident objectives. Objectives,
strategies and tactics need to support field
objectives. Bottom up not top down! - Strike teams and liaison functions at all levels
need to be formalized
19NIMS PreparednessLessons Learned
- Must figure out a way to balance the emphasis
between natural hazard and terrorism preparedness
activities - Need to continue to build Federal, state, and
local capability (i.e. evacuation plans,
distribution plans, purchasing plans, etc.) - Additional planning, training and exercising
necessary Feds, States, Locals need to train
and exercise together
20NIMS PreparednessLessons Learned (Continued)
- Nationwide credentialing system needs to continue
to be a priority - Need to build our response capability by
growing our personnel to fill positions - All positions need to be typed and trained to
- Need to pre-designate Incident Management Teams
(IMTs) along with strike teams and liaison
personnel - Involve personnel from all Federal agencies in
the response when disaster positions are
identified and typed
21NIMS Resource Management Lessons Learned
- Need compatible resource management systems at
all levels of government so what when help
arrives systems can be utilized - Local jurisdictions need appropriate resource
management tools and systems in place prior to
the event. Resources need to be typed. Local
government needs assistance is meeting resource
typing requirements. - Need to promote/educate all on mutual aid and the
benefits of Emergency Management Assistance
Compacts (EMAC)
22NIMS Resource Management Lessons Learned
(Continued)
- Pre-incident contracts should be established for
commonly used resources (i.e. water, food, tents,
tarps, generators, etc.) - At all levels of government need to develop a
better way to track resources from start to
finish - Field personnel needs visibility on all
resources requests (i.e. status of request,
status of resource, location, arrival time, etc)
23NIMS Communications and Information Management
Lessons Learned
- Still need to emphasize the need for a common
operating picture (and the tools to facilitate
its development) for disasters - Still need to emphasize the need for redundant
communications at all levels of government - Communications equipment must arrive at scene
with arriving units - Communications equipment must either be
pre-positioned closer to disaster scenes or be
made more mobile
24National Response Plan (NRP)Lessons Learned
- Need to determine exact role of the Principal
Federal Official (PFO), PFO Cell, Homeland
Security Operations Center (HSOC), Interagency
Incident Management Group (IIMG), National
Response Coordination Center (NRCC) - NRP is a new plan, as with all new plans,
changes and updates are necessary - NRP SOPs need to be finalized and tested
- All Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) need to
know roles and responsibilities of other ESFs
25NIMS Activities Pre-Hurricane Season
- Met with Federal Agencies identified in the NRP
to discuss NIMS planning, training,
implementation and lessons learned from 2005 Gulf
Coast Hurricanes. - Conducting a Federal Partners Summit Workshop May
31-June 2 to discuss Federal agency NIMS
compliance, implementation, planning, training
and lessons learned from 2005 Gulf Coast
Hurricanes. - Established a working group with DOD on NIMS
planning and implementation at the Joint Chief of
Staff level. - Conducting NIMS Implementation Workshops for the
private sector and volunteer organizations based
on lessons learned from 2005.
26NIMS Activities Pre-Hurricane Season
- Upgrade NIMS document based on lessons learned
from the 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricane Season and
other events. Draft document ready for review
and comment by June. Issue revised NIMS document
by October 1 along with the 2007 NIMS compliance
requirements. - Implement MOU with HDS Preparedness Grants and
Training and FEMA for the monitoring of NIMS
compliance in the States. - Proceeding with a detailed evaluation of State
Emergency Operations Plans for NIMS compliance
and State Homeland Security Strategies for NIMS
implementation. - Established a cooperative agreement with the
Justice and Safety Center, Eastern Kentucky
University to develop a NIMS Integration Support
Center in Somerset, Kentucky.
27NIMS Activities Pre-Hurricane Season
- In conjunction with the NIMS Integration Support
Center in Kentucky, the NIMS Integration Center
is developing - NIMS Compliance Metrics for FY2007 State and
Local governments - NIMS Emergency Response Field Operating Guide for
all first responders - NIMS freeware database management software to
assist State and local governments in the
inventorying and typing of resources - NIMS Standards review, adoption, and
incorporation into Upgraded NIMS document and
FY07 compliance activities
28NIMS Activities Pre-Hurricane Season
- Since March, conducting NIMS ICS
Train-the-Trainer courses in States and
Territories. Qualifies instructors to teach
recently completed ICS 100, 200, 300 and 400
level courses. - 2.2 million first responders and disaster workers
have completed NIMS training through FEMA
(IS-700, IS-800, ICS-100, ICS-200) - NIMS Multi-agency Coordination System, NIMS
Public Information System, and NIMS Resource
Management training will be released prior to the
start of hurricane season. Training will be
available via the web and downloadable to be
taught in classroom. - NIMS Communication Information Management, NIMS
Preparedness, NIMS Resource Typing, and NIMS
Mutual Aid training will be released this summer.
29The NIMS Integration Center
- Copies of the NIMS document
- Call FEMA at 1-800-480-2520, press Option 4, and
ask for FEMA 501, National Incident Management
System. - Download from NIMS Web site www.fema.gov/emergenc
y/nims - Contact the NIC
- Ask the NIMS Integration Center
NIMS-Integration-Center_at_dhs.gov - Call the NIMS Integration Center 202-646-3850
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