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National Incident Management
System
Overview Briefing Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Implementation NIMS Requirements for States and
Local Jurisdictions Carole Cameron November 2005
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Homeland 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

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Homeland 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.

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Homeland 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

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What does NIMS look like?

• Common incident management doctrine, practices,
  and principles to plan, protect, respond, and
  recover
• Use of ICS to organize and manage incidents

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What does NIMS look like? (Continued)

• Response operations capable of expanding to
  integrate additional, outside resources
• Ability to order and track resources using common
  terminology
• Staging and allocation plans for equipment,
  supplies, and aid
• Effective communications among responders, EOCs,
  and the public

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Phased Implementation

• FY 2005
• All States self-certified compliance with minimum
  FY 05 requirements
• There were no Local requirements in 2005
• FY 2006 October 1, 2005- Sept. 30, 2006
• States must self-certify by Sept. 30 2006
• FY 2007 and out-years
• Update, improve, maintain system
• States should leverage federal preparedness
  funding/resources to support capability building
  at the State and local levels

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FY 2006 State Requirements

• Incorporates and builds upon FY 2005 requirements
• New Requirements State Adoption and
  Infrastructure
• Monitor formal adoption of NIMS by tribal and
  local jurisdictions
• Establish a planning process to ensure
  communication and implementation of NIMS
  statewide (including local and tribal
  jurisdictions)
• Designate a single POC to coordinate NIMS
  implementation
• Ensure federal preparedness funding is linked to
  NIMS implementation
• Include NIMS implementation in audit reviews of
  federal preparedness funds
• New Requirements Command and Management
• Manage all incidents with ICS
• Support incidents through integrated multi-agency
  coordination systems
• Institutionalize (through planning and training)
  NIMS Public Information System

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FY 2006 State Requirements (Continued)

• New Requirements Preparedness Planning
• Establish NIMS baseline against FY 05 and FY 06
  requirements
• Revise and update plans and SOPs to include NIMS
  and NRP
• New Requirements Preparedness Training
• Leverage training facilities to coordinate and
  deliver NIMS training
• IS-800 NRP An Introduction training
• ICS 100 and ICS 200 Training
• New Requirements Preparedness Exercises
• Incorporate NIMS into State/regional exercises
• Participate in all-hazards exercise program based
  on NIMS
• Incorporate corrective actions into plans and
  procedures

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FY 2006 State Requirements (Continued)

• New Requirements Resource Management
• Inventory State response assets using resource
  typing
• Develop state plans for resources in NRP
  Catastrophic Incident Annex/Supplement
• Ensure relevant standards are incorporated into
  acquisition programs
• New Requirements Communication and Information
  Management
• Apply standardized and consistent terminology
  (Plain English commands)

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FY 2006 Local Requirements

• Small and/or rural jurisdictions may benefit from
  a regional approach to implementation
• Requirements Community Adoption
• Formally adopt NIMS
• Requirements Command and Management
• Manage all incidents with ICS
• Support incidents through integrated multi-agency
  coordination systems
• Communicate public information during an incident
  through a Joint Information System and Joint
  Information Center

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FY 2006 Local Requirements (Continued)

• Requirements Preparedness Planning
• Establish NIMS baseline against FY 05 and FY 06
  requirements
• Coordinate all federal preparedness funding to
  implement NIMS
• Revise and update plans and SOPs to incorporate
  NIMS
• Participate in and promote intrastate and
  interagency mutual aid
• Requirements Preparedness Training
• IS-700 NIMS An Introduction training
• IS-800 NRP An Introduction training
• ICS 100 and ICS 200 Training

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FY 2006 Local Requirements (Continued)

• Requirements Preparedness Exercises
• Incorporate NIMS/ICS into all tribal, local, and
  regional training and exercises
• Participate in all-hazards exercise program based
  on NIMS
• Incorporate corrective actions into plans and
  procedures
• Requirements Resource Management
• Inventory community assets using resource typing
• Ensure relevant standards are incorporated into
  acquisition programs
• Requirements Communication and Information
  Management
• Apply standardized and consistent terminology
  (Plain English commands)

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Training Who needs to take what?

• IS-700 NIMS An Introduction
• All personnel with a direct role in emergency
  preparedness, incident management, or response
• IS-800 NRP An Introduction
• All Federal, state, territorial, tribal, and
  local emergency managers or personnel whose
  primary responsibility is emergency management
• ICS-100 Introduction to ICS
• All Federal, State, territorial, tribal, local,
  private sector and non-governmental personnel at
  the entry level, first line supervisor level,
  middle management level, and command and general
  staff level of emergency management operations
• ICS-200 Basic ICS
• All Federal, State, territorial, tribal, local,
  private sector and non-governmental personnel at
  the first line supervisor level, middle
  management level, and command and general staff
  level of emergency management operations

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ICS Training
The NIMS Integration Center recognizes that
many Emergency management/response personnel who
have already been trained in ICS do not need
retraining if their previous training is
consistent with DHS standards (to include ICS
courses managed, administered, or delivered by
the Emergency Management Institute, the National
Fire Academy, FIRESCOPE, the National Wildfire
Coordinating Group, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, the Environment Protection Agency,
and the U.S. Coast Guard.)

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Training National Standard Curriculum

• Clarifies training requirements
• Streamlines the training approval process for
  recognized courses
• Evaluation checklist for NIMS training content to
  ensure that training courses offered by other
  agencies or vendors meets the standard as taught
  by DHS.
• Required training will be established for all
  emergency personnel based on roles,
  responsibilities and assignments during an event.
  
• Specific training will be designated for
  emergency responders/disaster workers,
  supervisors, managers, and command and general
  staff or executives.
• Curriculum Guidance is available on the NIMS Web
  site www.fema.gov/nims

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Plain English and 10 Codes

• The ability to communicate clearly with each
  other and effectively coordinate response
  activities, no matter what the size, scope or
  complexity of the incident.
• The ability to work together depends greatly on
  communication.
• 10 codes may continue to be used for daily
  department communications
• Incident response communications (during
  exercises and large-event response) should
  feature plain English commands
• Supports multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary
  response
• Key to interoperability

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Credentialing

• Documentation to authenticate and verify the
  certification and identity of designated incident
  managers and emergency responders.
• A National Emergency Responder Credentialing
  System is currently under development.
• The system will be a component of the National
  Mutual Aid and Resource Management System. The
  NIMS Integration Center is working closely with
  existing federal, state, local partners to reach
  a national consensus on what constitutes
  acceptable criteria for participation in a
  multi-jurisdictional response.

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Credentialing (Continued)

• Certification differs from credentialing
  Personnel certification entails authoritatively
  attesting that individuals meet professional
  standards. Credentials may be issued as a result
  of certification through testing or evaluation.
• DHS/FEMA will not be issuing credentials
  Current credentialing systems are rooted in state
  licensure statutes and other well established
  requirements and processes.
• The NIMS Integration Center is developing
  credentialing guidance. Throughout the
  development process, drafts will be posted on the
  NIMS Web page for review and comment by
  interested stakeholders.

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The NIMS Integration Center (NIC)

• Strategic direction for and oversight of the NIMS
  and the NRP
• Services all federal departments and agencies, as
  well as State, territorial, local, and tribal
  jurisdictions
• Supports NIMS implementation through
• Mutual Aid, Resource Management, Credentialing
• NIMS National Standard Training Curriculum
• Standards identification
• Guidance and publications
• Compliance and evaluation tools (NIMCAST)
• NRP Strategic Direction and Coordination

Private Sector
Federal
Local
State
Volunteer
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The NIMS Integration Center

• Projects
• NIMS Advisory Committee
• NACO/ IAEM Guide for Elected Officials
• IAFC Template for Fire Service Intrastate Mutual
  Aid
• Coordination with Health and Medical Community
• NIMS EOP Guidance for States, Locals
• NIMS Tools and Templates (Executive Order,
  Federal Plan)
• NIMS Communications
• NIMS Alerts
• NIMS Frequently Asked Questions
• NIMS Web Site www.fema.gov/nims

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The 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/nims
• Contact the NIC
• Ask the NIMS Integration Center
  NIMS-Integration-Center_at_dhs.gov
• Call the NIMS Integration Center 202-646-3850
• Contact Carole Cameron carole.cameron_at_dhs.gov

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