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NIMS NRP Katrina Response
Al Fluman, Acting Director NIMS Integration
Center
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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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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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NIMS 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.

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Key Components of ICS
Common Terminology
Modular organization
Unified Command Structure
Incident 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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NIMS 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.

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NIMS 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.

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NIMS 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.

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NIMS 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.

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NIMS 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.

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NIMS 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.

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NIMS 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.

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NIMS 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

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NIMS 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

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NIMS 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

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NIMS 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

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NIMS 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)

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NIMS 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)

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NIMS 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

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National 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

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NIMS 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.

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NIMS 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.

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NIMS 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

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NIMS 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.

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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/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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