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National Incident Management
System
Overview Briefing Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Implementation Requirements for States and Local
Jurisdictions Al Fluman, NIMS Training Exercise
Branch Chief al.fluman_at_dhs.gov
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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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Development of NIMS and NRP

• Extensive coordination with Federal, State, local
  and tribal agencies, non-governmental
  organizations, private-sector entities, and the
  first responders and emergency management
• DHS Office of State and Local Government
  Coordination and Preparedness (SLGCP) coordinated
  development with State, local, and tribal
  organizations
• Associations included IACP, IAFC, NACo, FOP,
  NEMA
• NIMS released in March 2004
• NRP released in January 2005

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NIMS 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

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NIMS 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

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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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Key Components of ICS
Common Terminology
Modular organization
Unified Command Structure
Consolidated Action Plan
Manageable Span-of-Control
Comprehensive Resource Management
Pre-designated Incident Facilities
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ICS 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.
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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

• Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 October 1, 2004- Sept. 30,
  2005
• Sept 2004 letter to Governors
• Initial requirements for States
• Suggested actions for local jurisdictions
• States self-certify compliance with minimum FY 05
  requirements
• FY 2006 October 1, 2005- Sept. 30, 2006
• Sept 2005 letter to the Governors
• Matrix with State/Territory requirements
• Matrix with Local/Tribal requirements
• FY 2007 and out-years October 1, 2006
• Full NIMS compliance required for all Federal
  preparedness assistance
• Update, improve, maintain system
• Leverages all federal preparedness
  funding/resources to support capability building
  at the State and local levels

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Implementation and Compliance
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NIMS State and Local Compliance in FY 2005

• States must
• Leverage funding from all federal grant programs
• Institutionalize Incident Command System
• Incorporate NIMS into Emergency Operations Plans
• Incorporate NIMS into training, exercises
• Promote Intrastate mutual aid agreements
• Provide Technical assistance to locals
• Develop strategies to implement the NIMS
• State, local, and tribal jurisdictions should
• Complete EMI Course NIMS Introduction (IS-700)
• Formally recognize NIMS through Executive Order
  or
• Legislation
• Establish NIMS baseline
• Establish strategy for implementing NIMS
• Institutionalize use of ICS
• Develop state and local strategies to implement
  the NIMS

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FY 2005 Self Certification

• States submit self-certification to DHS by Sept.
  30, 2005
• Attest that the state, taken as a whole, met the
  FY 05 requirements
• FY 05 certification required to receive FY 2006
  preparedness funds
• Taken as a whole recognizes that not every
  community or individual responder will have
  completed all of the requirements. The taken as
  a whole standard means that most have and that
  good faith efforts are underway to achieve full
  compliance.

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States A Critical Role

• Establish a statewide infrastructure to support
  NIMS implementation
• Encourage and support a regional approach to
  implementation
• Establish a planning process to ensure NIMS
  implementation
• Mechanisms to communicate NIMS requirements to
  locals
• Measure progress and facilitate reporting of NIMS
  implementation

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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

• FY 2005 shoulds are musts in FY 2006
• 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
• New 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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IS-700 NIMS An Introduction

• All personnel with a direct role in emergency
  preparedness, incident management or response
  must complete this training.
• IS-700 NIMS An Introduction is a Web-based
  awareness level course that explains NIMS
  components, concepts and principles. Although it
  is designed to be taken online as an interactive
  Web-course, course materials may be downloaded
  and used in a group or classroom setting. Answer
  sheets may be obtained from the Emergency
  Management Institute by calling the EMI
  Independent Study Office at 301-447-1256. To
  obtain the IS700 course materials or take the
  course online go to http//training.fema.gov/emiwe
  b/IS/is700.asp. More than 675,000 persons have
  completed this course.

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Who Should Take IS-700 in FY 2006?
Executive Level Political and government
leaders, agency and organization administrators
and department heads personnel that fill ICS
roles as Unified Commanders, Incident Commanders,
Command Staff, General Staff in either Area
Command or single incidents senior level
Multi-Agency Coordination System personnel
senior emergency managers and Emergency
Operations Center Command or General Staff.

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Who Should Take IS-700 in FY 2006?
Managerial Level Agency and organization
management between the executive level and first
level supervision personnel who fill ICS roles
as Branch Directors, Division/Group Supervisors,
Unit Leaders, technical specialists, strike team
and task force leaders, single resource leaders
and field supervisors midlevel Multi-Agency
Coordination System personnel EOC Section
Chiefs, Branch Directors, Unit Leaders and other
emergency management/response personnel who
require a higher level of ICS/NIMS Training.

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Who Should Take IS-700 in FY 2006?
Responder Level Emergency response providers
and disaster workers, entry level to managerial
level including Emergency Medical Service
personnel firefighters medical personnel
police officers public health personnel public
works/utility personnel and other emergency
management response personnel. Note
Multi-agency Coordination System personnel
include those persons who are charged with
coordinating and supporting incident management
activities. These emergency management personnel
typically may function from an emergency
operations center or similar facility.

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IS-800 NRP An Introduction
All Federal, state, territorial, tribal, and
local emergency managers or personnel whose
primary responsibility is emergency management
must complete must this training. IS-800
National Response Plan (NRP) An Introduction is
a Web-based awareness level course that
introduces the key elements of the National
Response Plan so that its implementation can be
supported at all levels of government.

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IS-800 NRP An Introduction

The course is designed to be taken online as an
interactive Web-course course materials may be
downloaded and used in a group or classroom
setting. Answer sheets may be obtained from the
Emergency Management Institute by calling the EMI
Independent Study Office at 301-447-1256. To
obtain the IS800 course materials or take the
course online go to http//training.fema.gov/emiwe
b/IS/is800.asp. More than 65,000 persons have
completed this course.
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Who Should Take IS-800 in FY 2006?
Federal Level Officials in Federal government
departments and agencies with emergency
management responsibilities under the
NRP. State/Territorial Level Officials in
state and territorial governments with emergency
management responsibilities to include personnel
from state and territorial emergency management
agencies and from agencies who support and
interact with the 15 Emergency Support Functions
(ESF) in the NRP. Tribal/Local Level
Officials in tribal and local jurisdictions with
overall emergency management responsibilities as
dictated by law or ordinance those officials
with overall emergency management
responsibilities through delegation and those
officials primarily involved in emergency
planning.

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ICS 100 200 Training
The NIMS Integration Center recognizes that many
operational aspects of NIMS, including ICS
training, are available through state, local, and
tribal agencies and private training vendors. It
is not necessary that the training requirements
be met through a federal source. The NIMS
National Standard Curriculum Training Development
Guidance (October, 2005) document provides
stakeholders with an evaluation checklist for
training content, which may be used to ensure
that the ICS training offered by other agencies
or vendors meets the standard as taught by DHS.

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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 pervious 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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Who Should Take ICS 100 200 Training in FY 2006?

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
must complete ICS-100 level training. 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 must
complete ICS-200 level training.
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ICS 100 200 Training

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through
the United States Fire Administration (USFA) and
the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) in
conjunction with the National Wildfire
Coordinating Group (NWCG) and the United States
Department of Agriculture has developed ICS 100
and 200 training. These courses are consistent
with the NIMS National Standard Curriculum
Training Development Guidance (October, 2005) and
therefore meet the FY 2006 training compliance
activities outlined by the NIMS Integration
Center.
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ICS 100 200 Training (Continued)

The United State Fire Administration (USFA),
through its National Fire Programs Office has
web-based courses available at the ICS-100 and
ICS-200 levels. The courses can be accessed at
the following website http//www.usfa.fema.gov/tr
aining/nfa/independent/ The Emergency
Management Institute (EMI) has several ICS-100
and ICS-200 level courses that can be taken
online as interactive Web-courses. These course
materials may also be downloaded and used in a
group or classroom setting. Answer sheets may be
obtained from the Emergency Management Institute
by calling the EMI Independent Study Office at
301-447-1256. To complete the courses or download
the course materials go to http//training.fema.go
v/emiweb/IS/crslist.asp
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ICS Equivalent Training

ICS 100, 200, 300, and 400 level training
equivalencies can be met by following the
guidance outlined in the NIMS National Standard
Curriculum Training Development Guidance
(October, 2005). It is not necessary that the
training requirements be met through a federal
source. ICS training developed by state, local,
and tribal agencies and private training vendors
can qualify as NIMS compliant training if the
training meets or exceeds the ICS objectives
outlined in the NIMS National Standard Curriculum
Training Development Guidance (October, 2005) and
is adopted for use by the sponsoring training
organization (i.e. State Emergency Management
Agency, State Fire Training Academy, etc).
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NIMS Training Guidelines

• Slides that follow outline the required FY
  2006 NIMS Training for Federal, State, Local,
  Tribal, Private Sector, and Non-Governmental
  personnel for the following audiences
• Entry Level First Responders Disaster Workers
• First Line Supervisors
• Middle Management
• Command and General Staff

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NIMS Training GuidelinesEntry Level First
Responders Disaster Workers

• Audience
• Emergency Medical Service Personnel
• Firefighters
• Hospital Staff
• Law Enforcement Personnel
• Public Health Personnel
• Public Works/Utility Personnel
• Skilled Support Personnel
• Other emergency management response, support,
  volunteers personnel at all levels

• Required Training
• FEMA IS-700 NIMS, An Introduction
• ICS-100 Introduction to ICS or equivalent

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NIMS Training GuidelinesFirst Line Supervisors

• Audience
• First line supervisors, single resource
  leaders, field supervisors, and other emergency
  management response personnel that require a
  higher level of ICS/NIMS Training

• Required Training
• FEMA IS-700 NIMS, An Introduction
• ICS-100 Introduction to ICS or equivalent
• ICS-200 Basic ICS or equivalent

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NIMS Training GuidelinesMiddle Management

• Audience
• Middle management including strike team
  leaders, task force leaders, division/group
  supervisors, branch directors, and multi-agency
  coordination system/emergency operations center
  staff.

• Required Training
• FEMA IS-700 NIMS, An Introduction
• FEMA IS-800 NRP, An Introduction
• ICS-100 Introduction to ICS or equivalent
• ICS-200 Basic ICS or equivalent
• ICS-300 Intermediate ICS or equivalent (FY07
  Requirement)

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NIMS Training GuidelinesCommand General Staff

• Audience
• Command and general staff, select department
  heads with multi-agency coordination system
  responsibilities, area commanders, emergency
  managers, and multi-agency coordination
  system/EOC managers.

• Required Training
• FEMA IS-700 NIMS, An Introduction
• FEMA IS-800 NRP, An Introduction
• ICS-100 Introduction to ICS or equivalent
• ICS-200 Basic ICS or equivalent
• ICS-300 Intermediate ICS or equivalent (FY07
  Requirement)
• ICS-400 Advanced ICS or equivalent (FY07
  Requirement)

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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 of area commanders, state and local
  EOC personnel, federal operational coordinators,
  and responders to communicate clearly with each
  other and effectively coordinate response
  activities, no matter what the size, scope or
  complexity of the incident.
• The ability of responders from different
  jurisdictions and different disciplines to work
  together depends greatly on their ability to
  communicate with each other.
• Incident response communications (during
  exercises and actual incidents) should feature
  plain English commands
• Supports multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary
  response
• Key to interoperability
• 10 codes may continue to be used for internal
  department communications

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Credentialing

• Involves providing documentation that can
  authenticate and verify the certification and
  identity of designated incident managers and
  emergency responders.
• A National Emergency Responder Credentialing
  System is currently under development as a means
  to routinely identify and dispatch emergency
  responders of all types to assist communities
  across the nation.
• A national credentialing 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, as well as discipline specific
  stakeholders, 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 government and non-government bodies at
  the federal, state, territorial, and local levels
  will continue to issue credentials. Many of
  these 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

• Support NIMS implementation through (continued)
• 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

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