National Incident Management and the NIMS Support Center: A Program of the Department of Homeland Se

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National Incident Management and theNIMS Support
Center A Program of the Department of Homeland
Security Federal Emergency Management Agency
Presented by Dr. Pamela Collins, Professor
Safety, Security and Emergency Management Eastern
Kentucky University
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National Incident Management System Support Center
JSC Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY
NIMS Support Center Somerset, KY
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NIMS Federal Authority

• Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)
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• Management of Domestic Incidents
• February 28th 2003
• Provided the federal authority to develop and
  administer a National Incident Management System
  (NIMS). The directive also requires Federal
  departments and agencies to make adoption of the
  NIMS by State and local organizations a condition
  for Federal preparedness assistance through
  grants, contracts and other activities by 2005

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Seminar Outline

• Introduction/Overview
• The National Incident Management System
• The NIMS Support Center
• Presentations by the NIMS Branch Chiefs
• Support Provided to Four Primary IMSD Branches
• Compliance and Technical Assistance
• Research and Development, Standards and
  Technology
• Resource Planning and Coordination
• Training and Exercises

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NIMS Introduction/Overview

• NIMS is managed by the Incident Management
  Systems Division, (IMSD), formerly the NIMS
  Integration Center (NIC)
• NIMS integrates existing best practices for a
  consistent, nationwide approach to domestic
  incident management.
• Applicable across all jurisdictional levels and
  across functional disciplines.
• All Hazards Approach
• Six NIMS Components
• National Response Plan

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IMSD Deputy Director

• Carol Cameron, Deputy Director of NIMS

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National Response Plan

• HSPD-5 also requires the creation of a National
  Response Plan (NRP) that integrates Federal
  government domestic prevention, preparedness,
  response, and recovery plans into a single,
  all-disciplines, all-hazards plan.
• The NRP provides the framework for national level
  policy and operational direction.
• NRP Review-Interview with the Co-Chair of the NRP
  Review Committee and Branch Chief for IMSD
  Standards and Testing.

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• Tracy Haynes- Branch Chief for Standards and
  Testing.
• Please go to the following link to access his
  interview

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NIMS Introduction and Overview
NIMS Revised Document
http//www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/nims-upgrade-re
vision-v2-032707.pdf
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Overview of NIMS-What is and What it is Not
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Six Components of NIMS

• Command and Management
• Preparedness
• Resource Management
• Communications and Information
• Supporting Technologies
• Ongoing Management and maintenance

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Command and Management

• Incident Command Structures
• Multi-agency Coordination Systems
• Public Information Systems

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Preparedness

• Planning
• Training
• Exercises
• Personnel Qualification Certification
• Equipment Acquisition Certification
• Mutual Aid
• Publications Management

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NIMS Training Guidelines
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Resource Management

• Four Primary Tasks
• Establishing systems for describing,
  inventorying, requesting, and tracking resources
• Activating these systems prior to and during an
  incident
• Dispatching resources prior to and during an
  incident and
• Deactivating or recalling resources during or
  after incidents

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• Kyle Blackman-Branch Chief for the Resource and
  Planning Division

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Communications and Information

• Incident Management Communications
• Individual Jurisdictions
• Incident Communications
• Information Management
• Policies
• Interoperability Standards

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Supporting Technologies

• Interoperability and Compatibility
• Technology Support
• Technology Standards
• Broad-Based Requirements
• Strategic Planning for RD

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• David Larimer-COTR for the NIMS SC Cooperative
  agreement with Eastern Kentucky University and
  the Justice and Safety Center.
• Go to the following link to view his interview

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Ongoing Management and Maintenance

• Concepts and Principles
• Structure and Process
• Responsibilities

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• Jim Mullikin- Branch Chief for the Compliance and
  Technical Assistance Division
• Go to the following Link to view his interview

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NIMS SC Projects By Branch

• Training and Exercises Branch
• Virtual Model Community (VMC)
• Simulated Emergency Operations Center (SEOC)
• Other Areas
• Web Support
• Inbox Support
• NIMS SC Infrastructure

• Compliance and Technical Assistance Branch
• Data/Gap Analysis Report
• NIMS Implementation Dashboard
• NIMS Compliance Assistance Support Tool
  (NIMSCAST) and Technical Working Group
• Regional NIMS Implementation Workshop Analysis
• Healthcare Working Group (HWG)
• Research Development, Standards Technology
  Branch
• Standards
• Ontology
• Product Evaluations
• Resource Planning and Coordination Branch
• Incident Resource Inventory System (IRIS)
• NIMS-ICS Field Operating Guide (FOG)
• Multi-Agency Coordination Systems (MACS) Guide

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Compliance and Technical Assistance Branch
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CTA Data / Gap Analysis Report

• Conduct analysis of NIMS implementation data for
  states and territories for each fiscal year.
• The analysis uses the IMSDs compliance
  requirements as the standard for measuring
  progress and the identification of data
  collection gaps.
• Assist the IMSD in determining
• Areas of success in NIMS Implementation.
• Highlight trends in NIMS implementation
• Identify areas which may require additional
  assistance to meet NIMS requirements.
• Facilitate process to improve the reporting
  process for NIMS Compliance Activities.

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CTA NIMS Compliance Assistance Support Tool
(NIMSCAST)

• NIMSCAST is a self-assessment instrument for
  state, local, tribal, and private sector and
  nongovernmental organizations to evaluate their
  jurisdictions ability to implement NIMS.
• Through its subcontractor, Eye Street Software,
  the NIMS SC is working on enhancements to and
  ongoing support for NIMSCAST in FY07.

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Research and Development, Standards and
Technology Branch
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STANDARDS IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION

• Identify and evaluate incident and emergency
  management standards for relevance to NIMS and
  recommends standards that, if adopted by the
  responder community, would foster implementation
  of NIMS.
• All standards are screened against the NIMS
  document for relevancy to key NIMS concepts and
  requirements.
• The identification of recommended standards is
  based on both objective and subjective evaluation
  methods, including multiple focus group meetings
  of a Practitioner Working Group (PWG) and
  Technical Working Group (TWG).

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ONTOLOGY

• Development of a data ontology to depict all
  government entities impacted by disasters and
  potentially involved in emergency management
  activities, their IT governance (enterprise,
  technical and service architectures), messaging
  paradigms, and connectivity policies (how they
  share data).
• The resultant ontology will evolve into a fully
  functional technical ontology and directory that
  illustrates the organizational operations of the
  myriad of subsystems that occur in the daily
  activities relating to each NIMS operational
  area.

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PRODUCT EVALUATIONS

• The TE environment provides the IMSD with a
  capability to evaluate technologies and products
  for conformance to NIMS, such as system
  interoperability, scalability, and resource
  management.
• Systems of particular interest include
• Emergency Decision Support (command and control)
• Interoperable Databases and Platforms
• Communication
• Credentialing
• Resource Management
• Hazard Modeling
• Geographic Information System
• Training and Exercise
• Other emergency response-related hardware and
  software as identified

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Resource Planning and Coordination Branch
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Incident Resource Inventory System (IRIS)

• Development of the NIMS-IRIS resource management
  tool to assist Federal, State, local and tribal
  officials inventory typed resources to assist
  them in the identification of resources based
  upon mission requirements and the capability of
  resources.
• IRIS is being developed in phases
• Prototype (December 2006)
• The prototype will provide a basic database
  management tool to assist in the entering of the
  communities 120 type resources into a common
  database.
• Build One (June 2007)

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NIMS-ICS Field Operating Guide (FOG)

• The purpose of this Guide is to assist emergency
  response personnel in the use and application of
  NIMS ICS during incident operations.
• The Guide is intended for use when implementing
  ICS in response to an incident, regardless of
  type, size or location.
• Anticipated Completion July 2007

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Multi-Agency Coordination Systems (MACS) Guide

• The MACS Guide will
• outline business practices, standard operating
  procedures, and policies for MACS.
• contain customizable templates as well as best
  practices/lessons learned from MACS throughout
  the United States.
• be customizable to the full range of
  jurisdictions and geographical locations.

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Training and Exercise Branch
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VIRTUAL MODEL COMMUNITY (VMC)

• Revision of the Model Community Program offered
  by EMI
• Phase I updating the current Model Community
  Document
• Phase II includes the development of the Virtual
  Model Community. 

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Simulated Emergency Operations Center (SEOC)

• Simulated Emergency Operations Center (SEOC).
• Multi-jurisdictional training and
• exercise opportunities.
• On-site training events

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Program Contact Information
Dr. Pam Collins Principal Investigator The
Justice and Safety Center Eastern Kentucky
University 50 Stratton Building 521 Lancaster
Avenue Richmond, KY 40475 Office (859)
622-1977 Mobile [phone] Fax (859)
622-8038 E-Mail PamCollins57_at_aol.com
Mr. Ryan Baggett Program Manager The Justice and
Safety Center Eastern Kentucky University 50
Stratton Building 521 Lancaster Avenue Richmond,
KY 40475 Office [phone] Mobile (859)
661-5416 Fax [phone] E-Mail
Ryan.Baggett_at_EKU.EDU