NIMS

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NIMS
in a
Nutshell
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Course Objectives
At the end of this 3.5 hour course, you will be
able to

• Describe the key concepts and principles
  underlying NIMS
• Identify the benefits of using NIMS as a national
  response model
• Identify the benefits of using ICS as a national
  response model Continued

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Course Objectives

• Identify the organizational structure of ICS
• Identify ways in which NIMS affects how
  jurisdictions prepare for incidents and events
• Describe how NIMS affects the way resources are
  managed before, during and after an
  incident Continued

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Course Objectives

• Recognize that NIMS and ICS are filled with TLAs

Three Letter Acronyms
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Incident Scenario

• TB Outbreak in Mountainview, Virginia
• Over 1,000 people potentially infected
• NIMS and ICS were used to respond to this incident

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Course Format

• Before
• During
• After
• the outbreak

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National Incident Management SystemNIMS
What is it?

• a consistent nationwide approach for Federal,
  State, tribal, and local governments to work
  effectively and efficiently together to prepare
  for, prevent, respond to, and recover from
  domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size, or
  complexity

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5

• Directed the development of the National Incident
  Management System and the National Response Plan

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NIMS Background

• A comprehensive, national approach
• Provides a flexible framework that facilitates
  all levels working together
• Requires that responses to all domestic incidents
  use a common management structure ICS

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NIMS Background, part 2

• ICS represents organizational best practices
  and has become the standard for incident
  management

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NIMS Components

• Command and Management
• Preparedness
• Resource Management
• Communications and Information Management
• Supporting technologies
• Ongoing management and maintenance

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What Is ICS?

• Standardized, on-scene, all-hazard incident
  management concept.
• Allows its users to adopt an integrated
  organizational structure.
• Has considerable internal flexibility.
• A proven management system based on successful
  business practices.
• The result of decades of lessons learned in the
  organization and management of emergency
  incidents.

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Types of Incidents

• Planned events
• Fire, both structural and wildfire
• Hazardous materials incidents
• Search and rescue missions
• Oil spills
• Natural disasters
• Terrorist/WMD events

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The Basic ICS Structure

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What ICS Is Designed To Do

• Meet the needs of incidents of any kind or size.
• Allow personnel from a variety of agencies to
  meld rapidly into a common management structure.
• Provide logistical and
• administrative support to
• operational staff.
• Continued

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What ICS Is Designed To Do

• Be cost effective by avoiding duplication of
  efforts.
• ICS has been tested in more than 30 years of
  emergency and non-emergency applications, by all
  levels of government and in the private sector.

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ICS Features
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Five Major Management Functions
Incident Command
Logistics Section
Finance/ Administration Section
Operations Section
Planning Section
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ICS Position Titles

• Provide a common standard for all users.
• Distinct titles allow for filling positions with
  the most qualified individuals.
• Useful when requesting personnel.

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Before Outbreak PreparationNIMS Command
Management

• Incident commander health director

• Standard terminology was used to help reduce
  confusion between day-to-day positions

• Span of control was 5 ideal is 3-7 staff
  

• Incident action plans were used management by
  objectives Continued

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Before Outbreak PreparationNIMS Command
Management

• Unified command when more than one responding
  agency

• Area commands not site specific public health

• Area commands organized similar to ICS but with
  no Operations Section Continued

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Before Outbreak PreparationNIMS Command
Management

• Multi-agency Coordination Systems make resource
  allocation decisions

• The EOC supports multi-agency coordination and
  joint information

• PIO works within parameters of the Joint
  Information System Continued

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Before Outbreak PreparationNIMS Command
Management

• In cases of Unified Command, joint information do
  not lose individual responsibilities

• All Joint Information Centers (JICs) communicate
  and coordinate with each other

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Before Outbreak PreparationNIMS Preparedness

• Mountainview just conducted a drill

• NIMS related standards are maintained at the NIMS
  Integration Center (NIC)

• All preparedness organizations follow NIMS
  standards and adopt protocols for resource
  management

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Before Outbreak PreparationNIMS Preparedness

• Jurisdictions must develop corrective action
  plans based on lessons learned

• NIC will define training requirements and
  courses, including related documentation

• NIC will review and approve lists of responder
  equipment that meets national requirements
  

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Before Outbreak PreparationNIMS Preparedness

• Mutual aid agreements help get equipment needed
  during an incident

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Before Outbreak PreparationNIMS Resource
Management

• Resource typing
• categorizing resources

• Certification and credentialing ensure personnel
  have training, experience, capability

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During OutbreakNIMS Resource Management

• Resource typing in TB outbreak personnel

• Requests for items the IC cant get locally are
  obtained through EOC or Multi-agency Coordination
  Entity

• Resource managers track from mobilization through
  demobilization

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During OutbreakNIMS Communication and
Information Management

• NIMS standards based on common operating picture

• Common communications and data standards are
  fundamental

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During OutbreakNIMS Supporting Technologies

• Interoperability and compatibility
• Technology support
• Technology standards
• Broad-based requirements
• Strategic planning and research and development

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After OutbreakNIMS Supporting Technologies

• The 5 supporting technology standards also apply
  to AFTER event
• After the TB outbreak, all agencies planned to
  buy new walkie-talkie system

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After OutbreakNIMS Ongoing management
maintenance

• Events of 9/11 showed us the importance of this
  component
• This component not fully developed in IS-700
  course

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Questions?
Questions?
Questions?
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Credits and thank you to

• FEMAs IS-700 and IS-100 course materials
• David Chaplin, Hospital Preparedness Trainer,
  Near SW Preparedness Alliance
• Nancy Fones, Northern Virginia EPR Training
  Coordinator
• EPRs Training and Education Team

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For More NIMS/ICS Information

• www.fema.gov/nims/nims/shtm
• www.vaemergency.com/programs/nims
• www.vdfp.state.va.us/nims.htm
• https//va.train.org