Title: California Emergency Management Agency
1California Emergency Management Agency
2RIMS
Response Information Management System
Stacy Amberson (916) 845-8569 Stacy_Amberson_at_calem
a.ca.gov RIMS Administrator/Liaison/SME California
Emergency Management Agency Technology
Operations Division
3What Is RIMS?
- Response Information Management System
- An electronic version of the standards and
protocols in SEMS - Cities, Special Districts
- Operational Areas,
- Cal EMA Regions
- State Operations Center
- Federal Agencies at State Level
4To Access RIMS
- Internet Service Provider
- A Web Browser Internet Explorer
- ID and Password, issued by Cal EMA
- Available to all cities, special districts,
operational Areas, state, and federal agencies
within California that have emergency response
functions. - Note Operational Areas have the authority to
review and approve, or disapprove, the
applications from entities within their
geographical area.
5SEMS is the LAW in California
Tells us how to operate
6RIMS is the TOOL
We use to operate!
7Example of typical Information Flow with the
RIMS Situation Report
Something Happens
8Example of Typical RIMS Flow
Something Happens.
- Law Enforcement and/or Fire show up on scene and
assist as necessary, assess and call in
situations from the field.
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10Example of Typical RIMS Flow
- Something Big Happens
- Fire and/or Police show up and assist as
necessary, calling in situations from the field.
2. The City EOC activates and communicates with
the County (OA) EOC through RIMS.
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12Example of Typical RIMS Flow
- Something Big Happens
- Fire and/or Police show up and assist as
necessary, calling in situations from the field. - The City EOC activates and communicates with the
County (OA) EOC through RIMS..
3. The County/OA EOC activates and communicates
with the Region through RIMS.
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14Example of Typical RIMS Flow
- Something Big Happens
- Fire and/or Police show up and assist as
necessary, calling in situations from the field. - The City EOC activates and communicates with the
County (OA) EOC through RIMS. - The County EOC activates and communicates with
the Region through RIMS.
4. The Regional EOC activates and communicates
with the State Operations Center through RIMS.
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16Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa El
Dorado Fresno Glenn Kern Kings Lassen
Madera Mariposa Merced Modoc Nevada
Placer Plumas Sacramento San Joaquin Shasta
Sierra Siskiyou Stanislaus Sutter Tehama
Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Yolo Yuba
17Alameda Contra Costa Del Norte Humboldt Lake
Marin Mendocino Monterey Napa San Benito San
Francisco San Mateo Santa Clara Santa Cruz
Solano Sonoma
18Imperial Inyo Los Angeles Mono Orange
Riverside San Bernardino San Diego San Luis
Obispo Santa Barbara Ventura
19 NAME OF REPORT WHO CREATES REQUIRED?
Emergency Event Cal EMA staff NO
Incident Report City or OP Area NO
Jurisdiction SitRep City, Special District or OA Cal EMA staff YES (Next level up uses to gather information)
Agency SitRep State or Federal Agency NO
20Various Incidents around the state Unrelated
(as far as we know) at
this time.
21Cal EMA determines that all these Incidents are
part of a statewide Event i.e. Winter Storms 2009
22Cal EMA creates an
Emergency Event Report
(This is where the Event gets its Name)
23Napa County Flash Flood Incident
Fresno OA Severe Weather- Storm Incident
San Joaquin Levee Damage/Break Incident
Ventura County Land Slide Incident
San Bernardino Mudslide Incident
Sacramento OA Flood Incident
Sierra Severe Weather- Blizzard/Snow Storm
Incident
24Mission Request Tasking (Now found under CUSTOM
FORM)
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26Mission Request Tasking3 Types of Resources
Heavy Equipment/Machinery/Facilities
2 ½ tons, Bull Dozers, Helicopters, Generators,
Fairgrounds or structures suitable for
sheltering
Man Power/Personnel
Strike Teams, Hand Crews, CNG Troops, EOC Staffing
Expertise
Specialists, Experts, GIS, State Agency Reps
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30Required Select and answer a security question.
However this feature is not operational. PLEASE
do NOT change your password. There is NO
retrieval capability.
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32Choose which report you want to Create or View
33If you have the role/authority to Create a report
the Create button will be visible when you
choose that report.
34Choose how you want to Lay-out, Sort or View
those Reports
35Un-submitted No buttons to attach.
REMEMBER Attachments can ONLY be added once the
form has been SUBMITTED and is in READ mode.
Submitted, in read mode Buttons to attach.
36Mission Request Tasking (MRTs) are now found
under Custom Form and have very limited choices
to sort or view.
37Click to select Mission Request Tasking
The form opens automatically. Remember to let it
fully load before entering information.
38NO SPECIAL CHARACTERS! IE
Will BLANK OUT the entire form!
39RIMS Today
- Over 4500 internal and external clients access
RIMS via the Internet. - RIMS can also be accessed through Operational
Area Satellite Information System (OASIS).